What’s in the Box: Spaghetti squash, yellow storage onion, red storage onion, assorted sweet peppers, purple glazer garlic, arugula, green pepper, red radish, eggplant, thyme, concord grapes, and jalapeño pepper.
What’s going on at the farm: September is coming in with some warmth this week and reminding us all here that summer is not over. We spent our Labor Day weekend laboring on some more fall clean up removing mulch beds, drip, weedwacking, pulling weeds by hand on some late season chard and watermelon radishes, and mowing. Butternut squash and acorn squash were also pulled from the field this Labor day. Our warm weather crops like beans and peppers will set heavier and change color faster with the heat although we seem to be between bean crops at the moment. We are patiently waiting for our new blue pole beans to set and the filet beans have slowed down quite a bit, but the heat this week should have the first heavy flush of blue pole beans ready starting next week. Some new crops for you this week including spaghetti squash. squash is excellent roasted and or baked and served with some butter and brown sugar or maple syrup but the spaghetti is easily forked out of its shell after baking at 350 for 35-45 minute face down on a cookie sheet. These squash have a shorter shelf life of one to two months but they can be stored without refrigeration at room temperature. We cooked them up this week with a fresh sauce of tomatoes, ground beef, green peppers, onions, garlic, and eggplant and some basil, thyme, and oregano for a fresh take on home made pasta. Another new crop we are excited about is the fresh arugula which came out just perfect this week. Although there is not a lot of weight to this crop it more then makes up for it in its clean, crisp, yet spicy flavor. The arugula is actually related to radish which we also have this week. Plenty of green and sweet peppers to pass out this week too and our concord grapes have finally ripened after weeks of my children asking when they will be ready, they are finally here. They do have seeds but the taste is just like a fresh pressed glass of grape juice. We will be throwing our 7th annual CSA dinner this month for our CSA members. It is a potluck style dinner and to celebrate our harvest seasons bounty and near completion. Bring a dish to pass and join us on the farm for what is my favorite weekend of the year , otherwise known as the one where we take a day (or maybe a half day) off! Its always great to talk and connect with the members who support our efforts here and for people to see the farm. I will be sending out a reminder e-mail on that in another week but the save the date, which will be a Saturday evening, on the 24th of September. Until next week then folks, happy Labor Day weekend and enjoy the veg!
