C.S.A.Week 11 September 4th/5th

The garden has been shrinking steadily over the past few weeks. Garlic is out hanging in the barn, onions are out drying in the garage and every other available space possible, the many successions of green beans have been turned under, and the list goes on. A carpet of green oats have replaced all these crops looking like a soft green blanket ready to protect the ground for winter. Holding steady in the garden are all of our fall crops that we sell throughout the winter, softball sized beets, fingers crossed thick straight storage carrots, baseball bat sized leeks, and potatoes are still in the ground. Next week we will be pulling out all of the tomatoes from the high tunnel in order to prep those beds and replant to winter spinach and lettuce. Although the tomatoes could go weeks longer, the greens need this pre-cold temperature to put on some good growth so we can harvest in those bitter cold months.

In the share:

• Sweet Corn (From Earle Family Farm)

• Leeks

• Purple Viking Potatoes

• Edamame Beans

• Cherry Tomatoes

• Round Tomatoes

• Beet Greens

• Flat Italian Parsley

COLD CORN SALAD

Kyle made his own version of this a few weeks ago, and it was amazing. We really encourage you to leave the corn in this dish raw. DONT COOK IT. When its fresh corn, its so much better this way. Enjoy…..

• ¼ cup shelled edamame

• ¼ cup corn

• 1 small red pepper (diced)

• 5 cherry tomatoes (sliced in half)

• add extra virgin olive oil

• add Lemon Juice

• add Basil for taste

• salt & pepper