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Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!  CORN!!!!  

We are so excited about the food box this week.

Corn-As with years in the past we get our corn from Scott’s Cousin in Reedsburg.  We do not have the space to grow the volume needed and when we surveyed our members we all felt that outside source was ok as we all wanted corn…  This year a trade of some chain link fence has provided us with wonderful irrigated corn.  It was just picked this morning and tucked in your boxes.  I know what what we will all be having for supper tonight.

Potatoes-A bumper Crop! Everyone has 3+ pounds in their box this week. This beautiful white fleshed variety is called Red Norland.  An all around wonder.  Great mashed with the pretty thin skinned left on, delicious fried, and terrific in a cold salad.

Scott harvesting the potatoes…..you can see from this photo that we grow with black plastic “mulch” and drip line.

The potatoes look like pretty Easter Eggs!

Onion Medley-A collection of several different onions…little cute guys, green onions, and larger ones too for that potato salad.

Assorted Cucumbers-A box of snackers as well as a nice long European Beauty for slicing.

Celery-This is our miracle this week.  Celery loves water and I was unsure how this would do this year in the drought.  We kept the irrigation on this area frequently and the crop is beautiful.  Very flavorful.  Use the whole plant.  The leaves are more strongly flavored and also dry well for winter soups…we should have at least 2 more harvests of celery this season.

Italian Flat Leaf Parsley-A nice big bunch for buttered potatoes.

Eggplant-The plants are really producing.  Everyone has a large eggplant as well as a few tiny miniature cuties….We love the small ones raw with hummus or other dip.

Take a look at this nice looking couple…..they are safely tucked in 2 family boxes for this week’s pick up.

Tomatoes-A small mixed box this week as the vines are just starting to produce and we wanted to include them as a treat.  Last year we had tomatoes until Christmas.  Here we go with the harvest.  At full swing we will be harvesting over 100 pounds a day.  We have well over 100 plants and Scott keeps them trellised for easy picking.  Many of the plants are towering high over our heads already.

No lettuce this week….but we have many heads in the extra box.  Just not enough to include in everyone’s boxes.

Enjoy Everyone!  Have a wonderful week.

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A Pretty Fancy Box!  WOW! We are really pleased with the box this week.  The harvest went really well and we are happy with all the treats!  Enjoy Everyone.

What is in your box.

Cucumber-A nice mix.  All vines are producing now except 1 variety yet to come.  Remember to add a few slices of cucumber to your drinking water it is very refreshing.

Dill-Jumbo Dill plants.  These huge plants grew right on dripline. We put another planting in too this year for a Fall harvest.  Make a quick salad with the cucumbers and/or beans.  Delicious with fish too.

Beans-Another bounty of these beauties.  When Maeve eats them she always says “nothing better” as she pops them in her mouth.

Chard-Thin succulent stalks with juicy leaves.  Delicious in a stir fry or with eggs.

Lettuce-We harvested heavy this week as we worried this crop may bolt in the heat next week and did not want to loose it.   A delicious head lettuce called Tropicana and extremely heat tolerant.  We are glad it could withstand the 100+ degree temps under the row cover.

Fennel-Tasty bulbs that add a unique flavor.  We had assorted random bulb sizes of these beauties for some reason….from jumbo to small.  The boxes contain either 1 jumbo or several small to medium.  Use the bulb and greens for seasoning.

Zucchini-Assorted long varieties as well as patty pans.  As mentioned we are going to have low yield for a few weeks depending how many plants remain. The new crop should be producing in about a month.

Cauliflower-Our little treasure of a variety called Amazing.  It is amazing to us to produce in this heat.  Enjoy fresh or roasted with a bit of parmesan cheese.

Broccoli-The offering this week is a cutting of all the side shoots off the main harvest the last 2 weeks.  What a bounty!  We have another summer rotation in the garden now and a 3rd cold/autumn variety of broccoli in the greenhouse too.  Hopefully we will have even more before the season ends.

We have decided to suspend the egg delivery for awhile…I don’t think many of us are baking right now!  Several dozen have remained each week and we can only eat so many.  Ann, the egg lady does charge a delivery fee from Poynette and it is really not cost effective to deliver 4-5 dozen.  When the weather changes I will see if we should start up again.  She will also be sending over a brochure to us for her Turkeys this year.  She is raising 2 varieties and taking orders for Fall.  I will post this information when available.

I have placed the Lusa Organics order.  Some items were out of stock.  They will ship when available….

Have a wonderful week Everyone.

