Wow, seven more farm shares to go including this week's. Unlike in the Summer, when fruiting crops just produce more food every week, this time of year I can look out in the fields or in our storage sheds and see how much food we have left for the rest of the year; it always makes me a bit nervous at first, that we will run out of food or not have enough of something. But by now, in October, I begin to adjust and see how much we still have. I start to create plans for the remaining farm shares, and it helps me to realize that we have more than enough to fill up the bags for the remainder of this year.
I love this time of year when we have weather like we've had over the last week. A little bit of rain and some cooler nights, but lots of sun and pleasant temperatures too. And beautiful views of the mountains during the day and the stars at night! Here's what's in your share this week:
Broccoli- We have lots and lots of really nice Fall broccoli right now.. this might be the best time of year for broccoli. Although in late Spring it's great when broccoli comes on, as there aren't as many other crops harvested yet, it seems like the Fall broccoli might be a little sweeter and more delicious, and it's great for some warm dishes in cooler weather.
http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015248-roasted-broccoli-with-tahini-garlic-sauce
Carrots- After several weeks with no carrots in the share, they are back! We have some nice ones out of a new bed, orange carrots with a sweet Fall flavor...
Lettuce- As soon as we get a decent frost, the lettuce will be toast...but we have lots of lettuce that is just great right now, so if the colder weather holds off for a while, it should hopefully last for several more weeks. The November shares will switch to the more cold hardy greens though, like spinach, kale, radicchio, chard and collards.
http://dadcooksdinner.com/2011/12/turkey-lettuce-wraps-thai-style.html/
Fingerling potatoes- This is a beautiful pink fingerling potato we grew a bit of this year, named "Rose Finn". They grew in all kinds of funky shapes, but they are a very delicious pink spud.
http://www.perrysplate.com/2012/11/crispy-lemon-garlic-fingerling-potatoes.html
Leeks- Leeks are back in your share...the longest, and some of the nicest leeks I've ever grown! The stalks of these plants are just unbelievable...hard to fit in our blue farm share bags though.
Tomato- With this beautiful Fall weather, the tomatoes are marching on. In fact, we picked more tomatoes last week that we have all year. We will give you a bunch this week, and hopefully we should have plenty more for the farm stand and next week's shares...
Garlic- It's been so long since garlic was in the shares! Sorry, with so much produce available in the late Summer, there was no room for it. We have some nice garlic for this week's share though. Hard to believe, beginning next week we will be planting next year's garlic!
In the LARGE shares:
Green Tomatoes- Not the ripe green zebras we grow, these are underripe green tomatoes for cooking! Fried green tomatoes are a great Fall treat, as we can see that some plants have set fruits they won't be able to ripen. Perfect for picking green, rolling in bread crumbs and frying for a great Southern side dish. Or making this shrimp salad recipe:
http://www.closetcooking.com/2014/08/blackened-shrimp-and-fried-green-tomato.html?m=1
Gypsy Peppers- More of our delicious, tart sweet gypsy peppers. I can't get enough of them this time of year!
Kale bunch- A nice bunch of kale greens to round out the large shares this week...
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