photo: Ulla Kjarval
Letter from the farm:
This week marks the half way point of the CSA season and we have a spectacular harvest to celebrate! As we’ve mentioned before, our summer crops were delayed a few weeks, so they’re all coming in now. This will probably be the last week of peppers — so cut them up and freeze them if you need them for recipes this fall. Our pepper plants are dying of a root disease caused by excessively wet conditions.
Shallots! Shallots are not onions, but they are part of the Allium species. They have a mildly sweet onion flavor that some say also has hints of garlic. I like to use shallots in dressings and in place of onions in delicately flavored dishes.
**The red tomatoes need to ripen for a few days on the counter until they reach a uniform, deep red. Please be sure to wash the tomatoes before eating. We have been spraying them with an organically-approved copper spray to protect against late blight infection. The copper spray will wash off with a little soap and water.
The tomatoes are finally coming in well, but it has been a lot of work to get them to this point! Late blight was detected on tomato and potato crops here in Suffolk County and we’ve had to be diligent about our organic spray regemin to prevent it from taking hold. Some of you may remember back to 2009 when pretty much all of the organic farms in the Northeast lost their tomato crop. We managed to save many of ours back then, and this year we were on top of it right away to ensure a good harvest. That said, the plants are definitely weaker than they are in a healthy year, so we’re harvesting as much as we can, while we can!
Maggie
Vegetable Share
Shallots, 1.25 lb.
Sungold Cherry Tomatoes, 1 pint
Long Green Peppers, 1 piece
Green Bell Pepper, 1 piece
Red Tomatoes, several pieces
Green Beans, 1 bag or Zucchini, 2 pieces
Baby Carrots or Baby Arugula
Baby Watermelon, 1 piece
Nicola Potatoes, 1 quart
Cantaloupe Melon, 1 piece
Fruit Share
tbd
Herb Share
Pineapple Sage
Thyme
Garlic Share
Garlic
Lewis Waite Farms
Don’t forget to place your order by Sunday for next week’s LWF delivery.
*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.