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It is interesting how a few days reprieve from the frying heat makes it all a distant memory…..a great!! harvest for us this week.  The garden constantly amazes us with the wonderful bounty.  Scott kept up with the watering and irrigation through the blisteringly oppressive heat and the garden sure gave back.  We are not noticing any areas of high concern.  We did loose one carrot planting to zero germination….it was just too warm.  We have 2 rotations in now and will wait a few weeks for it hopefully to cool a bit and get a jumbo 3rd carrot planting in.  A few of the zucchini plants are failing for an unknown reason but we already had a second rotation started a few weeks back.  Even with all the heat we got sooooo much done this week.  Another planting of 150 broccoli plants in, 150 of those cute mini cabbages went in too.  Almost 700 lettuce plugs went in and another rotation of 700 started in the greenhouse.  We are guessing 1/2 for sure of the lettuce will make it in this heat so we are way! over planting to be safe.  It is a bit discouraging to watch perfect lettuce bolt in one day, but we do our best and have chosen extremely heat tolerant varieties for the summer but prolonged extreme heat takes it’s toll.  Our amazing garlic crop is harvested and up and drying.  The ground was very dry and Scott felt like he was chipping through concrete to get the beauties out.  The bulbs are huge and wonderful.  We were able to get some edge weeding done and Scott spends many hours trellising the tomatoes that grow several inches a day.   He tells me he could almost start over at the beginning as soon as he reaches the end of the patch.  We have worked out the schedule for the Fall crop plantings and we just started all the storage cabbages and a huge beet planting in the greenhouse.   It is really shaping up for a nice season for us even though it has it’s challenges of gardening with no rain….

What is in your box

Lettuce!!!! -We harvested the heads a bit small just to be safe so everyone has 2-4 nice juicy assorted heads this week.

Broccoli-A bit over 1 pound.  We will leave the plants in for another week and perhaps have a few tasty side shoots in the extra box next week.

Cabbage -A favorite variety of mine.  Small size heads that are perfect for a few meals or a batch of coleslaw.

Green Beans -Another goal this season we can check off the list!  We thought we were kinda wimpy last year with our beans…..so the goal was tons! of beans this year and here they come….. First rotation is just starting and 2 more to come.  Enjoy!  We even canned some last week!  Very snappy and delicious.

Cucumbers-We planted 6 varieties this year and everyone will get an assortment every week.  Long thin European and Japanese slicers, beautiful blonde snackers that have excellent flavor and 3 different green varieties for salads, pickles, and snacking.

Zucchini-Another assortment of patty pan and long thin varieties.

Jumbo Garlic-Isn’t it pretty?  This was harvested about 2 weeks ago and has started drying.  Excellent flavor.

Snapdragon/Zinnia Bouquet-Thanks Everyone!

Storage Cabbage started in the greenhouse.

Tomatoes around the corner!

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Harvesting went well for us even in all that heat.  We just plugged along and took a few more breaks and trips into the cooler.  We are excited that the lettuce has returned!  Nice floppy juicy heads thanks to Scott’s diligent watering.  There are several staggered plantings of heat tolerant lettuce in the ground and under  row cover as well as several hundred sitting in cells in the greenhouse ready to go out.  Hopefully we are set for the summer.

Lettuce-A pretty Buttercrunch with big tasty leaves.

Berry Medley-Blackcaps and Blueberries(3 varieties as we are experimenting as to what type we like the best) for a delicious vinaigrette.  I was hoping the timing would work out with the lettuce and berry crop and glad it did!  I love the way berries taste on a salad.  Also wonderful to toss in yogurt, ice cream or morning cereal. We did not wash or rinse the berries. Berries store best in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator  and washed just be eating.

Curly Parsley- Nice big bunch to enhance your meals this week. Keep in a juice glass of water in the refrigerator.

Beets-We had a small early planted crop that was ready well ahead of all the others for some reason.  So a little sample of whats to come.  Red Ace beauties….

Broccoli-WOW!  With more to come!  It looks great in the garden and the second planting is just starting up too.

Maeve and Scott washing the broccoli.

Zucchini-The plants have doubled in size this week and are loaded with blossoms.  Raw they taste wonderful and oh so tender.

Collard Greens-Delicious raw as a wrap for a sandwich or burrito.  Cut the stem out and fill with your favorites…..hummus, mayo or another “sauce” helps hold it all together.  The leaves can also be quickly blanched in hot water to make them easier to work with.  Think little sushi rolls.  Make “enchiladas” and bake.  Lots of options.  We have even made a quick slaw and used it as a topping or a side dish.  These beautiful leaves will reappear in the boxes again this Fall.

Thanks Everyone!  Dance a rain dance for all of us this week.

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