Newsletter for June 20, 2022
Greetings from our farms!
Heat got you down yet! Hang in there folks things could always be worse.
Listening to the news today on the radio, I heard that farms having thousands of acres in the Central Valley of California where a lot of fresh vegetables and produce are grown and shipped to stores, are letting their land lie fallow for possibly a year or longer, due to drought and water restrictions. Prices and scarcity of some food on store shelves will reflect what’s taking place in California.
Thankfully, we will have plenty to eat fresh, to can or freeze thanks to being a part of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
Our farm’s CSA registration will be closing for the season within the next week, so if you have friends that may be interested in joining, let them know this is “last call” for this year.
Home Delivery Members:.Please, don’t forget to put coolers and an ice block out on your delivery day! The heat takes a toll on fresh vegetables.
Note: It’s a good idea to keep a cooler in your trunk that you can pop a frozen ice block into, on CSA delivery day just in case you are delayed getting your share home after pick up. Better safe than sorry!
What’s in my share this week? Bulb onions, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, sweet banana peppers, cabbage, beets, and early sweet corn which gets better and better as the season progresses! Tomatoes are scarce as hens teeth right now, but in a week or two that will change by the way our tomato crops are looking right now. Chin up- their on the way! Those yummy Blueberries are the Fruit this week for members that ordered a fruit or combo share.
Here are a couple of links to some delicious recipes using your CSA share this week!
Corn – (Corn fritters, grilled corn salad and more). https://www.thespruceeats.com/fabulous-sweet-corn-recipes-4047932
Cucumbers – Tomato, Cucumber, and Feta salad – https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipes/a47400/tomato-cucumber-feta-salad-recipe/
Give theses recipes a try, and if you have a recipe using food from your CSA share, kindly tell us all about it! I know for a fact we have some wonderful cooks in our group! Show us your stuff, c’mon now!
Be sure to extend a loving hand to someone who needs it. Until next week, peace.
Judy
Glorious Sweet Corn-it’s here and it only gets better! If the tip has a few worms in it, don’t panic, it hasn’t been sprayed when you find a few hitchhikers. Doesn’t happen often. Just remove them, rinse corn and enjoy!