We had fairly productive few days recently. Thanks to those worker members that have been coming out. Their labors are so needed and appreciated. We planted the last round of cucumbers, which we plant in the greenhouses to keep warm as the summer rolls around into fall. As the crew harvested yesterday, I spent the day on the tractors trying to get a field ready for the fall crops. Yay I did it. It was a long day, but there are now a dozen empty beds ready to accept the the fall greens, lettuce, broccoli, kohlrabi, bok choi, carrots, beets, spinach, etc. We also got a few beds of potatoes out of the ground. We put off cleaning and packing todays vegetables until Wednesday am, so we could get the spuds out before the rains came. There’s still quite a few beds to dig, but we got 800-1,000# of potatoes out, a good start. Thankfully, they all seemed to be looking good, not much rot to speak of.
On another note, the winter squash is not looking good. Phytothera has taken pretty much all the Delicata squash, and has started to spread into the Butternut. There’s really nothing we can do about it, except hope that it stops raining. And it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. It continues to rain, but perhaps the worst is behind us. With the beds made up as I mentioned above, the acute crisis is over.
Next week. These boxes are waxed and are not recyclable, but we reuse them. So PLEASE remember to bring them back next week.
Ideas for Cooking
I realize that for the most part this section of the newsletter had been somewhat lacking this year. I will try to improve…though it’s not going to be this week.
Cooking the soybeans is easy, just boil them for about 5 minutes in their pods until they are tender. Drain away the water, sprinkle with some salt and squeeze a little lemon juice over the top. Don’t eat the husk, but you can pop out the beans with your fingers or in your mouth. Besides sweet corn this is our kids favorite crop.