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Fast.  That was the theme of the week for us.  The days zipped by quickly and big harvest jobs completed in a speedy fashion.  We are enjoying work in this season’s cooler temperatures.  The absence of the extreme oppressive heat of years past sure keeps our endurance up to chug along.  Happy days of progress and it feels good.  Late season crops are developing with the aid of constant around the clock irrigation somewhere in the garden.  We hope for rain, daily we hope for rain but the irrigation lines run and we are ok.  The popcorn is tassling!  High hopes we make it in time.   The next round of broccoli looks good and we are still digging late potatoes.  We planted and will continue to plant late season carrots and are going to experiment with some over winter carrot varieties for an early season treat next year.  More spinach went in, beets too and a final planting of Chinese cabbage.  I seeded in some pac choi for end of season harvest and have to admit I am starting to miss eating one of my new favorites this season.

Scott removed the Summer Squash jungle.  I danced among the vines for a final harvest that will appear in the shares this week.  The new patch is starting to produce already.

Summer Squash vines going to the compost pile.

A nice snappy carrot harvest came out of the hoop house.  We are pleased with the results and again marvel at how quickly they developed.  It seems like we just planted the seeds last week and here they are.

Pulling carrots.

Scott harvesting carrots. The romaine lettuce in the background doubled in size this week and we will be harvesting it for next weeks share…. HUGE! Crazy!

End if this carrot harvest…..

Scott washing the carrots in the old wringer washer.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

638 pounds this week!  That is a lot of food……enjoy!

SNACK PACK

1/2 pint cherry tomatoes-The delicious assortment.

Assorted slice/paste tomatoes-A few choice beauties.

Cabbage Head-A mini summer cabbage head.  Perfect for strir fry, salad or slaw.

Spinach!-Amazing to me that it is here in August.  Delicious flavorful leaves.  ENJOY this marvel for this time of year.

Kohlrabi-We grew 4 varieties. An assortment will appear in each share.

Kohlrabi harvest.

Green Beans-Nice long french filets.

Carrots-Sweet hoop house grown carrots.

Summer Onions-We are nearing the end of this crop.

Summer Squash-The last of the harvest from the jungle.

Cantalope-Sweet!  Really sweet.  We are thrilled with this crop.  A wonderful variety called Sarah’s Choice.

Starting the cantalope harvest after daily inspection. FINALLY! ready…..

Scott hauling up a load of cantalope.

Cinnamon Basil-A perfect pairing with the sweet cantalope.

Cucumber Mix-This may be the end of this season’s harvest…..

FULL SHARE

Pint of Cherry Tomatoes-The pretty colorful assortment.

Paste/Slice Tomatoes-A few assorted in each share.

Cabbage Head-A mini summer cabbage head.  Perfect for strir fry, salad or slaw.

Kohlrabi-We grew 4 varieties. An assortment will appear in each share.

Beautiful Lettuce-A copper colored wonder called Outrageous.

The lettuce crop at harvest time.

This week’s Lettuce harvest.

Green Beans-Nice long french filets.

Carrots-Sweet hoop house grown carrots. A nice big bag.

Summer Onions-We are nearing the end of this crop.

Summer Leeks-Delicious! We felt our leek crop last year was a bit wimpy and unremarkable.  We made sure this season’s selelction is amaxing!  4 varieties were planted and this is the start of the early smaller summer leeks.  A variety called King Richard.

Taking the summer leeks up to the washing station from the garden.

Potatoes-We had to include a nice sized bag of potatoes to go with the leeks this week-how could we not?  Tasty gratins, fried or soup.

Summer Squash-The last of the harvest from the jungle.

Cantalope-Sweet!  Really sweet.  We are thrilled with this crop.  A wonderful variety called Sarah’s Choice.

Cinnamon Basil-A perfect pairing with the sweet cantalope.

Cucumber Mix-This may be the end of this season’s harvest…..

European Slicing Cucumber-It may be the end of this summer crop too…..

Sweet Pepper-A pretty bull’s horn variety called Carmen.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-HONEY (FOR SURE!-WE HELD ON TO IT FOR A WEEK AS THIS WEEK’S SHARE GOT JUST TOO BIG AGAIN.), KALE, ROMAINE LETTUCE, CORN, PEPPERS, MELON, SPAGHETTI SQUASH, TOMATOES, AND MORE…..