Perhaps it’s this beautiful weather, but I feel like things are going great. Late blight is definitely killing our tomatoes, but this hot, dry weather slows it down so that we can still harvest fruit. Our potatoes are all dead now, but they were happy potatoes before they died and, as such, we’ve got a decent potato crop to harvest. Not a lot, but enough. I’m still not optimistic about the diversity of the shares through the fall, but I know that there will be enough.
The shares are a little light this week, due to a miscalculation about how many tomatoes we’d have. Most of the shares have been pretty large up to now, so we’re still ahead of the curve, but I thought I’d let you know in case you were thinking things looked a little shy.
Egg shareholders should feel free to return their used egg cartons. We don’t need them now, but I’m sure we’ll need them sometime.
Detailed share information, notes about the veggies, storage tips and recipe tips are all inside the full post.
All shares contain:
- Fresh Onions
- Endive
- TOMATOES! (one half share got cherry tomatoes instead of slicing tomatoes)
“Full” shares also contain:
- Parsley
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Swiss Chard
Bread shares: No bread this week.
Veggie Notes
Endive – A frilly, bitter green. Here’s a few recipes we put together for some of the Italian bitter greens in last year’s CSA.
Storage Notes
Store onions, endive, parsley and chard in a plastic bag in the fridge, tomatoes are fine on the counter. Aficionados often say that putting tomatoes in the fridge ruins their flavor.
As always, we welcome your feedback. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns or problems. Also, please send along any recipes you’d like to share.
We hope you enjoy the share!