CSA for September 14, 2010 - Last Day!

Whew, it's a done deal for another year! We've finished CSA earlier than ever this year - largely due to consistent rain throughout the season. The weather has been a good thing and a bad thing - we never did bring our own tomatoes to CSA (they are still mostly green and, now, splitting). But lettuce did well, the late-seeding did much better than it would in most hot years, and beans did fabulously (hope everyone got some frozen for winter!).

This being the last CSA we brought larger bags of potatoes and left them dirty! Dirty potatoes will store better than washed, really! Keep them someplace cool, dark and dry. We also brought, of course, some serious weight in winter squash. These too, will store a long time: keep them cool, dark and dry. Winter squash benefit from something like a shelf, not touching each other. Turn them once a month or so; if rot starts it is often where the squash was sitting on the shelf. We brought a wide selection of winter squash: Part Shares could take up to 15 lbs., Full Shares could take up to 20 Lbs. We were totally willing to deal - especially if someone was interested in one of the monster Hubbards or Boston Marrows (weighing in at 24 - 34 lbs!). We've already had a couple of emails about the round yellow thing - it's a heirloom cucumber called Lemon Ball. We usually take our veggie brush to the skin as it tends to have little bristles and then it's just good eating!

Our growing partners came through today to top things off! Menno and Evelyn Isaac brought some of their luscious organic, hot house tomatoes. Linda Boys provided gorgeous red cabbage for the parts, fresh celery for the fulls, some of the basil and some great Long English cucumbers. Amanda and Ed Wiebe provided the beautiful large onions. Ed and Marilyn Clayton of Clayton Organic Orchard, in Elkhorn provided the awesome apples.

So, for the FULL SHARES: 5 lbs. German Butterball potatoes, 5 lbs. Alladin red potatoes, apples, Long English cucumber, a Lemon Ball cucumber, a mix of bell pepper, Hungarian hot and jalapeno peppers, bundle of Swiss Chard, bag of lettuce, bag of tomatoes, fresh basil, celery, a small winter squash in the box plus a choice of up to 20 lbs of winter squash.

For the PART SHARES: 5 lbs. German Butterball potatoes, 5 lbs. Alladin red potatoes, apples, cucumber, Lemon Ball cucumber, a mix of bell pepper, Hungarian hot and jalapeno peppers, bundle of Swiss Chard, bag of lettuce, Bag of tomatoes, fresh basil, red cabbage, a small winter squash in the box plus a choice of up to 15 lbs. of winter squash.

Also in everyone's box this week is an invitation to 'The Green Keys Tour' featuring Canadian composer and muscian Frank Horvat. We hope everyone can join us October 3. We hope everyone has enjoyed this years' CSA! It's been great fun to help feed everyone all summer! And enjoy!!