Week 11

Sun Days

Lady Friends

Garlic Farmer

This weeks share includes some leeks which is great in soup with potatoes and garlic, what might be the last off shoots of watham broccoli, arugula, basil, living up to it's name "slo-bolt" lettuce, purple top turnips-throw the tops into the leek soup, another round of beautiful bok choy, mustard greens, kale and mix of onions.

As usual, keeping track of my labeling on paper and on the trays after several transplants before the sprouts meet their destiny in the earth sometimes leads to lost letters. Every season I'm so determined to stay organized but with my tendency to try lots and lots of different heirloom varieties things get a little mixed up sometimes. So not surprisingly, in all the flip flopping my bunching onions ended up singly planted and larger than normal but my single onions ended up bunched and confined. I've thinned them out and added them to the share so the remainders are now reaching a more accurate size. The flavor is unaffected but the there should be more of it in one place.

In other delightful dining news, the tomatoes are starting to turn and the squashes are coming along. The cucumbers are looking a little larger and the garlic is curing nicely. We're braiding garlic this weekend that you can hang in the kitchen next week to cure out this fall.