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CSA share blogging #5
23 July 2020 08:26 amOf last week's share, the parsley went into a pasta sauce, the honeydew was yum with the limes, and the jalapeños are … waiting … for us to remember them … and do something … Slice 'em up and pickle? I don't really like jalapeño flavor all that much, compared to the anaheims and poblanos that are regional staples.
This week, we remain in what they call summer dearth:
1 canary melon
5 small red potatoes
2 ears sweet corn
basket of okra
3 yellow peaches
2 heads of garlic
2 slender cucumbers
Corn and potatoes were immediately dinnered, and the okra was traded (we all hate the stuff) with the neighbor for a can of tuna. The remaining peach is in the fruit bowl, and the garlic and cukes are in their respective storage areas. The melon is chillin' in the fridge, probably for tonight.
On the home front, we've lost a whole round of cherry tomatoes to birds -- need to put up netting -- and two cantaloupes the size of softwalls continue to ripen. We planted tepary beans (a desert-adapted native heritage species) in the plots where the corn was, and they sprouted this week, just in time for the resumption of thunderstorms. Not sure there's enough for a full meal's crop, but we'll see how it goes.
---L.
This week, we remain in what they call summer dearth:
1 canary melon
5 small red potatoes
2 ears sweet corn
basket of okra
3 yellow peaches
2 heads of garlic
2 slender cucumbers
Corn and potatoes were immediately dinnered, and the okra was traded (we all hate the stuff) with the neighbor for a can of tuna. The remaining peach is in the fruit bowl, and the garlic and cukes are in their respective storage areas. The melon is chillin' in the fridge, probably for tonight.
On the home front, we've lost a whole round of cherry tomatoes to birds -- need to put up netting -- and two cantaloupes the size of softwalls continue to ripen. We planted tepary beans (a desert-adapted native heritage species) in the plots where the corn was, and they sprouted this week, just in time for the resumption of thunderstorms. Not sure there's enough for a full meal's crop, but we'll see how it goes.
---L.