8.27.2013

Today's Harvest —

Full Shares —
bunch beets
5-6 heirloom tomatoes
3-4 sweet peppers
pint cherry or saladette tomatoes
6 oz arugula
8 oz mesclun
maybe a melon*
2-4 summer squash
beans**
cutting garden

Small Shares —
bunch leeks
6 oz lettuce mix
1-2 heads lettuce
maybe a melon*
pint of cherry or saladette tomatoes or 2-3 heirloom tomatoes
1-2 summer squash or 2-3 cucumbers or 2-3 sweet peppers
cutting garden


*The musk melons and watermelons have begun to ripen! Over the course of the next several weeks you'll all be receiving a melon. We harvest the musk melons a little under ripe in order to preserve their quality coming out of the field. A musk melon will tell you it's ripe when the end is a bit soft and you can smell it. If you want to ripen it up, simply place it in a bag on a shady counter and let it sit a day or two.
Watermelons will not ripen on your counter. We test for ripeness in the field by color and sound. Although usually accurate, an unripe watermelon does sometimes get through. If this is the case, please let us know and we'll get you another.

**At the time of this post we are still harvesting beans and are unsure how much you'll be getting

CUTTING GARDEN: You may continue to take large bouquets and large bunches of basil (please take enough basil to make pesto with if you like — the basil is aging quickly so get it while you can). You may take a few of the ripening hot peppers, or the green jalapenos (careful with these — they are very hot, and if broken can get on your fingers, and from there into eyes etc). Please help yourselves to a handful of husk cherries, and small bunches of any herbs.

8.20.2013

Today's Harvest:

**PLEASE NOTE: There are pints of tomatoes in crates in the middle of the cooler. Full shares may take TWO pints. Small shares may take ONE pint. If you're sharing a small share, you still need to split the one pint between the two of you. Thanks.
Also, please bring back your pint containers and we will re-use them.

Full Shares —
1 quart potatoes
1 quart onions
2 bulbs garlic
1 1/2 quart heirloom tomatoes
2 pints cherry or saladette tomatoes (see note above)
3-5 cucumbers
1-3 summer squash
2-3 sweet peppers
2-3 heads lettuce
5 oz braising mesclun
bunch leeks
maybe a melon*
cutting garden

Small Shares —
1 1/2 pints potatoes1 quart onions
1 bulb garlic
1 quart heirloom tomatoes
1 pint cherry or saladette tomatoes (see note above)
1-4 eggplant
5 oz braising mesclun
2-3 cucumbers or bunch broccoli or 2-3 sweet peppers
cutting garden

*The musk melons and watermelons have begun to ripen! Over the course of the next several weeks you'll all be receiving a melon. We harvest the musk melons a little under ripe in order to preserve their quality coming out of the field. A musk melon will tell you it's ripe when the end is a bit soft and you can smell it. If you want to ripen it up, simply place it in a bag on a shady counter and let it sit a day or two.
Watermelons will not ripen on your counter. We test for ripeness in the field by color and sound. Although usually accurate, an unripe watermelon does sometimes get through. If this is the case, please let us know and we'll get you another.

CUTTING GARDEN: You may continue to take large bouquets and large bunches of basil (please take enough basil to make pesto with if you like). You may take a few of the ripening hot peppers, or the green jalapenos (careful with these — they are very hot, and if broken can get on your fingers, and from there into eyes etc). Please help yourselves to a handful of husk cherries (see last week's post), and small bunches of any herbs.

8.13.2013

Today's Harvest —

Full shares —
2-3 sweet peppers
3-4 heirloom slicing tomatoes
bunch onions
1-3 summer squash
4-5 cucumbers
pint cherry or saladette tomatoes
1-2 eggplant
7 oz lettuce mix
8oz filet beans
cutting garden

Small shares —
1-2 sweet peppers
1-2 eggplant
1-3 heirloom slicing tomatoes
bunch onions
1-2 summer squash or 2-3 cucumbers
pint cherry or saladette tomatoes
1-2 heads lettuce or bunch chard or bunch broccoli
cutting garden

CUTTING GARDEN: You may take large bouquets and large bunches of basil as well as small bunches of the other herbs. There are some husk cherries that are starting to ripen. A husk cherry is like a small, sweet tomatillo. You remove the fruit from its papery shell to eat. They are ready for harvest when the papery shell turns yellow-gold. The husk cherries usually fall to the ground when they are ripe. You can probably harvest a small handful this week, and a bit more next week.

8.06.2013

Today's Harvest —

Full Shares —
2 bulbs fresh garlic
3-4 fresh onions
4-5 cucumbers
1-2 summer squash
pint saladette or cherry tomatoes*
6 oz mesclun
6 oz filet beans
2 eggplant
head cabbage
cutting garden

Small Shares —
1 bulb fresh garlic
2-3 cucumbers or 1-2 summer squash
pint cherry tomatoes or mix of slicing and saladette tomatoes*
6 oz mesclun
6 oz filet beans
1-2 small heads lettuce or bunch broccoli or bunch chard
cutting garden

*Tomato varieties primarily include sun gold, nyagous, jaunne flamme, and sweetie.

CUTTING GARDEN:
This week you may take medium bouquets, large bunches of basil, and small bunches of other herbs. The cilantro has bolted, but you may still be able to scavenge some nice leaves.