Hi CSA members,   Get this: the summer of 2012 was too hot to grow beans. And maybe peppers and eggplant, too. Turns out, all of those vegetables drop their flowers (which would have otherwise been pollinated and turned to fruit) at temperatures above 85 degrees. Now I know this comparison is getting old, but […]

What’s in the share: Pie Pumpkin Summer Squash Cucumber Beans Colored Carrots (yellow, purple, red, or orange varieties, loose in white bag) Tomatoes Peppers (these are all sweet and not spicy, even the skinny orange ones) Lemon Basil (large bunch of flowering, fragrant, herb) Kale (bunch of darker greens) Belgian Collards (bunch of lighter greens, […]

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HI everyone, Here are some notes on today’s delivery: Tomatoes: A bunch of different heirloom types. If you have green ones, those are ripe, or almost ripe. They are a variety called Aunt Ruby’s German Green, and they ripen to yellow/green, with a rose blush on the bottom. Some people have been asking about the […]

Hey Folks, Happy Olympics. I know the Olympics were going on at this time last week, too, but somehow that escaped my radar. Every four years around summertime I have a sudden urge to drop everything I’m doing, hire a coach, and start training as a professional athlete. It will happen again two years from […]

One word: TOMATOES!!! This week’s featured variety is Moskvich, an early producing, flavorful Russian heirloom. I’m not sure how it got its name, but I do know that Moskvich is also the name of a make of Russian car. No longer manufacturing, the company did not intend for their cars to be a fashion statement, but favored sturdiness and […]