CSA 9/25/08

With 3 more weeks left, the tomatoes have made quite the triumphant return...and please don't worry, you will have plenty of green beans tomorrow as well. I am taking a break from the greens so Ross will be able to tell you to saute them with garlic and onions next week. Ross also makes a triumphant return tomorrow so make sure to stop by.
B.

CSA-Solo-Extended Dance Mix

Hey Kids-
I know this is going to surprise you, but a lot of green beans tomorrow.
As the temps cool, not quite as many tomatoes as in weeks past. The temperatures added to the fact that the grasshoppers are now eating the green tomatoes may forebode the end of their appearances at csa. The goats escaped but did not go far...just into the garden where they ate most of the greens. I will suss it out tomorrow, but if we have greens they will be turnip greens, collards and chard. Kale is a goat's favorite snack apparently. Bell Peppers seem to be doing nicely as well as the basil and lemon basil.
I need to wait for the Anaheim peppers to turn red but they are doing great so get your chile relleno recipes together for next week. Ross is having a great time in Kenya. They have built a greenhouse on the farm and his next project is a new fish pond.
Carpula: Redux?
See you tomorrow!
Barb

CSA-Solo

Hey Kids-
Ross is en route to Kenya to teach at a bio-intensive farm. Luckily, for the country, he will not be instructing on fencing or animal containment. The cows seem to favor anywhere but the 65+ acres they have. Tomorrow you will be getting some white peaches and apples along with the normal stuff. Still tons of green beans. The greens this week will be a mixture of turnip greens and mustard and we will have both the french breakfast (red and white) radishes along with more daikons. I am sorry that the blog has not been updated. We have had some computer issues... but I will do it next week.
See you tomorrow!

Barb

csa thurz

tonights blog was going to be how to keep your family safe during a greenbean hurricane. While its not quite stage five yet the key advise is to keep it light - if that means singing the more you eat the more you toot song then by all means. they freeze great. parboil, place in bag, submerge in water to force air out. seal bag just above the water. big beans the best. no french thin ones around here. posted a picture of the chicken trailer from last year just to pay homage to one of the greatest technologies of all time. i wish so much that i had it up and running right now because they would wipe the grasshoppers completely out. grasshoppers sampling almost every other tomato. see you tomorrow.