Thursday, September 10, 2015

CSA Week #13

Week #13, the last hurrah for cucumbers, tomatoes are winding down a little, as are the summer squash. With 1.88" of rain at the beginning of the week we are good on the rain and hope for sunshine and light wind to keep things dry and healthy. Time to dig potatoes!


In the Box: 2-3 lbs Summer squash and/or zucchini, leeks, 2lbs potatoes--Sangre (pictured) or Kennebec, cooking greens (Brussels sprout tops, use like collards), 3-4 bell peppers, 2 each yellow onions and red onions, basil, lovage, 2 bulbs garlic, pint ground cherries (half shares), 1-2 slicing tomatoes (Valencia or German Johnson), pint specialty tomatoes (Flamme, Wapsipinicon Peach, Riesentraube), one cucumber, 2 apples--Wealthy/Haralson, carrots...watermelon or muskmelon (some shared, not pictured).

Week #13 CSA Newsletter

Carrots are pre-soaked, tops trimmer, spary-washed, hydro-cooled/sanitized, then bunch for members..
 Washing up carrots and leeks, post-harvest, to bunch and pack into CSA boxes and Farm Share orders.

Leeks are spray-washed, beards trimmed, then bunch for members.



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