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We are having such a great season…..Crops are strong, we are strong and we are just and only just staying in front of the weeds but I’ll take that.  It is that really great time of the season where it is all coming at once….the plans we made  in the cold snowy days of late December are now really happening. Our days are long with many trips to the compost pile with load after load of weeds.  At times the bean rows seem to go on forever and we wonder if we will ever get the last of the late potatoes out of the ground because it takes forever to hand fork up those little beauties. Too many cherry tomatoes on the vine can make us take a big deep breath after we say “WOW!” and just start picking…. That overabundance of produce problem that has plagued us all season is a good problem to have….we drop off to the food pantry, give away tons to friends and family-even strangers “just take it-really!”, we eat well, “put up” as much as we can for winter and try not to over pack the shares each week.

The end of season crops are soon to reach harvest and we are looking forward to a whole new round of garden vegetables to enjoy.  We also spent this last week seeding in some late season quick crops.  Long rows of Spinach for a Fall harvest and more with hopes to winter over for Spring Share.  Radishes, swiss chard transplants, beets, more carrots, salad turnips and some broccoli that can handle the cold and snow for hopefully a Winter Share Thanksgiving treat. You never know with that last one and how the season will finish up with the weather.

The ever changing hoophouse. Quick fall crops seeded in on the left and foreground.

3rd Bean planting ready to be picked!

Huge tomato plants.

Paste tomatoes on the vine.

I was starving out in the field and needed a quick snack….looking for a few of the last Summer rasperries and did not know Scott was near.

STILL! waiting for the melons to ripen. We need a few warm nights to help them along. Hopefully next week they will appear in the shares.

Summer Squash Jungle!

We have decided to cut down the summer squash jungle and give us all a break from the overwheming harvest.  It is near to impossible to make our way through the patch and the daily overabundace we harvest daunting.  A 2nd patch we planted later in the season is just starting to produce and summer squash will reappear in late sason shares.  Phew! A difficult decision but good one we think.

Summer Squash Harvest.

And more summer squash harvest.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE 

Another monster share week!  454 pounds of Summer Wonderful.

SNACK PACK

1/2 pint Cherry tomatoes-The beautiful assorted mix.  Have you picked a favorite yet?

Tomato Mix-It is Pasta/Pizza Sauce week.  A nice container for a homemade batch.

Sauce Herb Bundle-Fresh Parsley, Oregano, and Rosemary for a flavorful sauce.

Basil Plant-Started late in the season and pampered in the greenhouse so it would be perfect, tender and juicy with young leaves when the tomatoes hit. Enjoy!

Sweet Summer Onions-White and Red combination.  These are sweet summer onions and not storage onions.  Keep in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator.

Zucchini-A generous assortment of this powerhouse crop for the week.  It will disappear for the next few weeks for a much needed overload prevention break.  Back again at the end of the season.

Potatoes-Just dug Carolas!  Our #1 favorite.

Mini Sweet Lunch Box Peppers-We have been waiting all summer for these pretty and tasty little gems.

Portioning out the Mini Lunch Box Sweet Peppers.

Lettuce-A juicy butter crunch.  A treat at this time of the season as the variety usually cannot handle the summer heat.  We took a risk and gave it a shot and here it is.

Pickle Pack-Perfect mix for a batch of refrigerator Pickles.

Dill-A generous bundle for pickles.

1 Sweet Big Bell Pepper.

FULL SHARE

Full Pint Cherry Tomato-The beautiful assortment.  Have you picked a favorite yet?

Tomato Mix-It is Pasta/Pizza Sauce week.  A nice container for a homemade batch.

Sauce Herb Bundle-Fresh Parsley, Oregano, and Rosemary for a flavorful sauce.

Basil Plant-Started late in the season and pampered in the greenhouse so it would be perfect tender and  juicy with young leaves when the tomatoes hit. Enjoy!

Sweet Summer Onions-White and Red combination.  These are sweet summer onions and not storage onions.  Keep in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator.

Zucchini-A generous assortment of this powerhouse crop for the week.  It will disappear for the next few weeks for a much needed overload prevention break.  Back again at the end of the season.

Potatoes-Just dug Carolas!  Our #1 favorite.

Scott found a heart shaped Carola potato when packaging. A surprise in a share this week.

Mini Sweet Lunch Box Peppers-We have been waiting all summer for these pretty and tasty little gems.

Spinach-YES! Spinach!!  Hard for us to believe too……Hoophouse grown Spinach in August. We gave it a shot with the projected cooler Summer a heavy shade cloth, lots of water and maybe a bit of magic was involved but it is here and it is good!

Just picked….Tender Spinach in August.

1 Sweet Big Bell Pepper

Tri Color Bean Mix-The end of this colorful harvest.

Beets-The BEST!! we have ever grown.  Just beautiful and tender.  Watered twice a day in the hoophouse.

Fennel-I cannot resist the beet/fennel combo.  A perfect mix in my mind and had to include it in this week risking food share overload.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-CORN, HONEY, SUMMER LEEKS, MELON (HOPEFUULY!), POTATOES, TOMATOES AND MORE……