SWEET PEPPERS: A nice crop this year! We grow mostly Italian frying peppers that are great fresh or cooked.
TOMATOES: This week we have been bringing in a bumper crop. Our second planting is kicking in and you will see a lot of red fruits in the shares. These Bella Rosa plants are tolerant of hot summers. They are a firm tomato and take longer to ripen, but if you are patient they repay you with great flavor.
RED ONIONS: Small onions are prevalent this year. The crop was stunted this Spring due to lots of rain and poor drainage. But when life gives you small onions, make like they are a shallot.
GREENS CHOICE: KALE OR ARUGULA: The fall greens are starting to produce, thanks to the cool weather and nice rain. This is a great time of year for a kale salad, or mixing the tomatoes with some arugula.
POTATOES: Freshly dug potatoes are the best. This week we diced them up and fried them into a hash with peppers and onions.
SPROUTING BROCCOLI: I always like this time of year because you can eat fresh veggies from two different seasons. The sprouting broccoli is a first cutting and tender. Good fresh or cooked.
EGGPLANT or SALSA PACK: The eggplant and tomatillo contest is going strong. Both have made lots of fruit and both are loved by about half the membership.
HERB MIX: Basil and garlic chive flower bunch. Keep the whole bunch in a glass of water on your kitchen counter and snip away for garnishes or make a yummy pesto.
FARM REPORT:
Our current abundance of summer fruits is a good problem to have. Sweaty work brings them out of the field to your tables. CSA is getting a hefty amount of big beautiful fruits in all shapes and colors. The red Italian frying peppers are so sweet you want to just eat them like an apple.
Flowers are also abundant. Between all of the insectaries we planted and the wild coreopsis taking over the edges of the fields, we hear a happy buzzing wherever we go.
Meanwhile, the fall crops are looking good in the far field.
That’s a cover crop next to a crazy amount of Napa cabbage on the left and radishes, turnips, bok choy and arugula on the right.
The little chicks are now 3 weeks old and getting their first taste of the outdoors. Farmer Luke built a fantastic little run for them to have a safe yard to explore.
Plan to see these little cuties if you have a work shift coming up or, better yet!, see them at the:
Fair Share Farm Open House and Potluck
Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 3 PM – 6 PM
Bring a dish and join us at the farm for our annual potluck and open house. All are welcome, including our 100 CSA member families, market customers, friends and family. The potluck provides for us all to eat well and enjoy an afternoon together on the farm. Activities start at 3 pm with farm and kitchen tours, a scavenger hunt and lawn games. Take a walk through our native grasses and soak up the country quiet.
Potluck dinner at 5 pm. Bring a dish to share with a list of ingredients, plus any other picnic attire you would like (camp chairs, blankets, lawn games, musical instruments). We will provide compostable dinner ware, non-alcoholic drinks, Parker Farm dogs and burgers and vegetarian chili.
Please RSVP through email or facebook event. See you there!!