Farm share, weeks 11 and 12
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magidThe list from last week (week 11) courtesy of Bitty.
This week's share (the newsletter having pointed out the difficulties of no rain in far too long when the farm doesn't have an embedded irrigation system yet...):
I'm contemplating getting some tomatoes in bulk, but next week wouldn't be the week to do it, with Rosh Hashanah that night. So if there are still tomatoes after that, I'm going to try for the following week. Suggestions for what to do with half a bushel of tomatoes (other than sauce or drying) are welcome. (It's $25/half bushel, which seems like a reasonable deal to me.)
I called the farm and confirmed that I again have a winter share (four distributions in November and December). I asked why the delivery switches to Fridays (as Friday afternoons in those months are a little tight before Shabbat), and found out that during the season, they harvest three times a week, while later in the year, it switches to once a week, on Thursday. I'm still not thrilled by the Fridayness, but at least there's a reason for it.
Also, porch update: I came home and harvested three grape and four sungolds, for a total of 53 grape and 28 sungolds. Note to self: if going away for more than a week, remember to have someone water them at least once. They were not happy when I got in this morning, though they were trying valiantly, and have lots of flowers.
- a giant beet
- anise or fennel (BB gave away, so not sure which)
- five potatoes
- a bunch of kale
- a bunch of dill
- a red leaf lettuce
- half a peck of apples
- two squashes
- three peppers
- two cucumbers
- three onions (two red, one yellow)
- about a dozen tomatoes
This week's share (the newsletter having pointed out the difficulties of no rain in far too long when the farm doesn't have an embedded irrigation system yet...):
- a stalk of broccoli
- one and three-quarters pounds of carrots
- a bunch of chard or kale (they had lacinato kale, so I got that)
- a head of garlic
- four hot peppers (I got two long thin red ones and two larger light green ones; apparently I was too late to get any jalapenos)
- three and a half pounds of tomatoes (lots of kinds, ranging from a sort of matte lemony yellow to golden to red with yellowish stripes to different reds)
- half a pound of spinach
- three leeks
- four green peppers
I'm contemplating getting some tomatoes in bulk, but next week wouldn't be the week to do it, with Rosh Hashanah that night. So if there are still tomatoes after that, I'm going to try for the following week. Suggestions for what to do with half a bushel of tomatoes (other than sauce or drying) are welcome. (It's $25/half bushel, which seems like a reasonable deal to me.)
I called the farm and confirmed that I again have a winter share (four distributions in November and December). I asked why the delivery switches to Fridays (as Friday afternoons in those months are a little tight before Shabbat), and found out that during the season, they harvest three times a week, while later in the year, it switches to once a week, on Thursday. I'm still not thrilled by the Fridayness, but at least there's a reason for it.
Also, porch update: I came home and harvested three grape and four sungolds, for a total of 53 grape and 28 sungolds. Note to self: if going away for more than a week, remember to have someone water them at least once. They were not happy when I got in this morning, though they were trying valiantly, and have lots of flowers.