Doorstep Harvest Newsletter 8-2-13
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: Fair Week. I entered 23 entries @ CKFF from the garden and have qualified to take the maximum allowed to state in September (8). Crenshaw melons are 2”long now! All though the cool weather is great for most of my plants, it’s slowing the growth of the okra. Organic zucchini at my house is producing but we didn’t get the winter squash covered in time to protect from the squash vine borer and are losing the kobucha and acorn. Some of the butternut seems unaffected so far… Blackberries are producing better than ever and love the cool weather. The broad beans have set and are two to three inches long. The sunflowers are gone; they didn’t make it for some reason. The potatoes are still too small to be called baby potatoes…don’t know why but the plants are still alive and well so we will just wait until the plants die to harvest. Who knows when…
This week, you will find
J/J Cucumbers: Mix of two varieties.
JJ/J Summer squash: Light this week because a lot of my CKFF entries were summer squash and the cloud cover seems to be shading the plants and slowing down the growth.
J Cherry tomatoes: Blend of various varieties- pear, yellow, and red. Some are picked on the green side for you to set aside and allow to ripen at room temp.
J Tomatoes
SOUP BAG: Small amounts of some things are just coming on and may be good in soup: J Okra, J/Bell Pepper, J JJapanese bunching onion, J Jalapeño peppers
JJ Chard:
JJHerbs : Shisho (Perilla), Parsley, Oregano, Comfrey, Lavender
JJ Triple Crown Blackberries: Washed by the rain and too fragile to wash again here so, PLEASE WASH JUST BEFORE EATING. And, eat them this weekend or today because the rain drenched them and is making them too soft.They will spoil veryquickly!
JJ Sweet corn: bad year for sweet corn, grown from conventional seed, but grown organically, Didn’t expect to have anymore after last week but I was wrong- there is more this weekend (last for sure).
J = grown in my garden in the country at Grandma (organic as much as possible)
JJ = 100% organically grown in my 4-H Garden in my Cedar St. home.