CSA Farm Share 2009: Week 8

[surrealestate]

Late summer and harvest really kicks into high gear! Meanwhile, Red Fire reports that they've already lost 1/4 of their (HUGE, so there's still plenty left) tomato crop to the Blight. Hopefully the rest will be safe, but I fear for future updates. Steve tells me his crop is still clear and hopefully it will stay that way.
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Comments

[pierceheart]

Congrats on your results in the beer contest.

I've thought about submitting, but I don't like the idea of losing my beer, if it were to really win.

I forgot - are you all graining or extract?

[surrealestate]

Thanks!

Yeah, I realize that's a risk, but the odds of winning are so low and I think if it actually happened, the coolness factor would outweigh the loss of recipe ownership. (You also don't actually give them the recipe unless you're a finalist.) I wonder how they work that exactly, anyway... I mean, I don't think they stop you from continuing to brew it at home -- you just can't sell it. A lot of the finalist recipes were posted publicly before they even entered the contest, too.

All-grain. I've never done an extract brew.

[intuition_ist]

oh! i have 4 medium-sized cucumbers and 4 smallish beets for the pickling. can i get them to you before thursday?

[surrealestate]

Nice! I'm sure we can manage that. :)