Waking up to the sounds of whirling fans and window air conditioners you know it's going to be a hot one and at 99 degrees and sunny we're in for a quite a day on the farm. We decided to start our day on Tuesday at 6am instead of 7 to cut down some of time working in the afternoon heat. The early morning chores of chicken and goat duties already led us to changing our wet t-shirts to dry ones for some morning harvest that needed to be done. Now I know that this was not very organic or nutritious for us but a supply of Popsicles were on hand all day to relieve us on such a day!
This week's CSA is for members who purchased a Full Vegetable Share and/or Seasonal Fruit Share.
Your vegetable share this week:
Arugula
Russet Potatoes from our hoop house
Zucchini/and or Yellow Crookneck
Red Beets without Greens
Radicchio
Tomatoes from our hoop house
Basil
White Italian Eggplant
Parsley
Collard Greens
Your Seasonal Fruit Share this week:
Blueberries
Sweet Cherries
Apricots
This week's potato harvest was planted in our hoop houses in the early Spring. This is definitely a nice treat for all of us since our field potatoes won't be harvested until at least another 2 weeks.
Pictured on the left is Elliott, Sherman, Joe and Armando digging potatoes in the heat of Tuesday morning. Pictured on the right is Joe, getting dirty and not letting a single potato remain in the soil.
Small and beautiful, your eggplant variety this week is a white Italian called Clara. It ranges slightly in taste and texture then your dark purple skinned eggplant but over all you'll find that it has a pleasantly bitter taste with a spongy texture.
This leaf chicory called Radicchio is a wonderful leaf vegetable that is spicy and bitter. Radicchio is very popular in Italy served grilled and drizzled with olive oil, try this recipe and bring a bit of Italy to your home, Grilled Radicchio Salad.
More recipes to try:
Please don't forget!
For members that are picking up at the farm please remember that Hunt Club and Millburn Road is closed. I was told that a few people crossed this intersection and were not given a ticket last week. Please use the detour going Stearns School Road to Route 45 and north to Millburn Road. Thanks for your patience!
Our farm stand is open on Thursdays between 4 and 7pm and Saturdays between 8 and 2pm. If you're not a CSA member and are curious about what we're growing here on the farm come on out and visit us on these days and see what varieties we have for sale. Each week there will be a few new items and each week we'll have our staples of Red Russian, Green Curly and Lacinato Kales, Collard Greens, Green and Rainbow Chard. We also offer a selection of herbs such as oregano, chives, parsley, thyme and summer savory. Don't forget our pasture raise chicken and eggs are available!
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Our first farm tour of the season will be held on August 6th, 10 am until noon. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early and wear some good walking shoes. Dress for the weather and bring your camera!
The tour will begin at our Wash/Pack Facility located at 18080 W. Millburn Road. There is plenty of parking there but I'll still need an RSVP to let me know how many people we could expect. Please send an email to me at tempelfarmsorganics@yahoo.com. We look forward to showing you how and where your food comes from!
Enjoy your bounty!
Your farmers,
Tania and Chris Cubberly and our crew: Michael, Mario, Francisco, Joe, Elliott, Sherman, Armando and Charlie!
