Doorstep Harvest Newsletter 9-21-12
As always, try new foods with caution, and in small amounts. Also, please note that some herbs-foods may interact with pharmaceuticals so, if you use meds, please go to http://www.drugs.com/ to check them out.
News from the garden: Although the diversity continues, the overall production rate has really slowed. I am moving to every other week deliveries for you. (This means that your next delivery date will be Saturday, October 5th.) Crenshaw melons are done for the yearL. Two years ago, they thrived, and produced past frost. I don’t know why they’ve stopped this year. Autumn Olive berry bushes are ripening at various times. No berries this week, as we finished off the “early bush”, but there may be more next delivery. Sweet potato plants look beautiful and there is a ton of tomatillo filling out…
This week, in your Doorstep Harvest, you will find:
J Tomatoes (regular, heirloom & cherry mix): Tomatoes are still going strong. 4 pounds regular tomatoes, 2 pounds of heirloom mix and 2 pounds of cherry mix.
J/JJ Okra: Rainbow of colors! White, Red, and Green, they’re all heirloom varieties, and unfortunately, all turn green when cooked.
J Green Chard.
J Jalapeño peppers: WikiFact: The heat, caused by capsaicin and related compounds, is concentrated in the membrane (placenta) surrounding the seeds.
J Root Bag:
Beets: they’ve been sitting in the ground not doing much all summer, and have started growing bigger. Diakon Radish: Peel off the skin, and eat the insides. Grating it into salads is the best option.
Carrot: these late spring planted carrots have also started growing again with the cooler weather You might want to make a salad with grated carrot, beet, diakon, and chopped red radish.
Scarlett Globe Radish: Planted them about a month ago, I think they are delicious, well, as good a radishes can be…
JJOregano: DIRTY! Wash before immediate use.
JJComfrey: same as always, put leaves in a quart jar… WikiFact: One of the Country names for Comfrey was ‘knitbone’, a reminder of its traditional use in healing bone fractures. Modern Science confirms that comfrey can influence the course of bone ailments.
JJBasil: WikiFact: The Herbalist John Gerard noted of basil that those stung by scorpions would feel no pain if they ate of basil. I wonder what the dose for that is…
JJLavender: fantastic seasoning for chicken.
JJ Sage
J Shisho: WikiFact: The Red (Purple) Perilla (Shisho) has red leaves and is used in fish stews in China. When you buy pickled ginger, and it’s pink, shisho is what’s used to dye it, Mom says.
J = grown in my garden in the country at Grandma (organic as much as possible) or wild crafted
JJ = 100% organically grown in my 4-H Garden in my Cedar Street home.