Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Week 2 CSA

Good morning!  Yesterday's shares have been picked up on the Farm, and the truck just left with boxes packed for delivery to Earthly Kneads this morning.  It's kind of a short box this week - a head of Winter Density lettuce (combination Bibb/Romaine type), spinach, salad mix and a bunch of fresh oregano.  

Try the oregano with a baguette from Earthly Kneads.  Chop it with minced  garlic, sizzle in a little olive oil or butter, add a sprinkling of good salt and dip your bread in it.  Yum!  Or the stems can be added to a homemade vinaigrette.

A few shares got baby kale this week, and 1 lucky box got turnip green thinnings.  My southern soul really loves turnip greens.  We'll have them for lunch today.

We have been really busy planting and weeding.  Mike put in almost all the tomato plants yesterday - over 500, haven't done the final count yet.  I'll list the heirlooms in another post - quite the variety.

We have almost a half mile of onions and leeks that have been hoed and tilled and are to the hand-weeding part now.  We were out there till 9:20 pm last night (thanks, Chris!).  Then they will be mulched, watered and grow all summer.  They are resistant to cold and frost, but need heat to make good sized bulbs. 


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