Boston Organics delivery

[magid]

Large box, 2/3 veg. Must change next week's box, with the start of the farm share.

• a bunch of spinach
  
• three jewel yams
  
• two baby bok choy (the lighter green kind)
  
• a bunch of broccoli
  
• two vidalia onions
  
• a bag (6 ounces?) of shiitake mushrooms
  
• eight ounces of strawberries
  
• two Valencia oranges
  
• two kiwis
  
• two peaches
  
• two nectarines
  
• two Packham pears
  
• a Haden mango

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Farm Share! Mine should start next week as well, but I don't know when we'll be told that, exactly. :]

What should I be feeding my basil besides water? I have two plants that have a few sets of leaves on them now (not enough to pick, but something, anyway!) and I'm wondering when they'll need more than just water. Thanks. :)

[magid.livejournal.com]

I was surprised mine was starting this early, actually. Might be worth checking...

If you started with good potting soil and some compost (ie lots of nutrients), I don't think you should need anything besides water just yet.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll be told when it starts, but I was told it'd be around the first week of June.

They are potted in a mix of good potting soil and manure, which I figure is good for some period of time, but I don't know how long. I still want to know how long before they get big enough to eat, though!

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

That's 2/3 veg?

Whenever I read your list on the weeks that I also get delivery, I can't help but formulate wishes.

This week I wish for yams.

I think it's hopeless to wish against broccoli yet again, but it worked last time, so here goes. I wish for no broccoli in this week's delivery.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 2/3 veg has always been a bit fruit-heavy; I daren't try 1/2 veg. OTOH, once the farm share is into heavier vegetables (not just greens, which is about what I expect for the first week or so) I might go to all fruit.

I hope you get yams. They're listed in the "most boxes contain" part, so there's lots of hope. (Broccoli is, too, but maybe it'd be less annoying if you also get the yams?)

broccoli

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

I've been doing some thinking about broccoli, and have decided that (after this week) I should put it on the "forbidden" list. I always get more than I use for one meal. I have a hard time keeping it in good shape for more than a couple of days. My "how I like my broccoli cooked" preference is strong enough that if I were to cook it all at once and reheat, I usually wouldn't end up with a reheated result that I liked very much. If I could remember to put raw broccoli in my lunch, it would help a bit, but I tend to forget.

My prior broccoli practice has been to buy just as much as I need for one meal and cook it within a day or two. If I get a broccoli craving I can just stop by the store and buy a little. To do so with a lot of things would defeat my main purpose in having produce delivered, but as long as this isn't a slippery slope in that direction...