{"id":2222,"date":"2012-09-05T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-18-5\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:45:27","slug":"in-the-share-week-18-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-18-5\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Share – Week 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOMATOES (F\/P) Five inches of rain bursts a ripe tomato like a balloon, so good \u201cshare-worthy” tomatoes are in short supply this week. Not that we are complaining, the rain was most welcome.<\/p>\n

RATTLESNAKE BEANS (F\/P) The snakes are coming on well now. A big THANK YOU goes to the Saturday crew which picked in the rain and mud with us \u2013 we couldn\u2019t have done it without you all!<\/p>\n

PINK BEAUTY RADISHES (F\/P) The first fresh roots of the fall. I like their light mustardy kick, but if you aren\u2019t so enchanted give them a quick fry to mellow their heat.<\/p>\n

BUTTERNUT SQUASH (F\/P) The last of the cucurbitae family for the year, unfortunately. Their early demise we think is due to a combination of record heat, record drought and the bugs who didn\u2019t seem to mind either. Thankfully, the drought appears to be over.  See Tom’s post for a great curried butternut squash soup recipe.<\/p>\n

EGGPLANT, OKRA OR SWEET PEPPERS (F) These three summer fruits will escort us into the fall season and stay with us until first frost.<\/p>\n

ARUGULA (F) the plants were beaten up a bit by the strong wind and rain last night, but they are still very nice for a fresh salad. A common (and tasty!) arugula salad is with a red wine vinaigrette, roasted beets and walnuts. Yum! Add a bit of goat cheese and wow! Partial shares get a choice of arugula with their herb choice.<\/p>\n

KALE OR COLLARDS (P) The greens are so juicy right now with all of the rain which is just what is needed after a hot, sweaty day in the fields.<\/p>\n

HERB CHOICE (F\/P) Parsley, basil or a dried herb.<\/p>\n

GARLIC (F\/P)  Honestly, with every thing else going on this week we haven’t looked at it lately.  Tomorrow we will clean and grade it and we think we should have garlic for all.<\/p>\n

ALSO THIS WEEK: Parker Farms CSA shares<\/p>\n

NEXT WEEK: More tomatoes, peppers, okra, eggplant, radishes and greens. Lettuce returns! More onions.<\/p>\n

FARM REPORT:<\/p>\n

It is wrong to appreciate a hurricane that caused the suffering of our neighbors to the south, but we were very happy to receive Isaac\u2019s leftovers. Our rain gauge tops out at 5 inches, so we are guessing we got a bit over that in the last four days. Besides the cracked tomatoes and a few broken arugula leaves we seem to have survived the deluge in good shape. The rain cannot undo all of the damage from a summer of drought and extreme temperatures, but we can already see results in the field. Our young green plants for fall are growing fast and well. The summer fruits have a new batch of flowers and all of the cover crop seeds that wouldn\u2019t sprout without rain all summer are sprouting now.<\/p>\n

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The farm crew continues on the high tunnel project. Both side walls with their drop curtains are up and finished. The last step for the curtain is to run a rope in zig-zag fashion down the length. Tom caught farm apprentices, Dani Hurst and Ryan Stubby, making shadow puppets as they secured the rope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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