This Week Archive

We just had a severe thunderstorm that took down trees and powerlines, the roads are closed and the electric is on now, but may not be for long. I will send an updated list tomorrow after things have settled down. For now the list is a guideline and I will need to send the exact vegetable list tomorrow. Deb

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Dear Member

This week has really put us through our paces. We thought that just getting the string beans picked would be our major hurdle, but that ended up being just about the easiest part of this week.

Yesterdays’ storm was so severe that many areas of South Cairo are still out of power. The downed trees and wind damage was something that we have not seen. In addition to the heavy rains we were also pelted with a hail storm. The hail was the size of golf balls and covered the ground. It did a large amount of damage to all of the lettuces and this will be the last of the lettuce until the fall planting is ready. The romaine was just perfect, but it is no longer. We decided to pick the heads this week although you will see a somewhat tattered appearance and have one last week of lettuce. You should use the lettuce right away because they will not last. The beans are perfect, the fennel delicious and the cucumbers just about as juicy as you can get. We have next week to look forward to.

Deb

Romaine Lettuce-1 head

Fennel-1 bulb

String Beans-1 pound

Summer Squash-2 pounds

Cucumbers-Long Green-3

Rat tail Radish-1 bunch

Dill-1 bunch

Raddichio-This is the Trevisio type, long and not as solid as the round types. A member requested this and said it is good split, brushed with olive oil and grilled.-1 head

Scallions-1 bunch

Boothby Blonde Cucumbers-2

Fruit-Peaches, Nectarines, Sugar Plums-

I think there will be one bag with Peaches and Nectarines and one bag with Sugar Plums