What’s in the Box: Heirloom and slicingtomatoes (may include red, yellow, orange, black, pink, striped, yellow), leek, celery, summer squash, english cucumbers, green pepper, purple glazer garlic, eggplant, serrano chile pepper, cauliflower (purple, green white, or cheddar), and thyme.
What’s going on at the farm: Mother nature is really bringing the heat and humidity this season and this last week has been no joke working in the fields and keeping up with the harvesting and weeds. Tomatoes are in peak season so expect a lot of them. I don’t think I need to make to many recommendations on those but here are a few of my favorite ways to enjoy this popular crop. Sliced thick with olive oil and balsamic and raw bits of garlic and cheese over the top. Fresh pico de gailo, Diced tomato, cucumber, and onion salad. Tomato sandwiches with mayo lettuce and maybe cheese and of course the famous BLT! Our garlic is all clipped and curing this week and ready for distribution as cured garlic for the rest of the season and of course to be saved for our seed in the fall. Remember it does not need to be refrigerated at this point so just keep it out of direct sun in a room temp place. Now that it is all cleaned we will be ready to harvest all of our sweet onions for sun curing and we are planning on that for the coming week on Monday. Peppers are making their way into the mix and we grow many types of sweet peppers but the pepper season starts with these early smaller bells. Still plenty cucumbers to enjoy and I love them with the onions for refrigerator pickles. Simply frying some zucchini and sweet onions makes a great side dish with a little of your favorite spices like cumin and garlic. Leeks are in this week too, and they make a great addition to any veggie mix with their creamy buttery and mild taste. Another new crop for us this season is the fresh Thyme which will complement any of your dishes with its fresh citrusy and piney flavor. We have some other new exciting crops in right now too including our multicolored cauliflower, and dark green celery. We will also have some nice purple haze carrots coming soon, likely next week but we may get some of them to you yet this week if we have time to get them harvested but they are just reaching maturity this week. Until next week then, thank you all and enjoy the veggies!
