In This Week's Box

When you get this week’s box home, you’ll want to keep the garlic and the tomatoes out of the refrigerator. Tomatoes go on the counter if you want to hold them, in the windowsill if you want them soon, and in a paper bag if want them sooner. Cabbage can go straight into the crisper drawer, but put it in a bag if you want to hold onto it for more than four or five days. Everything else goes in the crisper drawer in a plastic bag.

Overall right now, the harvest has suffered from disease and the weather’s barriers to getting into the field. We plant something every week from the first of April to the middle of October, so a year like this when it rains constantly puts a real crimp in our style.

Greenhouse Tomatoes

Sungold Cherry Tomatoes

Golden Zucchini

Conehead Cabbage – Summer cabbage has a lower water content that its fall version, so it makes great coleslaw. I’m planning on a bit of sauerkrauat making this weekend.

Carrots – It ain’t bragging if it’s true, right? I’ve gone to a number of potlucks lately with just a plateful of carrot sticks, and gotten rave reviews. It’s a good carrot year, despite the heat. I think we are benefitting from the balance of water and heat.

Fresh Red Onions

Green Pepper

Jalapeno Pepper – This is the small pepper in the box this week. With all of the moisture, we aren’t having great success with this desert crop this year, so this week we’ve only got one pepper. You can affect the heat on these by leaving the veins and seeds in (more heat) or taking them out (less heat).

Garlic

Rosemary – Old legend associates this piney herb with the ability to ward off bad dreams if a sprig of it is placed under the pillow. It would smell nice in any case. It pairs nicely with potatoes, lamb, pork, and fish.

We also had a bit of broccoli and some early paste tomatoes that may end up in a few boxes…