CSA Week Eight

News from the field:

Too much rain. Not disastrous, but still too much. We haven’t been able to get our plantings in, and even when we have been able to, we now have some stuff starting to rot in the field. Fortunately, we have really light soil that is somewhat elevated and drains well. And we have greenhouses that mitigate some of the rain issues. But even still we are having problems. So think sun and wind and low humidity everyone!

In the Basket:

Cucumbers – The variety name for the cucumbers you’re getting this week is marketmore. It’s a prolific heirloom from New England.

Carrots – The variety name on these is nelson. It’s a good mid-season carrot.

Mesclun or broccoli – The mesclun is a mix of lettuce and other salad greens which vary seasonally. The broccoli is arcadia. Arcadia is a slow growing but adaptable mid season variety.

Eggplant – The large Italian eggplants are nadia, the small Asian ones are orient Express and the fairytale are fairytale.

Tomatoes – The red tomatoes are three different varieties buffalo, geronimo (a bit bigger), moscvich. The moscvich is a Russian heirloom which we love for its awesome flavor. If you get a tomato with yellow shoulders, it is probably moscvich.

Cherry tomatoes – We grow a number of cherry tomatoes: sungolds (the orange ones), isis (red and yellow marbled), black cherry (purple), and plum cherries. The regular red cherry variety we grow is called sun cherry