It's been a rough week.
Most of my time recently was really spent cleaning my room so that my roommate is only put-off by my personality and not the smell of garlic and chives decomposing in the trashcan. Thankfully, Hurricane Irene came along and was a real blessing in at least one sense: Classes and move-in were pushed back a week, meaning I had plenty of time to throw away the 3-day-old tabbouleh in the fridge, get my textbooks and art supplies off my roommate's bed, and Febreeze and Lysol everything to near sterilization before his arrival.
The hurricane wasn't all flying puppies and rainbows, however. Classes and move-in were pushed back a week meaning that was another week of produce that didn't go to our main beneficiary- the cafeteria. There were quite a few harvests before Irene. Fortunately, we gladly donated all the produce that was ready to our local food bank.
Above, a picture of our produce given to the Connecticut Food Bank here in Fairfield. All in all, we harvested more than 90lbs of produce to the Food Bank. Thanks should go to Professor Olivia Harriot of the Biology Department who transported me to the Food Bank one rainy afternoon.
OH, and I also harvested lots of stuff the day before the hurricane because I figured it would all be wiped out. I gave most of it to my Area Coordinator, Greg, and kept some for me to eat during the storm.
As far as damage is concerned, it was surprisingly minimal. Campus wasn't hit nearly as hard as the surrounding areas. The squash were disheveled, and the sunflowers fell over, but nothing was un-salvageable. I imagined worse things would happen honestly. I sort of hoped the squash would just fly away, along with the vine borers, but what can you do?
~ jesusnunezx
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