Week 10 - Harvest Notes

Watermelon This heirloom variety is called Sugar Baby and it is beautifully sweet!

Green Beans The green bean plants are slowing down production a little, which is why you have a smaller amount in your shares this week. Still tasty though! You can eat them raw or add them to stew, soup, sautéed veggies, or stir-fries.

Tomato There is some range in ripeness of the tomatoes in your share. Some are ripe and ready to eat today while others could use a few days at room temperature. Tomatoes are most flavorful when stored outside of the fridge.

Hot Chili Pepper The little green peppers in your shares have very spicy seeds!

Zucchini The zucchini glut is over for the season but we’ll continue to have a trickle. 

Green Bell Pepper Pepper season always starts with a few green peppers before the colored peppers start to ripen. Hopefully in a few weeks we’ll have some sweet yellow and red peppers!

Garlic Such a potent and delicious crop this year. Store on your counter top- they are fully cured.

Eggplant It sure has been a good year for eggplant with all of this heat. During the power outage I did a great deal of cooking over a camp fire and I think one of the tastiest things I’ve had all summer was fire roasted babaganoush. I wrapped an Asian eggplant in foil and tossed it onto some hot coals and a low flame for about twenty minutes, then mixed with tahini and salt. Yum.

Basil The best way to store basil is on your countertop with the stems in a glass of water.