Hello CSA Members!
This week is a peak week for cherry tomatoes so prepare to make some sauces or salads with them besides just eating them fresh of course! We will weed all the strawberries for next year soon and give them some feed this week too. Carrot digging is still a big chore every week and harvesting and washing all the other veggies of course. This is the the time of year that they prepare to fruit again next year so we will give them all the food we can muster for the next month or two. …. we are still patiently waiting for ripe peppers but its looking like late August and September will give us some. The crops list for this week is as follows…
Garlic: Our dried Garlic is delicious with pretty much everything else in your share! you can store it dry at room temperature!
Pea Shoots: These sweet and mild greens are great on sandwiches, salads, tacos, i’ve used them as a taco salad base and on top of any dish they are delish.
Yellow Carrots: These yellow carrots are so bright and sweet they are great with anything but i like them cooked with some butter and honey.
Swiss Chard: This spinach substitute is back again as a sautés green for your italian dish with the eggplant and garlic, or maybe in your morning eggs or on your burgers.
Cherry Tomatoes: Our cherry tomato blend has red, orange, yellow, white, pink, and black. All our cherries have different flavors but I just can get enough of their sweetness. Expect a large amount of these this week as they are peaking for us and you are all going to benefit from a bumber crop this week!
Heirloom tomatoes: These will be randomly distributed with red tomatoes also and bigger tomatoes for bigger shares but we have many types including red, orange, black, pink striped, yellow striped, terra cotta, pink, and orange and red striped so will try to keep it as interesting as possible. I just love all the colors sliced up for a a caprese salad with fresh minced basil and cucumber and some good olive oil and sea salt.
Eggplant: These Asiatic type violet eggplants are great for stir fry, or Italian type dishes.
Serrano Chile pepper : these green chiles have great flavor to make pico with your cherry tomatoes and garlic, or add to a stir fry for some good green chile flavor and heat! These are medium hot I would say.
Thats everything for this week folks, I hope everyone is enjoying summer as we head through August and the last month of summer its vacation season for lots of folks and preparing to go back to school. My daughter will be going to college and i’ll be working harder than ever to try and support her education which is so important in the world right now. For now its the mid season grind as I work every day to keep the veggies coming for you all, i’ll be plowing the fields and packing summer shares and get some planting done for fall ! Thank you all and see you soon!
-Kyle, crew, and family
