Tomatoes Heriloom tomato varieties tend to be more delicious and more variable in yield. They also tend to crack or ripen unevenly. We find it worthwhile to grow them anyway thanks to their incredible flavor profiles. The yellow/orange variety that has been so prolific this season is called Nebraska Wedding and it is a bit of an exception to the rule- both delicious and consistent in ripening and shape.
Sungold Cherry Tomatoes This variety does tend to crack, especially after a summer rain. We try to sift out the spilt ones but sometimes it happens as they get jostled so you may find a few split ones in your bag. Cantaloupe These are some of the last of the beloved summer fruits! Green Beans Another round of green beans! Zucchini A little known fact- the smaller the zucchini the more tender and flavorful the flesh. Eggplant Just a few small eggplants still hanging in there this season. Red Onions The red onions are gorgeous this year and we have many more to harvest over the fall. Garlic This garlic is fully dry and should store on your countertop for months at this point. Cilantro This could be a great salsa week with the tomatoes, cilantro, onion, ad peppers. Sweet Peppers The pointy colored peppers are called Corno Di Toro types (Italian for bull’s horn). Don’t let their shape confuse you, they are incredible sweet. We also have some colored bell peppers in the mix. Green Butterhead Lettuce This variety has a tender, blanched (whitened by being kept from direct sunlight) interior and greener outer leaves. Watermelon This heirloom variety is called ‘sugar baby’ and its pretty clear why- so sweet! Once in a while a watermelon shows signs of ripeness without having reached peak sweetness. Let us know if you ever get a bad melon by emailing [email protected]. Its really helpful to have melon ripeness feedback, or really any other feedback on the quality of the produce if an issue arises.
Rainbow Chard Add a few dark leafy leaves to your tomato sauce, salad, scrambled eggs or just about any dish you might put spinach in. Zucchini The zucchini plants are finally beginning to slow down but we do still have some sizing up. Eggplant These are on the wane for the summer but we still have a few rolling in. I find that when people don’t like eggplant it may be because they undercook it. Whether I roast, fry, grill, or sauté eggplant I cook it all the way until super soft. Lettuce Our early fall lettuce crop came ready early due to all the heat. Summer lettuce is not as sweet or tender as spring lettuce is, so you may find you need to add a strongly flavored dressing to compensate for a bit of bitterness on these heads. Still- its nice to have some leafy greens back again! Sweet Onions These onions are like a walla walla, they are sweeter than traditional storage onions. Garlic This garlic is fully dry and should store on your countertop for months at this point. Tomatoes The numbers of ripe tomatoes are building! We grow a wide range of varieties so you’ll see yellow, pink, purple and red tomatoes in the mix coming up. Sungold Cherry Tomatoes This variety is so sweet we love to just snack on them throughout the day in the field. Dill Try drying this down if you aren’t ready to use it this week. Just hang in a well ventilated area until dry. Sweet Colored Peppers We grow bell peppers and long pointy Italian frying peppers- both are super sweet now that they are ripening to fabulous colors! Watermelon The melon patch takes up more than it’s fair share of space on the farm. The rodents and crows eat at least half of them about two hours before they are fully ripe. We spend a lot of time making sure the soil is warm enough and evenly watered enough to host melon plants effectively. And still, we carry on growing them every year because the experience of slicing into a fresh heirloom watermelon or cantaloupe is just irreplaceable! We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Once in a while a watermelon shows signs of ripeness without having reached peak sweetness. Let us know if you ever get a bad melon by emailing [email protected]. Its really helpful to have melon ripeness feedback:)
Marketmore Cucumbers As cucumber season begins to wane you may notice that there are fewer perfectly shaped ones and more that require peeling to fully enjoy. If you haven’t yet, try one of my favorite summer staples- chop your peeled cucumbers small and add to finely cubed tomatoes with lemon juice, salt and olive oil. Zucchini The zucchini plants are finally beginning to slow down but we do still have some sizing up. Eggplant We hope you were able to make good use of the eggplant bounty last week. We’ll continue to harvest them in smaller numbers for a few weeks. Sweet Onions These onions are like a walla walla, they are sweeter than traditional storage onions. Garlic This garlic is fully dry and should store on your countertop for months at this point. Tomatoes The numbers of ripe tomatoes are building! We grow a wide range of varieties so you’ll see yellow, pink, purple and red tomatoes in the mix coming up. Sungold Cherry Tomatoes This variety is so sweet we love to just snack on them throughout the day in the field. Basil This may be the last week of basil for the summer as the plants are beginning to lose steam. Green Peppers We’ll have red and orange peppers before we know it, but in the meantime we can enjoy these gorgeous green peppers. Parsley This herb can be dried down for storage or used fresh in tabouli, salad, or as a garnish. Red Cabbage These small cabbages will store for weeks, so there is no rush to start eating them if you are overwhelmed by this week’s the summer bounty. I find cabbage a great salad base in the summer when lettuces are too bitter for harvest.
