CSA: Week 21

In your share this week:

• Golden Beets
• Carrots
• Dill
• French Filet Beans - last of the season
• Red Norland Potatoes - last of this variety
• Head Cabbage
• Tomatoes - varying from red ripe to green
• Swiss Chard
• Walla Walla Onions
• Cucumber - last of the season

Another great share of veggies and herbs weighing in at about 14 pounds and at a value of $40!  What a great year for growing a bounty of good food!  And... looks like the weather is going to throw us a curveball for the next week.  I see snow in the forecast, but my biggest concern are the nighttime temperatures.  Hoping they stay mild enough that row covers, extra row covers, can help pull things through for a few more weeks.  As I mentioned last week, I plan on having CSA shares through October 18th.  Maybe a week longer if we have enough food and nice weather.

The tomatoes are just starting to ripen.  It's so frustrating to baby them along all these months and still take so long to ripen.  So, today Carol picked all the red tomatoes she could find and also all the green tomatoes off of a few plants towards the back of the greenhouse where the heaters can't quite reach.  I know some of you like green tomatoes.  If you don't, just leave them out and they'll likely ripen, eventually.

In addition to a great harvest each week, we are also making progress on end of season clean up work.  It's a big job to shut a farm down for the winter!  I'm so grateful and happy to see the projects get done with the help of our great workshare crew.

Recipe ideas?  Make soup!  Shain has been cooking some great soups.  Even a simple recipe can taste delicious and uses up a lot of the items in your weekly shares.  I know a few of our CSA members who make large batches of "CSA Soup" with their leftover produce, putting most of it into the freezer to enjoy all winter long.

Have a great week and ENJOY your veggies!

Tara