CSA Wk 7, July 19

Much of my last week has been spent pruning the tomatoes and staking them. The blight I mentioned last week has been removed, and they are looking pretty good. We had a mulching party here this weekend, where we spread old hay over most of the garden.

This is supposed to really help with weed control, as I may have mentioned before. But, it may show up in your produce too. Sorry if there is a stray piece of hay in your kale or chard :-)

Mom tends the garden at their house, but she is up here often too, working hard as a dog right along side of me. I don't know how she does it somedays. It's inspiring. My sister Robin has been helping out a bunch too. I could definitely not do this alone, unless I spent every waking minute out there. We are a team.

Still no considerable rain, but despite this, things are still growing at an alarming rate. Summer squash/zucchini are really close. We had enough zukes to send to the 1/2 shares this week. Some good rain would really move them along. These are things you may get 3 or 4 of each week when they really come in! The cucumbers are starting to come in to, and some of the ones we sent out were from the garden. The ones from the hoophouse are super smooth. You will see the difference if you got garden ones :-) They are so crunchy though. I love me a good cucumber and mayo sandwich this time of year, or just slice them up with cider vinegar and S&P. Mmmm mmmm goood!

We had not been able to open our farm stand yet, as we just weren't getting enough from the garden to supply your bags and that, but today we made the decision to open. This is now where you will be picking up your shares. Sorry if you loved coming in my barn :-) There will be additional produce for sale in the farm stand that you may be interested in. If you look at the list on the blog before you come to pick up, you will know what you have/don't have. Or just ask me when you're here if you need to know. Eggs will also sometimes be available. It's all up to the chickens :-)


I hope you are all enjoying your shares, and finding new ways to use the same ingredients. I have a couple recipes this week that I want to share, but also, if you don't think you can use something right away, you can always freeze it for later use. I will be posting soon a chart that gives instructions for how to do this for many varieties of vegetables.

This weeks shares received
1/2 size:
Radish
Scallions
Lettuce
Kale
Beet Greens
Cukes
Beans
Pt. Potatoes
Carrots
Zucchini
Tarragon

Full size:
Radish
Scallions
Lettuce
Cukes
Broccoli
Swiss Chard
Beans
Qt. Potatoes
Bok Choy
Tomato
Carrots
Tarragon

A recipe for Egg salad, doctored :-)
Another great one for Green beans with lemon....sounds refreshing

Happy Eating!