Marketmore Cucumbers The gift that keeps on giving! We snack on cukes all day in the fields this time of year. We predict several more weeks of this bounty. Curly Kale This is a great variety for kale chips but it will also pair well with tomato, sweet onion and other veggies in salads when massaged with oil and vinegar (or just vigorously stirred). Sweet Onions These onions are like a walla walla, they are sweeter than traditional storage onions. Green Beans Fresh beans are so very much unlike unfresh beans! We leave their little “hats” on when we pull them off the stem because it allows for better storage in your refrigerator until its time to eat them. Zucchini We’ve heard a good deal of zucchini enthusiasm in feedback from members, which we’re glad of since the plants keep offering up fruits each week! Cauliflower Y Green Peppers Patty Pan Squash These flying saucers cook just like zucchini, they are just a bit more fun to look at! Italian Eggplant We’re having an excellent season for eggplant with all of this heat! Fresh Garlic The garlic is beginning to dry down a bit but I would continue to store yours in the fridge for another couple of weeks. Basil If you want your basil to store particularly well, you can put its stems in water like a flower bouquet. Tomatoes We are so excited to have beautiful tomatoes coming in! The lack of rain has been hard on us in the sense that we’ve had to run around irrigating all the crops. The upside, however, is that the tomato plants look really healthy without any fungal disease spreading on wet leaves as we see in high rainfall years. Sungold Cherry Tomatoes This variety is so sweet we love to just snack on them throughout the day in the field. Celery This is a tricky crop to grow, especially in a year without much rain. You can use the leaves for soup stock along with onion peels, basil stems, and other bits of veggies you might not be using. The stalks are yummy raw or in stir-fy, soups and, of course, ants on a log. Basil We have such beautiful basil growing out there in the field that we thought it would be fun for members to make pesto. Just blend up the leaves with some olive oil, garlic and nuts or cheese if you eat those and voila!
Red Cabbage These small cabbages will store for weeks, so there is no rush to start eating them if you are overwhelmed by this week’s the summer bounty. I find cabbage a great salad base in the summer when lettuces are too bitter for harvest. Marketmore Cucumbers The gift that keeps on giving! We snack on cukes all day in the fields this time of year. We predict several more weeks of this bounty. Sweet Onions These onions are like a walla walla, they are sweeter than traditional storage onions. Zucchini We’ve heard a good deal of zucchini enthusiasm in feedback from members, which we’re glad of since the plants keep offering up fruits each week! Green Peppers We’ll have red and orange peppers before we know it, but in the meantime we can enjoy these gorgeous green peppers. Patty Pan Squash These flying saucers cook just like zucchini, they are just a bit more fun to look at! Italian Eggplant We’re having an excellent season for eggplant with all of this heat! Fresh Garlic The garlic is beginning to dry down a bit but I would continue to store yours in the fridge for another couple of weeks. Tomatoes The numbers of ripe tomatoes are buiding! We grow a wide range of varieties so you’ll see yellow, pink, purple and red tomatoes in the mix coming up. Sungold Cherry Tomatoes This variety is so sweet we love to just snack on them throughout the day in the field. |
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