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Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 14

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This past week gave us another 4+ inches of rain, more than our crops like. Here’s the bounty from week 14 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA:

  • 1 bag of Yukon Gold potatoes
  • 1 bag of green beans
  • 1 honey dew melon
  • 3 peppers
  • 1 head of heirloom Deer Tongue lettuce
  • 2 red tomatoes
  • 1 heirloom yellow Brandywine tomato
  • 1 bunch of collards

Quite a nice collection, weather notwithstanding. Now we rebuild.

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Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 13

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Seriously, week 13 indeed! I was still without power on Thursday, my CSA pickup day, so my farmer (who moonlights as an angel) sent me home with three gallons of water and told me to come back for my share on Saturday!

Here’s the bounty from week 13 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA:

  • 2 zucchini
  • 1 bag of potatoes
  • 1 bag of string beans
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 3 small sweet peppers
  • 1 [huge] bell pepper
  • 1 head of cabbage
  • 1 bunch of Tuscan kale
  • 1 honeydew melon
  • 2 eggplant

Nice to have fresh food again after Irene!

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Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 12

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With uncertainty about what hurricane Irene might do to the crops, here’s the bounty from week 12 of my Sport Hill Farm CSA:

  • 1/2 dozen ears of corn
  • 1 bag of potatoes
  • 1 bag of sweet onions
  • 6 sweet Bianca peppers
  • 1 cantaloupe
  • 1 bag of cherry tomatoes (mix-n-match)
  • 6-8 red or orange tomatoes (mix-n-match)
  • 1 yellow brandywine heirloom tomato
  • 1 bunch of kale (bonus/optional)

I’ve learned a fabulous new way to cook corn (soon to be featured in another post). I’m particularly looking forward to that cantaloupe. Al picked the first two last week and I swiped one immediately. It was delicious, refreshing, and everything else you want a cantaloupe to be. The cherry tomatoes are in the dehydrator as we speak, becoming “sun-dried.” I can and do eat tomato salads every day, and that’s what’s in store for the rest of the tomatoes. I’m thrilled to have another bunch of the Toscano kale. Kale is one of the nutrient super foods and this is my favorite variety of kale.

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Late Bloomers Farm Sport Hill Farm 2011 CSA – Week 11B

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Another week 11! You gotta love a farmer who gives you two Week 11s! (It’s a variation of Ground Hog Day!) This week is the halfway point in the CSA.

Here’s the bounty from week 11 (redux) of my Sport Hill Farm CSA:

  • 1/2 dozen ears of sweet corn
  • 2 summer squash
  • 1 eggplant (purple or white, taste the same)
  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 peppers (purple or Bianca)
  • 1 small bag of cherry tomatoes
  • 6 big beef tomatoes
  • 1 bunch of Swiss chard
  • 1 bunch of kale
  • 1 bag of garlic

Once again, a lot of food. Note that the kale is the Toscano kale (also known as cavolo nero, lacinato, or dinosaur kale). It is my favorite kale and as far as I’m concerned, it shouldn’t even be grouped with the other kales! Interestingly, this kale is sweeter after the first frost. Seems a long way off, doesn’t it?