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Well, after a quick check on Friday night in the watermelon patch we realized that Saturday was the happy day of the harvest!  What a delicious bounty and we got our square!

The evening watermelon check…they are ready!

We had a bit of trouble releasing it from the mold and had to drip vegetable oil down the sides and it slipped right out.

Our square watermelon all polished up.

Our week zipped by again….huge tomato harvests and potato harvests too.  We are blown away with the cucumber crop this year.  We must have got our timing right on the rotations as they are fantastic this year.  Daily picks down the long trellis rows.

1/2 the cucumber trellis row.

My morning routine….cucumber harvest.

The cooler mornings are here….and it feels bit like Autumn…days will transition.  No more in the garden by 5:30 a.m.-it’s too dark!  Colors change and the harvest too.

This looks like Autumn!  Orange spaghetti squash.  We harvested these beauties this week.  They need to cure for a bit but then will make their way into the shares along with the traditional tan ones.

CSA #11

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

Dark head lettuce or lovelock lettuce, baby bell peppers, fantastic little potatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, Slice tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, sweet onions, broccoli, purple filet beans (full only) and watermelon!

Full Share.

Snack Pack.

Dark head lettuce and Lovelock-Beautiful and delicious head lettuce from hoop 1 this week.  We picked 3 varieties.

This week’s pretty lettuce.

Ready to harvest.

Beautiful!

Lovelock.

Baby Bell Peppers-Pepper season is just starting….these little gems are a fun way to kick off the pepper bonanza.  Several in every share.

Little potatoes-A new favorite!  Dry and flaky.  Great steamed, grilled or boiled.  We trialed 5 pounds of these little marvels last year and loved them…this year we put 25 pounds of seed potatoes in the ground.  They are fantastic.

This week’s potato harvest.

Potato Digger in action…Cousin John at the wheel.

They look like little marbles all clustered together….

Cucumbers-Can you believe it…a bounty again.  American, European and Asian in the shares.

Morning Cucumber harvest.

Zucchini-We started the harvest off the 2nd rotation this week.  45 Zucchini a day.  This is the morning routine…. zucchini pick so they are nice and small.  Perfect raw in salads or we love them grilled.

Zucchini at the 2nd rotation row.

Sweet Onions-long storage life in the refrigerator.  Best season ever for us.  We planted 3 varieties.

Slice tomatoes-Tomato season is here!  A bounty in every share.  They have not even peaked yet.

Our best heirloom year ever!

All shares will have a variety.  Different and complex flavors.  Enjoy!

Broccoli-Gorgeous summer broccoli.  This is a variety that grows great in heat. Nice tight bead and silver green heads.

Purple beans(full only)-This may be the end of the purple bean harvest.  And a break before the new rotation of green starts.

Watermelon- Perfectly sweet!  A summer treat.

Several varieties of watermelon were harvested.

1 of the 3 loads of watermelon going up for storage.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-carrots, cabbage, leeks, garlic, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelon, head lettuce and more…..