What’s in the Box: Green romano beans, dragons tongue beans, mixed salad greens, radish, sweet banana pepper, assorted colored bell peppers (orange, yellow, red), red storage onions, yellow storage onions, purple glazer garlic, serrano chile pepper, delicata winter squash, spaghetti squash, concord grapes, cherry tomatoes, and slicing tomatoes.
What’s going on at the farm: We have a lot of new crops coming in this week for you including a new variety of beans. This new variety is a very large and rich tasting green romano bean with a great crisp texture despite its very large size. You will also receive the dragons tongue yellow romano beans as well, perhaps a three bean salad is in your future? Salad greens are back too and the same mix as last week but a new cutting from a newer planting. Radishes are included as well this week as an excellent pairing to the salad greens. We may include red radish and/or white icicle radishes. We have a new sweet pepper variety for you this week as well, sweet banana peppers which are similar looking to the Italian peppers but longer and less thick at the top. This variety ripens from orange to red as well so some may be orange and some red for these very sweet banana peppers. We will also be including a random mix of the yellow, small orange, and red bells for everyone. Our grape vines are ripening and we should have enough to send off a pint of these classic and sweet concord grapes for everyone. they do have seeds and a sweet very grape taste with some bitterness in the skins. I love walking past the ripening fruit on the vines this time of year as it smells like real grape juice! Winter squash is going out with the same varieties as last week. These two types, spaghetti and delicata have a shorter shelf life then the storage types you will receive later. Still planting here this week as well. I seeded 15 beds of spinach 100 ft by 3 ft, 3 rows per bed giving a total row foot accumulation of 4500 row feet of spinach for fall and early winter. It will likely not be ready for the end of our regular CSA season but it should be in before the end of the year and sweetened by the coming fall frosts. It may also overwinter and be one of our first crops next spring but we will see. Some other new crops coming in yet this week and you may find additions to the share this week depending on how much time we have available. Crew is thinning out this time of year as people return to school but lots of variety remains in the field to be harvested and there is much to look forward too including but not limited to fall carrots coming in, butternut and acorn squash, brussel sprouts, beauty heart radishes, rutabaga, celery root, and greens of many types. Until next week then, enjoy your veggies!
