Week 15!

“We go admiring the pure and delicate tints of fungi on the surface of the damp swamp there, following up along the north side of the brook. There are many, very beautiful lemon-yellow ones of various forms, some shaped like buttons, some becomingly scalloped on the edges, some club-shaped and hollow, of the most delicate and rare but decided tints, contrasting well with the decaying leaves around them. There are others, also, pure white, others a wholesome red, others brown, and some even a light indigo-blue above, and beneath and throughout. When colors come to be taught in the schools, as they should be, both the prism (or the rainbow) and these fungi should be used by way of illustration and if the pupil does not learn colors, he may learn fungi which is perhaps better. You almost envy the wood frogs and toads that hop amid such gems, -- some pure and bright enough for a breast pin. Out of every crevice between the dead leaves oozes some vehicle of color, the unspent wealth of the year which Nature is now casting forth as if it were to empty herself.”

Thoreau, Sept. 1, 1856

We have some shiitake mushrooms, grown by a local couple,  at the farmstand.  Wonderful, wonderful food, to be used in anything you might make.  Like all local, fresh food, the difference is remarkable.  If they can ever produce enough, I'll add some to a share some time.

In this week's share:

Tomatoes--probably 1.5 pounds;

Chard--(I've been eating a saute of chard, tomatoes, mushrooms for breakfast, lunch and dinner all week!)

Small onions (while we wait for the bigger ones to cure properly)

Peppers or collards!!!! Finally, a good crop of collards!  Braised Collards with tomatoes

Flat yellow beans or chinese red noodle beans

Salad mix--mesclun, spinach, pea shoots!!!

Garlic chives--makes an awesome, thick, smooth pesto!!!!! Use on everything!!!!!

Plums or pears or apples

At the farm stand: Concord grapes from Red Jacket Orchards!  Peaches! Butter! Our first celery root and acorn squash is coming in!  Maple Syrup!  Creamed Honey!  Buckwheat Honey!!!

Enjoy!  Eat well!  Soak up the last (?!) heat wave of the year!!!