CSA Wk 10, Aug 9

Another amazing week of weather. It's been perfect for our vacation at the lake, and the rain we got helped to keep the soil in the gardens moist.

We laughed this morning while picking and packing the CSA, and putting the excess in the farm stand, that at one point we didn't think we would have enough produce to fill both. The gardens are both doing amazingly well, and it is incredible how much stuff is being picked daily.

New this week in your bag is a fingerling potato. If you have never had these, you are in for a treat. They have a very different starch content than regular potatoes, and are "creamy". They can be prepared any way regular ones are, but often cook faster as they are small. I like them boiled with butter, lemon and fresh herbs, but my sister loves her split in half, roasted with EVOO, S&P. Either way, you win.

Also for a treat this week you have some of our organic peaches. There are additional ones for sale in the stand if you want to buy more to make a recipe or can. Let's just keep this a little secret between us though....as in, if you see my Dad, DON'T tell him :-) He is very funny about the peach trees, but they are LOADED this year and we just had to share some with you.

I don't really have time to scan and link some of the things I have seen in magazines that I mentioned, but I am printing the grill primer for veggies that I told you about from Cooking Light July 2010. It will be on the stand where you bags go so grab one. Also there is a bin of LARGE overgrown zucchini (whoops, we missed those ones when picking). Help yourself to one if you are a person who wants to freeze or use in baking.

This weeks shares are as follows:

1/2 size:
Garlic
Fingerling Potatoes
Zucchini - Round, Striped, Regular
Green Beans
Lettuce
Cukes
Chard
Kale
Beets
Sugar Snap Peas
Tomato
Peaches
Basil

Full Size:
Garlic
Fingerling Potatoes
Zucchini - Round, Striped, Regular
Green Beans
Lettuce
Cukes
Kale
Beets
Sugar Snap Peas
Tomato
Peaches
Basil
Yellow Summer Squash
Broccoli
Cabbage

In other farm news, we did end up getting a chick from our hen. Only one though :-( Oh well, better than nothing. If you look really hard in the bottom right hand corner, you can see the little "guy" (won't know for a couple months if it is a boy or girl).



Have a good week!