Greensgrow CSA Week 7
Oh yum! Oh heaven! Look at this beautiful array, with nary a kale leaf or beet in sight!
- Apricots - Eden Garden Farm, Lancaster, PA
- Peaches - Fifer Orchards, Wyoming, DE
- Blueberries - Columbia Farms, Hamilton, NJ
- Zucchini - Flaim Farms, Vineland, NJ
- Tomatoes (from a selection of 5 choices)
- I swapped my golden beets for those lovely looking carrots!
- Corn on the Cob - Lancaster County, PA
- Green Peppers - Viereck Farms, Woolwich, NJ
- Pickles - Greensgrow Farm
- Daisy - Calkins Creamery (from a selection of at least 10 cheeses)
- Eggs
It was POURING rain and miserable when I went to pick up the CSA, so three cheers for the staffers who were out there manning the stand, keeping the bins full and the tents up.
But woe to the CSA members who showed up without their flood gear. Thankfully, I invested in a pair of wellies a few months ago, so I was cool with the monster puddles in high traffic areas, but that “waterproof” jacket I was wearing? Today reconfirmed my need for a replacement. :)
This week also was a test of the substitution emergency response system (did that ever get used on TV? I hated those tests!) that Erik mentioned when we spoke last week. The weather is playing havoc with crops — we have corn already! So, carrots got subsituted with a selection of carrots, turnips, radishes, eggplants and tomatoes. Talk about a grab bag for everyone. I just got swap box lucky to come home with my two top picks, carrots and tomatoes.
So, now that my heart has been warmed to apricots (at least in their cooked form), who has a recipe to suggest for the 20 or so I brought home this week?
