We have 6 weeks left in the share, and the weather in the coming days continues to be warm. There’s a smaller planting of spinach available now and a big one ready in a week or so. Pull out your woks or skillets because there’s incredible bok choy and Chinese cabbage in the field. Though the basil is looking a bit September ragged, it’s still great pureed or minced. This will be the final week it’s available, so plan accordingly! There’s another patch of kale coming in, soon folks can harvest from that if you prefer small leaves to add to salads, etc. We’re also transplanting another batch of cold hardy head lettuce for October harvest.
Ample bok choy and Chinese cabbage
How has this summer’s offering worked for you? It’s been an adjustment for us and we want to get your input too. Click here for a short 8 question survey, or if you prefer shoot us an email at littlegrasse@gmail.com.
Shareholder Jess sent a tasty tip about tatsoi: “In a new episode of does it pickle? I tried soy pickling some tatsoi in soy sauce, rice vinegar, water, sugar, garlic and jalapeño… delicious! Just in case others were wondering what is possible. Tasted amazing with our grilled pork tenderloin tonight… also threw some thinly sliced radishes in the same brine… highly recommend! I heated the brine then poured it over the raw tatsoi in a jar. Was going to eat it the next day, but ate it two days later… ate it all in one sitting!”
Events
- Mark Your calendars for the 15th annual Swap it! Community Trading Event held in the Foodshed at littleGrasse on Sunday, October 12th! Spread the word to the makers in your orbits.
- The final Garden Mornings and potlucks of the season are Saturdays September 27th and October 25th.
- Flip is hosting a new program at the Harvest Kitchen this Tuesday night called Reducing Waste through Food Preservation. It includes demos of three preservation methods including vegetable fermentation along with a fun conversation with Master Food Preserver volunteers and the participants. I’m looking forward to it, and sliding scale registration starts at FREE!
Crops Available
* marks new this week
- Arugula
- Basil
- Bok choi*
- Celery
- Cherry Tomatoes- 4 varieties, in order from the driveway Queen of the Night, Black Cherry, Sunsugar, and Juliet
- Chinese cabbage*
- Cilantro
- Cucumber*
- Dill
- Grape, concord*
- Groundcherry
- Kale, curly and lacinato/dino
- Leaf fennel
- Lemon verbena
- Mint
- Oregano
- Radish
- Rainbow chard
- Tatsoi
- Thyme
- Tomatillo*
- Tulsi holy basil
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Scallion
- Spinach*
- Blooming flowers: Calendula, celosia, cleome, false sunflower, dahlia, gladiolas, gomphrena, salvia, statice, sunflower, tithonia, zinnia.
- The only flower not available for harvest is the yellow perennial sunflower in the research plot. The plot has a string marking it off from the rest of the flower beds.
