CSA #9 August 5th

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CSA #9 August 5th

August 5, 2021 by foxlinecityfarm

The weeks rolled by and somehow we turned the calendar to August. The days are shorter and the light has changed to create deeper tones in the garden….We can feel the garden transitioning to late summer. The potato vines are dying back and the cucumber vines too are offering up their final cucumbers. The watermelon are just about ready and the tomato patch blazes red. We will start pulling the spaghetti squash next week and dig early leeks for the shares. I love this time of year even though it seems summer has zoomed right by….

A sure sign of seasons changing….I couldn’t help myself-picked the 1st pumpkin!

CSA #9

Head lettuce, chinese cabbage, garlic, fennel, beets, cucumbers, zucchini, slice tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, corn and sweet summer onions.

Head lettuce- We are loving the taste of this beautiful dark lettuce. Sweet flavor and a great crunch.

Lettuce harvest in the morning sun. Gorgeous.

Chinese Cabbage-Makes a fantastic slaw with blue cheese. This is a mid sized head variety and the last of the chinese cabbage for the season.

Field grown chinese cabbage. Perfectly sized.

Garlic-We have a great garlic crop this season. We save our garlic from year to year and use the biggest heads for seed the next season.

Fennel-Fennel is delicious in the chinese cabbage slaw. Grilled and charred has amazing flavor and we love LOVE! it in a cold beet salad. Enjoy!

Washed, chilled and ready for the shares.

Beets!-We grew this variety-Zeppo in hoop 2.

Cucumbers-This may be the end of cucumbers….The vines are slowing down.

Zucchini-Patch #1 is nearing the end of harvest and #2 planting is just picking up speed. We harvest zucchini every morning and it still amazes me how they grow so quickly in 1 day.

Tomatoes!-Here come the slicers. Heirlooms, paste and perfect burger red beauties. They will be out for members to pick their favorites.

Cherry tomatoes-A HUGE! harvest of these delicious gems. Great assortment of color, flavor and texture.

Maeve is in charge of cherry tomatoes. Washing.

Corn-The corn is fantastic this year. A HUGE! thank you to Scott’s relatives-Raupp Family Farm for sharing their sweet corn with our CSA. We are grateful……This is conventionally grown sweet corn.