Well I didn't get a picture before the shares were brought to distro, and this week everyone picked up their share. SO... I don't have a pretty picture to annotate for you al! Luckily, there were mostly things you should recognize; for example, everyone got at least two (depending on size) heirloom pinks and two heirloom red slicing tomatoes -- one ripe now, the other needing a couple of days. One or two of you got some fun yellow slicing tomatoes (the 'Kellog's Breakfast' variety). There also was a return of the lamb's quarters fresh greens (recall that the leaves are a perfect spinach substitute... we tried it on two pizzas one evening, and roasted it was FABULOUS).
Also, there was a mixture of white 'Kennebec' potatoes and red 'Pontiac' potatoes bagged up.
The only think unusual was the zip-lock with dried nettle leaves/stems; this is a HIGHLY nutritious plant that we foraged in the spring, that can substitute for spinach in many recipes. I dried it in a hotbox vs. directly exposed to the sun, so it should have retained most of its nutritious vitamins and minerals. My wife makes a special soup from it, and also a quiche. The only tip you need to know is to reconstitute the leaves in hot (ie, just boiled) water for at least two minutes, prior to incorporating. This ensures that the tiny spines that give 'stinging' nettle its name are totally inactivated. You can also make a pretty damn tasty tea from it!
Here are a couple of pictures from harvest today, as always, email me if any questions come up.
best,
Matt
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| Didn't have to leave out of the share as many tomatoes this time! (only about half, left in the blue bins, had bad spots in them) |
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| About a 20-ft stretch of potatoes (white), plus what I dug up in reds the other day, for our potatoes! |
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