This Week Archive

Dear Member,

South Cairo has no shortage of pick up trucks and chainsaws so the mess that the storm left behind has almost been cleaned up. The huge trees that fell near the fields were in the woods and did not effect the garden. The damage in the fields was due to the heavy winds and hail. The hail shredded the leaves of all the greens so we cut down the Swiss Chard and Summer Spinach and the lettuces were disced back into the garden. The Swiss Chard and Summer Spinach should re-grow in a couple of weeks. The lettuces have been replanted in the hoop house and we will be transplanting the seedlings in a couple of weeks. The lettuces will take at least three to four more weeks after transplant to be large enough for harvesting, so the next share of lettuce will not be until the fall.

Saturday night ABC World News Tonight aired a story”Buying the Farm”. The story featured our farm, members that came to harvest garlic and the CSA site at 90th Street. If you did not see the broad cast you can go to

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=5503226&page=1 or

http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=agriculture&type . It is great that the CSA movement has grown. Thank you for being part of our farm.

Enjoy the vegetables-Deb

Orient Express Eggplant-2

Peppers-this is a mix of sweet lilac, biscayne and a small heirloom green pepper-2

Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage-an heirloom variety with a pointed head-1 head

Walla Walla Sweet Summer Onions-2

String Beans-1 pound

Sun Gold Cherry Tomatoes-1 basket

Slicing Tomatoes-1 or 2-I will need to send exact amounts tomorrow

Summer Squash-2 pounds

Slicing Cucumbers-2

Genovese Basil-1 bunch. The basil was damaged during the hail storm so the leaves are torn a bit.

Fruit Share

1 box with apricots and shiro plums, 1 bag of peaches. We are trying to cut back on the plastic bags that we use so we are sending the apricots and shiros in boxes. Please return the boxes so we can use them again.

Recipes