Week 17

In the box this week we have...

Bib head lettuce, red romaine lettuce, leeks, Choy, spaghetti squash, Swiss chard, ear tomatoes, kale, yellow onions, spinach, eggplant, yellow squash, sage, basil, and cilantro...

Yukon gold-red-russet potatoes, turnips, green bell pepper, sweet potatoes, lunchbox peppers, beets, rutabaga (it has a purple rubber band around it so you know which one it is), savory and red cabbage, parsnip, red onions, carrots, tomatillos, and jalapeños. 

The changing of the season brings out many of the root crops and we have been blessed with a full harvest. 

These are parsnips and they can be eaten in several different ways. Usually I will wait until Spring and dig them because the cold is suppose to sweeten them but for the sake of the CSA you are getting them now. 

A special Thank you goes out to the Plummer family this week for helping dig potatoes over the weekend. Many hands make light work, we are blessed to have them in our CSA! Thanks.

Week 16

The harvest is such a beautiful thing. God is so very good to provide.

This week we have romaine head lettuce, turnips, sweet potatoes, Serrano peppers, tomatillos, sweet marjoram, acorn squash, cucumber, sweet lunchbox peppers, leeks, fennel ferns, jalapeño, shallots, beets, savory cabbage, basil, pear and cherry tomatoes, mixed greens, celery, Choy, green bell pepper, and Swiss chard. A few got watermelons too. Enjoy!

Oh sweet potatoes!!!

We are Thanking God for the Gabriel family for helping us get the sweet potatoes out of the ground and for blessings us with a beautiful and plentiful crop. All praise goes to you God!

Looking ahead...

I decided to dig 5 hills of sweet potatoes tonight just to see how they were. Here is what I found...

I put my shoe by them to give you an idea of the size of these things. Amazing!!!

I did find a few that had been chewed on by mice so it really is time to get them out of the ground. 

They will also need to be stored at 80-85 degrees for a week or so, this helps make them sweet and thickens the skins (I know there is a name for this but it has escaped from my memory) so you will be getting them after this process. 

Week 15

My cup runneth over....

This week we have: Arugula, cucumber, tomatillos, cilantro, Choy, zucchini, basil, mixed greens, sweet lunchbox peppers (in plastic container), red cabbage (these are small because they are the second growth from the original cabbage plants), green and yellow beans, leeks, some variety of head lettuce, cherry and pear tomatoes...

...cantaloupe (one variety was the size of a baseball), Serrano peppers, variety of beets, eggplant, jalapeño peppers, yellow summer squash, yellow onions, turnip (it is white with a purple top), cabbage, kale, green bell pepper, Roma tomatoes (not pictured), some received a watermelon, also not pictured, and finally spaghetti squash (funny story...last year I planted this and it looked the same, instead of yellow it was orange. I blamed this on the fact I planted it next to the pumpkins and they cross pollinated. Well I planted the same package of seed this year and I got the same thing...and they are not by any pumpkins so there must have been some crosses in the original seed:)

I cooked one for dinner tonight and it worked up nice...it was our substitute for spaghetti. I really couldn't tell a difference in taste. Enjoy!!

Week 14

Wow, the bounty is endless...thank you God for such wonderful growing conditions.

This week we have arugula, head lettuce, summer squash, Choy, cucumber, jalapeño, green pepper, sweet corn (last time), celery, tomatoes, red onions, plabano pepper, mixed greens, lunchbox sweet peppers(in a plastic container, not everyone received them), variety of beets (not all received them), cantaloupe, zucchini, cherry/pear tomatoes, kale, leeks, carrots, basil, cilantro, and turnips.

Hope you enjoy!

Week 13

The Almighty provides plenty even through the heat!

Beans, leeks, cucumbers, onions, yellow squash, carrot, tomatillos, sweet corn, cilantro, plabano pepper, cantaloupe, green pepper, zucchini, tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, watermelon, lettuce mix, arugula, kale, and cherry/pear tomatoes.

 Enjoy!