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A fun “big deal” week in the gardens.  We set the goal of getting ALL the potatoes out of the ground and we did it with the help of Scott’s cousin, cousin’s son, uncle and Maeve.  A hot Saturday but the crop is out with the help of many hands and we are grateful.  1018 pounds of our late potato harvest is in storage.  Phew!

Picking up the fingerling potatoes after the potato digger went through.

Potato harvest done!  Maeve and Scott loading up the potatoes from the field.

We waded into the winter squash patch and started that harvest.  Acorns, several varieties of carnival and delecata, butternut and at the suggestion of a CSA member pie pumpkins are back!  We made a good dent in the harvest and are pleased with the quantity and quality so far….hopefully we finish the job this week and then move on to ornamental pumpkins next.

1st load of winter squash going up to the shed.

And the floral design continues with several beauties going out the door of the “studio”/garage/CSA packing shed this week….I love it.

Finishing up a big floral order for a special event.

And another beauty to mark a special day…(I threw out my favorite shirt after I saw this picture…darn)

SUMMER SHARE #17  3 weeks remain of the summer 2017 season. 501 pounds of delicious late season produce going home with members today.  

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

SNACK PACK

head lettuce, broccoli, fingerling potatoes, garlic, cipollini onions, pint cherry tomatoes, carnival winter squash, beans, sweet peppers mini cabbage head

Head lettuce-We are thrilled with this week’s lettuce.  That tricky butterhead that is difficult to grow.  We did it again!  Perfect, beautiful and delicious.

Butterhead lettuce at harvest.

Broccoli side shoots-A nice sized bag of the amazing broccoli side shoots that never end.

Maeve was the broccoli bagger this week.

Fingerling potatoes-A favorite potato.  We harvested over 250 pounds of blemish free beauties.  Enjoy!

Scott weighing out the fingerlings for this week’s share.

Garlic-A head in every snack pack.

Onions-The 1st of our storage onions.  A fun Cipollini that look like little spaceships….they are higher in residual sugars and are ideal for roasting and caramelizing.  Melt in your mouth sweetness.

Maeve took this picture of our cipollini onion.

Cherry tomatoes-Another pint this week.  This may be the end of our loooooong cherry tomato season.

Washed cherry tomatoes ready for the shares.

Winter Squash-A pretty Carnival Squash.  Sweet flesh similar in flavor to sweet potatoes.

Another Maeve image….Carnival Squash.

Beans!-A great harvest off our last planting of the season.  Green and purple beans in the mix.

Sweet Peppers-A fantastic peppers year for us….we picked a mix of sweets this week and a few in every snack pack share.

Pretty peppers in the sun after harvest.

Mini Cabbage head-They are back!  Our second planting.  Sweet mini heads ideal for salads, slaw or roasting.

Many cabbage heads at harvest in the garden.

FULL SHARE

head lettuce, spinach, fingerling potatoes, garlic, cipollini onions, pint cherry tomatoes, carnival winter squash, beans, sweet peppers, mini sweet peppers, mini cabbage heads

Head lettuce-A gorgeous head of the sweet butterhead.  Light lime green and delicious.

Beautiful butterhead lettuce….

Spinach-A huge! bag of this late season treat.  We pick very early in the morning and triple rinse.  Sweet and delicious.

Spinach at harvest.

Scott triple rinsing the spinach.

And spinning dry.

Fingerling Potatoes-Yum!  Roasted or pan fried…..A bounty.

Fingerlings ready for the shares…..

Garlic-2 heads in every full share.

Onions-Sweet Cipollini Onions.  Thin skinned and much sweeter than the usual winter storage onions.  Ideal caramelized or roasted.  Melt in your mouth sweetness.

Cherry Tomatoes-This may be the final pint of the long cherry tomato season.

Cherry tomatoes are still ripening in the garden.

Winter squash-A pretty carnival winter squash with sweet flesh similar to a sweet potato in flavor.

Rinsing off the squash from the field.

Beans-A great harvest again off our last bean planting of the season.  Green and purple in the shares this week.

Sweet Peppers-A mix picked this week and several sweet beauties in every share.

Mini Sweet Peppers-A HUGE! bag of these pretty gems and they taste like candy.

A bright harvest of mini sweet snacking peppers.

Cabbage-The mini heads are back!  Perfectly sized and sweet.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-honey!, head lettuce, brussels sprouts, winter squash, potatoes, peppers, kale, baby arugula, super cool radishes, ginger!!!, beans and more…..