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| Our chickens frolicking in the cover crops. They are fertilizing for next season's tomatoes. |
Hello CSA Members,
Oh how lovely this weather is. Fall harvesting is well underway. My mind is thinking about preparation for 2014. I am always sad to see the season end
but so excited to start planning for a new year.
We are busy this week with planting strawberries for the
spring. We learned a lot from this
past year’s low yield and hope some new methods will bring a better
harvest.
We will finish digging potatoes, this week, with our new
digging system rigged up by Paul.
It took several years to get this tool finished. Paul needs time to think through all
the details of creating a new tool.
Because if we bought a new one it would be very expensive and then Paul
would miss all the fun. He loves
creating new things. I always
wonder what he would have created if he had become a NASA engineer.
We still have a few openings for the Late Season CSA.
You can order by replying to the email or by emailing bhorganicscsa@gmail.com. The orders must be in by Tuesday at 2
pm. Processing the orders takes
some time so I would appreciate no late orders.
This week’s Harvest:
Full shares order 8 items. Half Shares order 4-5 items (depending
on how much you want.)
·
Salad
Mix – 8 oz You may order 2
·
Italian Flat Leaf Parsley – 1/8 lb
·
Mint - 1/8 lb You may order 2
·
Chives – 1/8 lb You may order 2
·
Marjoram – 1/8 lb You may order 2
·
Garlic Chives – 1/8 lb You may order 2
·
Garlic – ¼ lb. Purple Stripe.
This is individual cloves and very sweet. You may order 2.
·
Tomatillos 1 lb. You may order 2
·
Winter Squash, Butternut – 1 fruit.
·
Lettuce- Romaine or Red Leaf or Summer Crisp–
1-2 heads. You may order 2
·
Teenage Pac Choi - 2 heads.
·
Kale, Flat leaf or Curly– ¾ lb
·
Beets- Red, Golden or Chioggia 1.5 lb You may order 2
·
Green Tomatoes – 1 lb. These are actually green as in not ripe.
·
Collards – ¾ lb
·
Carrots, no tops – ¾ lb
·
Beans, green or yellow – ¾ lb You may order 2
·
Potatoes, white – 2 lb
·
Eggplant, mixed sizes and colors – 1 lb
·
Hot peppers, mixed – ½ pint
·
Komatsuna (a mild mustard green) ¾ lb
·
Malabar Spinach ½ lb
·
Swiss Chard ¾ lb
·
Frisee – 1 head
·
Radishes – 3/4lb
Extras:
·
Mint 1/8 oz
·
Garlic Chives 1/8 oz
What crops we think have a high energy this week:
·
Garlic
·
Kale
·
Marjoram
·
Mint
·
Salad Mix
·
Lettuce
·
Tomatillos
·
Beets
·
Frisee
Recipes:
Tomatillos
I know I did this one already but they are coming in very
well now and I thought you might not want to pass these up before they are
gone.
I love Mexican food.
Today at market someone drove by with Ranchero music blaring from his or
her car stereo and I suddenly craved burritos. I think the best part of living in Reading is the Mexican
food. Yummy!
But tomatillos aren't just for salsa Verde.
·
Here are 16 recipes for tomatillos that are a
not salsa: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/tomatillo-recipes-salsa_n_3660971.html
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Fried tomatillos: http://localfoods.about.com/od/chipsfriedsomebaked/r/Fried-Tomatillos.htm
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I will be canning salsa Verde this week. I have found that freezing it changes
this texture in a way I do not like. So I will can this instead. http://www.mariquita.com/recipes/tomatillos.html
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Have a great week!
Thank you,
Erica
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