Week 9

• 2 bunches Fennel (+voluminous tops)
• 2 bunches Red Onions
• 2 bunches Celery
• 4 Italian Eggplant
• 4 lbs Red Gold Potatoes
• 2 pts Sungold Cherry Tomatoes
• 2 heads Green Cabbage
• 16 Peaches
  = 34 lbs

And also, from Sun Moon Farm, either directly or via neighbors:
+big jar of cukes
+1 bunch bok choy
+2 bunches chard
+a few radishes
And an ( Read more... )

Just to get an idea of the abundance of this, the carrots alone, after the tops were removed, weighs 3.3 lbs. I love carrots, so this is awesome. The potato inspiration finally hit and between the weeks of them (which I mostly hadn't used yet aside from in curries), I made masala dosa at home, then a big batch of the aloo masala for a potluck cook- ( Read more... )

This is last week's, as I just realized I never posted it.

• 2 bunches Japanese Turnips (+greens)
• 2 bunches Red Onions
• 2 bunches Basil
• 2 bunches Raab
• 2 bunches Beets (+green)
• 2 lbs Zucchini
• 2 lbs Potatoes
• 4 lbs Peaches
  =23#

And the nightshades are ramping up! The tomatoes are amazingly good. Looking forward to more next week, too.

• 2 bunches Beets (+greens)
• 2 pound Sweet Onions (loose)
• 4 pounds Squash (mix of summer and zucchini)
• 6 Cucumbers
• 6 long Italian Eggplant
• 6 Green Peppers (dunno if we'll ever get ripe ones :P )
• 2 bunches Red Russian Kale
• 2 pints ( Read more... )

Back to a huge differential this week. Granted, there was the corn (and omg, such good corn! More on that shortly), but even assuming the corn weighed 20 lbs, not counting it would still leave a factor of three. And besides, I *like* corn. Yesterday I used much of it in my Chipotle Corn Soup, which I recommend highly. Of course, this time I ( Read more... )

The garden continues to produce as well and I'm eating salad like it's going out of style. Or out of season, anyway. The kale is bountiful, but so are the share leafy greens, so I don't quite need them yet. Same for the cukes, which at some point I imagine will be turned into more real (fermented) and fake (vinegar) pickles. :)
And the shed is ( Read more... )