CSA 2012 Week 11

It's midsummer, so it's officially time for me get to behind on posting the CSA pictures and watering the plants. Like clockwork, I am. Hopefully the chard on the roof isn't all dead.

More corn is always welcome. We tend to sneak it into various soups and dishes that don't necessarily call for it, and it brings a nice sweetness and crunch. Love it. Quite a mix of tomatoes this year. I don't recall getting as many cherry tomatoes last year as we are this year, but I am sure that if I looked back I'd be wrong. Green beans It seems early for a rutabaga, but they keep well so it's fine if it ends up sitting for a bit. Rutabaga is probably our favorite root veggie, so it's welcome even if it is early to the party.

I have nothing left to say about potatoes. Towards the end of the season, broccoli plants start sending off a bunch of smaller offshoots which look like slightly leggy florets. We got a huge pile of them this week, and ended up roasting and tossing them with chili-garlic paste. Roasting makes most things better. Onions These bell peppers got roasted and made into a salad. We've swapped pickup sites this year, and due to the logistics of the new location our veggies are spending a bit more time un-refrigerated. This has lead to some stuff arriving slightly overripe or -- in the case of peppers -- already with some soft spots. It's tough to use this many of them in such a short amount of time, though roasting helps to extend the runway. The farm is aware of the issue and trying to adjust the shares a bit to compensate.