Week 14

Sometimes I am unsure if we do nothing else but farm because we need to or because it is just our personalities.  We both want our farm to be successful, to look great and to produce as much food as possible.  Of course we can't do everything but when someone invites us to dinner and we have the choice of enjoying the company of friends or getting something transplanted we usually choose to stay in the garden.  I have been thinking about this because I missed a wedding this weekend and because we have said good bye to some great part-time help this week that allowed us to accomplish so much more than we ever could have when it was just the two of us.  One left to go sailing in the San Juan Islands and the other to California.  Both worked hard and provided us with a lot of laughs.  Claire, our full-time employee will stick it out to the end of the season with us.  The end of the summer always leaves me with such mixed feelings.  I love that I can sneak away from the garden a little without feeling like there is something that should have been done.  But, it also makes me sad.  The fields on Shincke Road are almost empty.   All the evidence of the hard work we have done is disappearing.  Plus there are so many meals I haven't made that call for tomatoes and cucumbers!

But, I am getting a little ahead of myself.  Autumn has not arrived yet.  You will begin to see a change in your boxes over the next couple weeks.  Items like radishes that you haven't seen since spring as well glorious fall root veggies are just around the corner.  Hopefully you all have been enjoying the beautiful late summer days.

Corn - It isn't pretty but it is fresh out of the field this morning.  Most importantly, it is delicious, sweet and tender.
Loose Beets 
Beans
Lettuce
Tomatoes - Savor your tomatoes, they might be one rainfall away from death.  They have been showing signs of disease for sometime but the warm, dry weather has kept it under control.
Cukes
Zucchini 
Garlic
Eggplant - Small Only
Romenesco Cauliflower - Large Only

Have a great week.