CSA Week Six

News from the field:

This is what we wrote in the flyer last year for week six. Remember this: Hail. You probably heard that a tornado touched down in Barnet. We did not get that but we did get a big dose of hail. Things look pretty bad up there right now. We may lose a whole generation of mesclun, corn is flattened, winter squash and melons are in tough shape. Oh that was awful. So awful.

This year things are growing well. The weather has actually been pretty good to us. We are in fact having a bit of a tomato freakout around here. We grew a bunch of “determinate” varieties of tomatoes, which produce the bulk of their crop all at once, in our hothouses, so as to have a lot of tomatoes in July, which is when demand is strongest (before anyone has tomatoes in their garden). Anyway, it worked! We have tons of beautiful tomatoes!!

The farmstand at the farm is now open, every day 10-7, serve yourself, so if you know anyone jonesing for some good homegrown tomatoes, please send them our way!

In the Basket:

Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes!!! Tis the season . . .

New potatoes and parsley – Recipe on the back.

Cucumbers - The field cucumbers are in!! So we gave you four to celebrate. How about some tabbouleh with the tomatoes and parsley?

Lettuce - We’ve been doing more lettuce than mesclun in the basket this year, in response to feedback from CSAers last year. It seems like people are enjoying it so here are two more small heads.

Cabbage - This seems like the perfect weather for cole slaw.

Chard - Delicious and nutritious!