Week 5

I hope you all have a chance to relax a little on Independence Day and enjoy a nice summer meal.  We usually try to put potatoes in the 4th of July box, but they aren't quite ready.  Hopefully next week. I can't wait.

We started picking field cukes this week.  The ones in the hoop house(what you have been getting) have slowed down quite a bit, but it is still pretty amazing how many cukes can come from such a small area.  During our best week we harvested 370 pounds out of a small 20 by 30 space.  This week it will probably dip down to about 75 pounds, but the timing couldn't be better.   The field cukes never look as perfect as the trellised hoop house cukes, but in general I think they are tastier.  We still have one cucumber variety to make its CSA debut, Tasty Jade, a Japanese style cucumber, which to some is the tastiest of them all.  If there are any available for picking tomorrow I will try to cut some samples for side by side comparison.  The truth is that there are many factors that contribute to a cucumbers flavor.  We could have a side by side comparison tomorrow and again every few weeks and you might have different preference each time.  It is a good reminder for me not to get to stuck on a particular variety.

Have a great week.

Carrots
Head Lettuce - Mixed varieties.  If you have a preference when you pick up you box let us know.
Cucumber - 
Bunched Turnip - Small Only
Snap Pea
Garlic
Broccoli -
Snow Pea - Large Only 
Collards or Chard - Large Only

The pictures below are from the hoop house at our house that we refer to as the Ho Ho, short for House House.  Giving things stupid names makes it easier for us to refer to them and it also gives me great pleasure!  However, what really gets me excited is that we are starting to pick cherry tomatoes.  There aren't many but you will find a few pints at the farm stand when you pick up your box - unless someone has already snagged them.