One other stunning field this week! We’re thrilled to introduce new potatoes to your share — tender, thin-skinned, and stuffed with taste. Tomatoes are coming in properly now, so you’ll be able to anticipate them within the shares for a lot of weeks to return. A lot seasonal goodness forward – August and September are peak harvest months! Bon appétit!
FRUIT SHARE REMINDER — If you’re a fruit share member and it says “FRUIT” subsequent to your identify on the check-in sheet, please take 1 BAG of PEACHES. If you happen to did not join the fruit, please don’t contact the fruit. Thanks!
Warmly,
Maggie & Matt
What’s in season this week?
Golden Beets
Sweeter and more delicate than their crimson cousins, golden beets are considered one of late summer time’s pretty treats. Roast them complete in foil till tender, then slip off the skins and toss with olive oil, orange zest, and contemporary herbs. They’re equally pretty shaved uncooked right into a salad with lettuce and a citrus French dressing, the place their shade glows in opposition to the greens. Do not discard the greens — sauté them like chard. NOTICE: Boron deficiency within the subject can result in inside dry decay. It is solely beauty and could be minimize out, not dangerous in any respect. We seen a little bit of this with those we cooked up at dwelling, however made the choice to ship these out as an alternative of composting the entire subject. Simply bear in mind that you could be discover a few of this contained in the roots.
Storage: twist off the greens and refrigerate the beets in an hermetic container, the place they’ll hold for a number of weeks. Retailer the greens individually.
Batavian Lettuce
Bred to stay crisp at the same time as summer lingers, Batavian lettuce offers you the very best of each worlds — the crunch of a crisphead with the tenderness of a leaf lettuce. Storage: refrigerate in an hermetic container within the crisper drawer and luxuriate in inside every week.
Toscano Kale
Often known as lacinato or dinosaur kale, this deep blue-green selection is extra tender than curly kale and stands up superbly to each uncooked and cooked preparations. Therapeutic massage the leaves with olive oil and lemon juice to melt them for a uncooked salad, or sauté shortly with garlic for a easy aspect. Storage: refrigerate in an hermetic container and use inside every week for the very best texture.
Candy Corn
Corn season continues! Storage: hold within the husk within the fridge and eat as quickly as potential — the sweetness fades day-to-day.
Pink Tomatoes
Right here they’re, at last — the tomatoes we have all been ready for. We harvest them as near ripe as potential, however depart them on the counter till they’re a deep crimson for greatest taste. Storage: by no means refrigerate! Preserve at room temperature, stem-side down, out of direct solar, and use inside a couple of days of full ripeness (deep crimson).
Sungold Cherry Tomatoes
The sweet of the tomato world has arrived! Storage: hold at room temperature, out of direct solar; refrigeration dulls their taste.
Cucumber
The final of this mid-summer planting. Storage: refrigerate in an hermetic container and use inside every week.
Pink Gold Potatoes
A ravishing thin-skinned potato with a golden inside and a pure buttery taste — no peeling required. Boil complete till fork-tender and toss with butter and herbs, roast halved with olive oil till crisp-edged, or slice skinny for a fast potato salad with a mustardy French dressing. They’re fantastic alongside something off the grill this time of 12 months. Storage: hold in an hermetic container in a cool, darkish spot — keep away from the fridge, which turns the starches gritty.
FRUIT SHARE
*For PAID Fruit Share Members ONLY*
Donut Peaches
Storage: On the counter, not touching, till barely comfortable to the contact and aromatic.
