Week 7

Week 7

Hey CSA ers,
We hope that all of you are having a great week! We have been working very hard- weeding, planting, mulching and more weeding.

This week you will find in your share:

Tomatoes- you will have a mix of these

Cherokee Purple- these are the ones to cut right away and eat; they are the taste of summer (remember these are a heirloom tomato that has a kind of purple color to it- they are not off)
Don Flamm- an orange one
Amish Paste- pointed at the bottom great is sauce
Prudence Purple- also will have a purplish color; fantastic slicer
Cherry- pop in mouth and eat

New Potatoes- we left a little more dirt on this week because it will make them last longer. We thought you might still have some from last week. Remember these are not cured so they will not store long (a couple of weeks). Take them out of the plastic and eat soon.

Cucumber - we have many flowers and babies; more too come

Squash or Cabbage

Garlic- fresh (uncured) store in fridge

Basil – Genovese and Thai


Recipes

Tomato Salad

Slice and mix tomatoes, cucumber (put the skin and seeds in – it’s organic) & basil
Dice Feta cheese (or your favorite)
Sautee minced garlic
Toss everything together with dressing and chill (see Adam’s dressing from a few weeks ago)
Serve with plain yogurt

Breakfast Potatoes

Boil Potatoes until fork tender

Sautee on an oiled skillet until golden brown

Salt and pepper to taste
Serve with sliced tomatoes

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Week 6

Tues. June 22, 2010
Hi CSAers,
This week your share will have
Arugula
Broccoli
Cabbage
Cucumber or Squash
Carrots
Garlic
Potatoes
Thai Basil
Oregano
Sage
Parsley
Mint

You may notice that your broccoli has a special sort of sweetness to it. We think it’s because that was the last thing our sweet Delia Lee planted. She always said, “store bought broccoli just doesn’t taste like out of the garden.”


Adam’s Afternoon delight (delicious)
½ cup olive oil
½ c. vinegar of choice
tbl. Soy sauce
½ tsp sugar
dash of black pepper
1-2 cloves garlic
finely chopped broccoli
finely chopped carrots (you can keep the stems on)
finely chopped arugula
fresh herbs to taste (basil, oregano, chives, and parsley will work well)
put all ingredients into blender/ cuisinart till thoroughly chopped and mixed

Hot Afternoon Spritzer
Five mint leaves
Tsp. Sugar in the raw
Muddle (pound) mint and sugar until thoroughly mixed
Put at the bottom of a glass filled with ice and add sparkling (carbonated) water
Garnish with lemon and lime
For special zest add parsley with the mint.

4th delivery

Hey CSA ers,



This week I'm blogging from my new to me computer; which is very exciting.



This week you veggie box will include:

garlic scapes

sugar snap peas

beets and the greens

carrots

dill

cilantro

sage

oregano

and maybe (we have to check)

new potatoes

lettuce



We regret to tell you that the snap peas became really bitter in the heat last week. We thought that they would be fine since they look great, but the taste was not good. Sorry about that!



Important Note:



There is NOT be a delivery next week due to the fact that Adam will be standing up in his cousins wedding. JUNE 15TH AND JUNE 18TH = NO DELIVERY. We will resume on June 22nd and June 25th.



Thinking ahead... there will not be deliveries on July 13th and July 16th due to my little brother's wedding.

These 2 dates were not included in the 22 weeks of produce. Thanks for you understanding!

3rd delivery

Hey CSA ers
The week you will be getting...

carrots
beets and don't forget to eat the greens
cilantro
dill
garlic scapes
snap peas (these you can eat the pod)
shell peas (these you take out of the pod and cook briefly)

lemon balm
majoram
sage (Thanks Alan and Stephanie)

I'm still working on my internet connection, so this is a short post- sorry!
I hope that everyone is have a great week and enjoys the harvest.
Special thanks to y'all that came out to the farm to help this past week!


note: Do not fear your pee is suppose to change color when eating beets