C.S.A. Week 8

We are weeding things for the last time this week. At lower Hosac today I made my way slowly on hands and knees down the bed of leeks. Crawling between the two rows of plants on the soft center line of soil, I felt like I was in a tunnel, the blue green outer leaves of the leeks and the tips of tall crab crass from the field brushing against my arms and draping over me. Each hand worked a row, pulling and brushing back purslane, grass, pigweed, removing all nutrient competition and giving the leeks a last needed growth advantage to bulk up for winter. Next week we will be back down to pull the onion patch, as their tops have browned and begun to tip over at the neck. They will go into our Seedhouse to dry for a month before being trimmed and bagged and placed into winter storage. Each moment in the farming season is spent preparing for the next, and we are looking ahead to fall and winter.

In the share:

• Sweet Corn from Earle Farm

• Sweet Carmen Peppers

• Hot Jalepeno Peppers

• Red Slicing Tomatoes

• Sungold Cherry Tomatoes

• Leeks

• Celery

• Carrots

We have inadvertently given out the best ingredients for a delicious salsa, recipe below.

FARM SALSA

Ingredients:

• 3 cups chopped tomatoes, slicers, cherries or a mix

• ½ cup chopped green pepper

• 1 cup onion, diced

• ¼ cup minced fresh cilantro

• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

• 4 teaspoons chopped fresh jalapeno pepper (including seeds)

• ½ teaspoon ground cumin

• ½ teaspoon kosher salt

• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 cup fresh corn

Directions: 

• Combine

• Serve.