A Fig Carton

I wish I'd come up with this idea. But I didn't. It's someone else's. Someone more creative than me. Someone who has perhaps eaten more figs, more smashed figs than me; and I've eaten my fair share.

This someone, I'd never seen her before, wouldn't recognize her if I saw her again, had an egg carton in hand. She was choosing her figs one by one, perfectly ripe, soft, pliable figs, placing them in the egg carton until there were a dozen. A full purple dozen. Brilliant, I thought. And I did it too, put my figs in a carton.

Another day I cradled a dozen apricots in another egg carton, because they too are tender, so easily bruised. The fruit a precise fit. And for a moment, only a moment, I thought myself creative too.

But really, it was someone else's idea.

I wish I'd stopped to thank her.

Local on our Table - July


Farmers' Market
Apricots
Arugula
Beets
Black Mission Figs
Blueberries
Broccoli
Butter Lettuce
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cherries
Cucumbers
Garlic
Jalapenos
Lemon
Little Gem Lettuce
McIntosh Apples
Nectarines
New Potatoes
Onions
Peaches
Plums
Pluots
Radishes
Tomatoes
Zucchini

Back Deck Harvest
Mint
Parsley
Rose Geranium
Thai Basil

From The Freezer/Pantry

To the Pantry
Apricot Jam
Blenheim Apricots in Rose Geranium Syrup
Blueberries w/Bay
Cherries in Syrup Syrah
Fig Jam
Pickled Beets
Sugared Blackberries
Sugared Raspberries

Gleaned and Gifted
(From Someone Else's Yard)
Bay Leaves
Plums
and more Plums

Planted
Tomatillas
White Nasturtiums

Specialties
Lavendar