Week 3

Kelly and I have a fair amount of friendly debates about what should go in the boxes each week.  There are several factors that determine if a vegetable is included in the box.  We ask ourselves several questions.  Do we have enough for everyone this week?  Will we have more of a surplus next week?  When was it in the boxes last?  How is the item usually received?  Did a lot of people trade that item the last time we gave it?  Certain crops, like peas, are only here for a short period of time so you get them every week.  Which brings us to scallions.  I don't know that they are exciting enough to go in the boxes two weeks in a row but Kelly makes a good point when he says that this is the only time of year we have them and they are easy to use.  Fine, Kelly wins that one!  Scallions for everyone and lots of other good stuff too.

Summer arrived on Saturday both on the calendar and in the arrival of a warming weather pattern.  The first day of summer marks our last seeding of cucumbers and summer squash.  This week we will transplant out our first round of fall brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale and so on).  We have  a large seeding of our second round of fall brassicas to finish seeding tomorrow and Kelly amended the front field by the stand for fall carrots last week.   Things are humming along and we are trying to keep up.  When I look around the fields it seems like we are being moderately successful at staying on schedule.  Phew.

Carrots
Head Lettuce
Peas -  most likely snaps but there will be some shell and snow peas on the trade table.
Garlic
Scallions
Cucumber
Summer Turnips
Bunched Arugula - Large Only

I love the food blog that the following recipe comes from - the food always looks so beautiful.  I love using snap peas in spring rolls and lettuce wraps.  These ones looked like a nice change of pace from how I usually make them and mint is always great with peas.

Snap Pea and Avocado Lettuce Wrap

We don't usually cook the summer turnips.  However, one of the produce buyers at the Oly food coop mentioned she likes to put them in miso soup and garnish it with some of the sliced greens.  Yummy.  I googled miso and Japanese turnips after making the soup and thought the recipe below looked good.  You don't have three pounds of turnips so you will have to adjust the recipe a bit.

Sauteed Japanese Turnips with Miso