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August 29, 2009
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CSA: Weeks Eleven and Twelve
After taking only a few weeks off this summer, the rain has returned to dampen our spirits, disappoint children's hopes for camping and discourage my outdoor attempts at food photography. Luckily there was some overlap between the last two weeks' shares so I was able to cover everything.
I'm leading with the picture of week eleven's tomatoes because it seems like a miracle that they made it. Despite the previously mentioned late blight that's wiping out tomato crops all over the Northeast, the good folks at our CSA have been diligent enough at fighting it to produce a combined three pounds of heirloom and beefsteak tomatoes per share in the last two weeks. The other recent highlight has been the dragon beans (or dragon's tongue beans, pictured at bottom on the left), which we have found more tender and tasty than their green bean counterparts.
Week Eleven
- green beans
- dragon beans
- beefsteak and heirloom tomatoes (above)
- tomatillos (first picture below)
- chocolate and green peppers
- an Italian eggplant
- lettuce
- scallions
- curly parsley
- cilantro
- pick-your-own cherry tomatoes
Week Twelve
- mixed beans
- dragon beans
- beefsteak and heirloom tomatoes
- peppers
- eggplant
- Chinese cabbage
- mixed red and yellow onions
- one sugar baby watermelon
- two apples!
