Phew! Another fantastic week out in the gardens heavy with huge harvests. We spent our days picking “stuff” and our late afternoons washing “stuff” Long hours crawling down the bean and tomato rows, pulling the beautiful summer onions from the ground, pulling the pretty peppers from the plants, cutting the beautiful sunflowers and harvesting the best broccoli we have ever grown! The volume of produce that comes up each day is amazing. Our knees are a bit sore but our spirits are high.
Maeve and I did a watermelon check and we are almost there. A week or so and these sweet summer treats will be in the shares. A summer favorite.
Maeve cutting the watermelon with a sharp knife!!! for the 1st time.
Taste test……almost ripe.
A bit of fun stepping back to my past profession with a floral event. I created beautiful floral centerpieces all from product we grew. It was lots of fun and I enjoyed the time designing.
Hard at work with centerpiece design.
WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE
August summer bounty is here with a huge share of goodness. 796 pounds went home with the CSA members this week! We were joking that we should offer cooler to car wagon service to get the goodies out the door.
Jalapeno peppers are here! We do not put any hot peppers in the shares…IF you are a hot pepper lover they will be on the “extra” table with all the other extra goodies for the remainder of the season. Take all you want.
SNACK PACK
corn, pears, red norland potatoes, beans, cherry tomatoes, slice tomatoes, lettuce, asian greens mix, shishito sweet peppers, sweet pepper, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli, sunflower bouquet, purple basil
Sweet Corn-Delicious just picked sweet corn from Uncle Jim.
Potatoes-We are still making our way through the red norland harvest. Fried, boiled, broiled or grilled. Fantastic!
Auntie Howdy we made fried potatoes with our potatoes and Maeve said they were almost as good as your hash browns…
Pears-We just started harvesting off the 1st 2 trees of this early variety.
Scott using the tractor to get to the pears way up there!
I used the ladder….
Beans-A mix of pretty yellow wax and green beans. Picked every other day thin and snappy.
Starting the yellow bean harvest.
Cherry tomatoes-A washed sweet pint in every snack pack share.
The cherry tomato washer hard at work.
Slice tomatoes-Here they come and hopefully the stick around for a long long time….the plants are loaded in the field.
This week’s tomato harvest.
Lettuce-A sweet and juicy mini head this week from the hoop house. We love the varieties this season.
Sweet lettuce harvest this week.
Asian mix-A great mix for fresh salads and fantastic sauted.
Asian Mix in the morning sun at harvest.
Shishito Sweet Mini peppers-A tasty mini sweet pepper that we love. Tastes like a thin walled green bell peppers.
Japanese Shishito sweet peppers. A new crop for us this year.
Sweet Pepper-We picked an assortment and 1 in every snack pack share.
Cucumbers-We are nearing the end of our cucumber season. A mix in every share of this snappy summer treat.
Zucchini-The patch is slowing down….and I am not disappointed. We have had a great zucchini run but I am ready to eat something else from the garden as we transition to late season crops.
Broccoli-We are thrilled….our best!!!!! broccoli we have every grown! A huge harvest and delicious heads. A bounty in every share.
WOW!
All washed and ready for the shares.
Sunflower bouquets-A summer treat that we try to include in the shares every season. A photo below from years past and this year too…..
Purple Basil-A pretty and fragrant bunch from the greenhouse.
FULL SHARE
corn, pears, potato, beans, cherry tomato, slice tomato, lettuce, asian mix, shishito sweet peppers, sweet peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli, sunflower bouquet, purple basil
Sweet Corn-More fantastic corn thanks to Uncle Jim. Enjoy!
Pears-A great pear harvest from the early trees. More to come.
Pears just picked from the trees.
Potatoes-Red Norland beauties in the share again this week. Best fry potato in my mind. A great yield this year.
Beans-A mix of yellow and green in the shares this week.
Cherry Tomatoes-A washed mix quart for all Full shares.
Cherry tomatoes ready to be boxed up for the shares.
Slice tomatoes-Here they come…..we just need some warm nights to bring on the jumbo beauties.
Tomatoes ripening on the vine.
Head Lettuce-A sweet dark green head from the hoop house.
Look at these beauties.
Asian Mix- A leafy green mix from the hoop house. Fresh or saute it is wonderful.
Shishito Sweet Pepper-A nice big bag of this sweet pepper treat. Great flavor and the perfect size.
Sweet peppers-We picked a mix and 2 are in each Full share this week.
Cucumbers-A mixed bag of this snappy treat….the vines are slowing down and we are ready…we have had a great run of cucumbers this year.
Zucchini-Same here the vines are slowing in the patch and we are about to move on and end the summer zucchini season. 2 in every share.
Broccoli-A bounty! And it is great-we are so happy with the harvest.
A huge harvest.
Sunflower bouquet-Beautiful sunflowers from the garden. Enjoy!
Sunflowers ready to be cut.
Bouquets ready to go home with CSA members.
Purple Basil-Perfect with those amazing tomatoes…..
BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-corn, leeks, peppers, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, kale and more…….
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