Greetings to all summer CSA members new and old! Summer weather will eventually arrive...yes? The peppers and eggplant are asking for it, ever so politely!!!
Summer squash is setting fruit, and beans and cucumbers are starting to climb the trellises. Garlic is sending out its flower stalks, and the tomatoes are slowly gaining ground in the hoop houses.
Weather continues to be perfect for spring crops.
This is the last week for asparagus--yield has been fantastic in year 2 of our planting, and now it's time to give the field a rest. 6 weeks of harvest this year, and next year should allow 8 or more.
Our blueberry patch is taking hold and next year should yield a decent harvest. The small plants are heavy with fruit right now, but I'm not going to net them this year--the birds will fatten up!
To all newcomers: come tomorrow, Thursday, between 7 and 7. If you can't make it, let me know--Friday and Saturday are always options. There will be a list of items to take in either the fridge or on the stand.
In this week's share:
2 heads of lettuce--a huge green butterhead and the red beauty you see in the picture above;
Salad mix, with a bit of radish and watercress microgreens mixed in;
Garlic scapes!!!!!! The flowering stalk of the garlic. I got them very early this year, right on time, very tender, so use the whole stalk:What to do with garlic scapes!!!
Spinach--what a great spring for this sometimes sensitive green!
Asparagus--this is it for the year!!! Enjoy!!!
Kohlrabi!!!!!! Haha!!! Just about my favorite vegetable! Great raw with some salt, or try these recipes! Also, cook the greens!!!! Delicious!
Rubarb--the last of it. Stew some with sugar or honey and lemon and put it on vanilla ice cream.
Eat well!!!
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