FULL SHARES:
bunch beets w/ greens
2 heads garlic
3-5 cucumbers*
2-4 summer squash**
2-3 eggplant or 3-4 sweet peppers
2-4 slicing tomatoes or pint cherry tomatoes+
bunch onions
bunch collards
cabbage, broccoli, or frying peppers++
beans°
cutting garden
SMALL SHARES:
2 lb potatoes
head garlic
2-3 summer squash or 1-3 eggplant
bunch onions
pint cherry tomatoes or 2-3 slicing tomatoes+
beans°
cutting garden
*Some of you will be getting an heirloom cucumber called "dragon's egg". They are whiter than the Boothby's blonde. Don't put them in fire. :)
**Some of you will be getting an heirloom squash called "Benning's green tint". It is white to pale green, and saucer shaped. It can be treated like any other summer squash.
+You will be receiving a variety of heirloom tomatoes this week. Most are red, but a few are orange or black. We tend to harvest the slicing tomatoes a little under-ripe for better transport. A day or two in a paper bag (not in the refrigerator) will ripen them right up.
++We are in cabbage looper season. This means you should soak your broccoli in salted water for ten minutes before cooking. Cabbage loopers are little green caterpillars that hide in the florets. Speaking of florets, we are mostly harvesting the side shoots of the broccoli plants. The stems of these tend to be more tender, so won't need peeling or cutting away before cooking.
°We are still harvesting beans at the time of this post. Beans this week include french filet, yellow wax, and green.
CUTTING GARDEN: The flower and herb garden is looking great. You may cut several small bunches of herbs or one large one. You may pick a large bouquet of flowers. NEW THIS WEEK:
There are some green jalapeno peppers ready for picking. They should be about the size of an average thumb. A few sunflowers have begun to bloom. If you get here soon enough, you may take a cut or two for your bouquet. They will be more abundant over the next few weeks. Please cut down to the next small bud on the stalk.
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