8/14 CSA week 13

In this week’s box:

Red Leaf Lettuce and/or Green Leaf Lettuce
Leeks
Red Onions
Cucumber
Assorted Bell Peppers
Green beans
Yukon Gold or Nicola Potatoes
Summer Squash and/or Zucchini
Slicer Tomatoes
Heirloom Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes

Fruit share: Molly Delicious apples and plums from Scott Downing and blackberries from Berryhill

Farm notes

We are really enjoying this cooler weather! Just in time because tomorrow is going to be a BIG planting day. Lots of fall crops will be going in. We are also starting to see some of the spinach, radishes and turnips that I seeded last week. And we are beginning to Also I feel that it is obligatory to mention (because it gets us every year!) that we are really starting to notice the days getting shorter and we have to move up the start times on evening tasks in order to get them done before we lose light.

This Week’s Recipes

Potato Leek Soup

Penne with tomatoes, basil, green beans and feta

Gazpacho

Fresh tomato and roasted red pepper pizza (instead of roasting the peppers, consider sautéing them with some red onion on low heat until caramilzed)