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2017 CSA Fall October 13, 2017 Watercress

2017 CSA Fall October 13, 2017 Watercress

 

  • Watercress 8×8
  • Dill Chef Box
  • Chervil Chef Box
  • Heirloom hot peppers
  • Micro Color Mix
  • Baby Arugula 8×8
  • Rainbow Anaheim Hatch Peppers
  • Green bell pepper
  • Sage Chef Box

A different herb for you to try this week: Chervil. “Chervil is used, particularly in France to season poultry, seafood, vegetable soups and sauces. More delicate than parsley, it has a faint taste of licorice or aniseed. Chervil is one of the four traditional French fines herbs, along with tarragon, chives, and parsley, which are essential to French cooking. Unlike the more pungent, robust herbs, thyme, rosemary, etc., which can take prolonged cooking, the fines herbs are added at the last minute, to salads, omeletes, and soups.” (partial quote from Wikipedia page).

 

Watercress is one of the worlds’s healthiest foods…from the way we grow the watercress to the way we cut and chill it, great care is given to create the most potentiality for taste and nutrition. Known for being a peppery dark leafy green that frows with a wet foot along creeks and ditches, we bring it up off the ground and grow it on benches…it cascades over the sides, looking for more footing. This herb brought a happy smile to my face whilst i was hiking high in Western New Mexico…the excruciating altitude change had brought on a massive headache and i sought comfort in shaded wet rocks along a creek run. There nestled calmly and absolutely was the watercress. What a refief to see such a welcome plant from home! I checked up stream and around about, found the land to be in use for cattle, probably a land management deal, and set about getting a clean cut. That cut was just magnificent. With time, water, watercress and rest i was able to move onward.  

To your health and pleasure, always! with love, leslie

 

CSA Fall October 7, 2017 Rosemary and Sage

CSA Fall October 7, 2017 Rosemary and Sage

  • Purple and White Eggplant Medley
  • Squash Blossoms
  • Mix peppers
  • Micro Color Mix
  • Baby Salad Mix
  • Baby Arugula 8×8
  • Multi-Color Anaheim Hatch Peppers
  • Red bell pepper
  • Squash Blossoms
  • Rosemary Clamshell
  • Sage Clamshell

Welcome back! Sorry, that we missed you last week, but parts on all of our vehicles are wearing out we had a fuel pump failure…such is the delight of our engineering minds as we roll the dice on repairs to keep going.

Winter squash are nearing ripeness, even with dry weather the peppers keep going and the summer squash is retiring.  We have had nights in the 30s but still lots of sun daily…rainy days may be coming in the next week.

The classic teas you have come asking for will soon return; unfortunately, harvest was too late for a tea making operation so I will try again next week. If you would like to try the raw herbs that are my mainstay, just ask, as flowering tops are available for brewing or taking home. The following list is the fruits of the labor of our Awesome Team of GreenHouse 6: Lavender blossoms, Elegant Salvia (Pineapple Sage)with blossoms, and Lemon Verbena blossoming tops. They were also able to bring back extra peppers and citrus whilst harvesting the sweet potato “octopus” arm. I just leave mine draped in the kitchen, pinching off leaves and tips to eat fresh, enjoying the rich dense kiss of spicy perfume. We hope you find new joy in the kitchen this week. Enjoy the opportunity for stocking up whilst the cornucopia of harvest rolls in…if not used fresh, your Chef Boxes of Sage and Rosemary can be chopped and dried on paper towels or frozen for future use. Or decoratively they can be tied and bundled to hang upside down in your kitchen apothecary.  Consider a smudge, bath or steam sweat to honor any excess, if you like. To your health and pleasure, always!

 

2017 CSA Summer Sept 30th

2017 CSA Summer Sept 30th

We had a diesel injection pump failure in the big truck on the way to the Saturday Market – if you missed pickup of your CSA we will be making drop-offs on Monday  To STD produce and Dr. Caughron’s office, we will also have CSA available on Tuesday 4-7pm at the Forest Lakes Market on Ashwood Blvd south pool.

  • Purple and White Eggplant Medley
  • Squash Blossoms
  • Shishito peppers in a Mix
  • Micro Collards
  • Sweet Potato Whip
  • Baby Salad Mix
  • Watercress 8×8
  • Multi-Color Anaheim Hatch Peppers
  • Red bell pepper
  • Collard Bunch
  • Mint Clamshell
  • Chive Clamshell

Our Market Expeditor, Camille is not available today, so please bear with us as we are short-handed at this Saturday market in Charlottesville. Mike is coming down with a sore throat and I have had a tickle with sporadic asthma attacks so we are both taking mimosa tea for sleep, osha root for deeply soothing our lungs and pineapple sage tea to keep anxiety at bay. The classic teas you have come asking for will soon return; unfortunately, harvest was too late for a tea making operation so I will try again next week. If you would like to try the raw herbs that are my mainstay, just ask, as flowering tops are available for brewing or taking home. The following list is the fruits of the labor of our Awesome Team of GreenHouse 6: Lavender blossoms, Elegant Salvia (Pineapple Sage)with blossoms, and Lemon Verbena blossoming tops. They were also able to bring back extra peppers and citrus whilst harvesting the sweet potato “octopus” arm. I just leave mine draped in the kitchen, pinching off leaves and tips to eat fresh, enjoying the rich dense kiss of spicy perfume. We hope you find new joy in the kitchen this week. Mix baby greens make a great salad or addition to sandwiches. Watercress is a wonderful healthy peppery green for salads and again a favorite on sandwiches. Enjoy the opportunity for stocking up whilst the cornucopia of harvest rolls in…if not used fresh, your Chef Boxes of Mint and Chives can be chopped and dried on paper towels or frozen for future use. Or decoratively they can be tied and bundled to hang upside down in your kitchen apothecary.  The red bell peppers are sweet and juicy – a pleasure to roast and stuff or just eat fresh. The Anaheims add a bit of spicey heat but not too much. The Shishito are rarely anything but mild but make a great pan fried snack with salt – just braze them on a hot skillet with olive oil and sprinkle a bit of coarse sea salt. To your health and pleasure, always! To all the folks stopping by to pick up the free share for your donations to WTJU Jazz Marathon: We love you, too!  Have a great week everybody