Produce for September 5th

Hi all,
It's only the beginning of September but it's already feeling like fall. The turkeys fattening up for fall and they are after our crops! We are trying our hardest to keep them from eating up all the produce. This week the bag will have carrots, kale, radishes, tomatoes, basil, and snow peas. Please email before Thursday if you want a bag.

Produce Bag for August 29

Hi All! The produce bag for this week is corn, beets, swiss chard, dill, cucumbers and (drumroll) melons! We are so happy to have melons, grown and ripened out in the open air (if you can believe it!) and they are so sweet and flavorful. Also, Bobbie will have her gorgeous flower bouquets available Thursday afternoon for the incredibly reasonable price of $5, and she will have them available for the upcoming Thursdays as well.

Produce Share for 8/22

Howdy, everybody!
We have been very excited to hear so much positive feedback from all of our members.  We're so glad to hear when you folks are enjoying the vegetables, and we've also been honored to hear that some of you are recommending our weekly share to friends and neighbors!  We have been trying to put together the nicest share we can for you every week...at the same time, we didn't know we'd be offering the weekly bags of produce, so we're flying by the seat of our pants.  Some farmers spend tons of time planning everything out; we've been scrambling to put a good variety of vegetables in the share each week and we're happy to hear so many of you are enjoying it.   That said, if you have any criticism, suggestions, or things you'd love to see in future shares then we'd love to hear about it.  Most of our crops for this Fall and Winter are already planted now, amazingly, but we will take any suggestions into account for next year.
The share for Thursday, August 22 will be tomatoes, carrots, arugula, snow peas, fennel, basil, and jalapeno peppers. Please email us by Wednesday night for Thursday pickup

Cucumber Soup

Blake and I were just treated to this wonderful cucumber soup, made by a friend of ours, and we wanted to pass along the recipe. It's a nice cool summer soup, from Deborah Madison's book Vegetable Soups.

THE SOUP
2 pounds cucumbers
1 cup buttermilk, whole milk yogurt, sour cream, or a mixture
1/2 cup coarsely chopped herbs, including basil, dill, cilantro, and/or lovage
Sea salt and ground pepper to taste
Zest and juice of 2 lemons
THE RELISH
2 tbs minced scallions
1 tbs minced dill
2 tbs finely chopped basil
2 tbs finely chopped dill
2 tsp olive oil

1. Peel and seed the cucumbers. Use one to make a cup of small dice and set it aside., then coarsely chop the rest. Puree in a blender or food processor with the buttermilk, chopped herbs, salt, and the zest and juice from 1 lemon. Chill.
2. Just before serving, toss the reserved diced cucumber with the herbs, a few pinches of salt, olive oil, and the remaining lemon juice and zest.
3. Taste the soup for salt, pepper, and acidity, adding more if needed, then serve in chillled bowls with the cucumber-herb relish.

Produce Share For 8/15

Corn is here! This week's share will be beets, napa cabbage,  kale, summer squash, cucumbers, and our first pick of corn. Order by Wednesday evening for Thursday pickup.

Scarlet Runner Beans

This week, some of you are receiving scarlet runner beans in your produce shares, and you may be wondering what exactly they are. The beans are from the vining plants pictured here, with the pretty red blossoms that they get their name from. The scarlet runner bean is an incredible plant because it serves as a gorgeous decoration, and the beans can be eaten when they are young in the pod or as fully mature beans out of the pod. Our runner beans are still to be eaten whole, in the pod, and we have a few weeks before we will have beans that are mature enough to shell. If you've never seen a scarlet runner bean before and are wondering how to prepare them, we recommend cooking them as you would a green bean. They are best either steamed or cooked in the oven, where they can be cut up and put in an oven roast or be included in a casserole. If you missed the runner beans this week, don't worry, you will certainly have a chance to try them, in one form or another.

Produce Bag for August 8

Hi folks! Hope you all are enjoying the summer yields as much as we are. In this week's bag we will have cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, swiss chard, carrots, cucumbers, and one item that has yet to be determined (probably scallions and head lettuce, we were going to put in snap peas, but it looks like we're all out). We are eager to hear about how you all are preparing our veggies and would love for you to share recipes in the comments section if you would so please. You just might inspire us.