Happy August! Your Farm Shares Aug 2-6

Happy Civic Day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here on the farm it’s an ordinary work day, though we did manage to steal away to to beach yesterday, so I’m not feeling too hard done by :). The fields don’t wait for much in this heat. August is ushering in some ripening field tomatoes. We are slowly adding campari, cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes and roma tomatoes to our field-ready list. Green beans are going strong (sadly, so are the weeds so we weed as we pick).

This week we have black or “dinasaur” kale, named for it’s textured leaves. I use black kale similarly to spinach, like in this rotini pasta, but it is also tasty in salad. I was introduced to this salad recipe from a customer of mine. She preferred to use black kale for this Massaged Kale Salad with Nutritional Yeast. Unlike lettuce salads, the texture is still nice for a few days if you don’t finish it all when you make it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simply 6

• grape or cherry tomatoes
• broccoli
• romaine lettuce
• black kale
• cucumbers
• 3/4lb green beans

Half Share

• grape or cherry tomatoes
• broccoli
• romaine lettuce
• black kale
• cucumbers
• 3/4lb green beans
• 1lb zucchini
• bunch of radish
• bunch of arugula
• bunch of beets

Whole Shares

• grape or cherry tomatoes
• broccoli
• romaine lettuce
• black kale
• cucumbers
• 3/4lb green beans
• 1lb zucchini
• bunch of radish
• bunch of arugula
• bunch of beets
• bunch of spinach
• 2nd tomatoes (campari, field, or heirloom)
• okra or 2nd peas (try this recipe for garlic sauteed okra Simple Sautéed Okra With Garlic (Recipe) (thespruceeats.com) or slice widthwise to make adorable star shapes)
• pint of sugar snap or snow peas
• chinese cabbage

Fruit Shares

• 6 fuji apples
• 3 grapefruit
• 1.5lbs red grapes
• 1/2 pint blueberries
• 5 lemons

Have a fabulous and flavourful week!