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| Lily says this weeks carrots are 'yummy'! |
As it poured with rain on Saturday we spent most of the day covering our sensitive crops with row covers/ fleece as the weather network had warned of a cold evening! The thermals have been dug out along with the toques for Sunday morning and we did have a patchy frost over the field but all in all everything looks pretty good!
We have started our harvest of sweet potatoes, so far we doing pretty well with our battle against the voles! I should not speak too soon mind as I can imagine they are out there now munching on the other rows that are covered by fleece.
We also have a huge request! To all our CSA egg customers please remember to return your cartons! We are running very low here at the farm. For those of you who do return them, "Thank You" and if anyone would like to collect cartons for us we are happy to take them off your hands!
This weeks box
Sweet peppers
Celery - it is still holding on and we did not want to see it go to waste so it should be good for fresh eating still, juicing or chop into chunks for freezing to use in winter. At this time of year we enjoy a celery gratin from Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's Everyday Veg book. You will need to scroll down the link page to find the gratin recipe.
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| Voles have been munching of the potatoes! |
Sweet potatoes - So far the sweet potatoes are looking pretty good, please remember we have not cured them! They will keep for a while! We still have some more to dig out. We have never tried hasselback potatoes before and found this great recipe which we tried on Saturday which was just yummy! We also made rutabaga hasselbacks using the same recipe just cooked on a slightly higher heat.
Cucumbers - Thinking this may be the last week for them!
Leeks - We have had an issue with leek moth this year! We have cleaned the leeks up as best we can but still keep a look out for the little worms! At this time of year we love the following dish with leeks and kale Great for lunch or as a side dish.
Kale - We don't like to give out too much kale as we know it is a love hate relationship for many with this vegetable! We have had a few requests to have kale back on the menu and now the flee beetles seem to have died back and the kale has bounced back we are adding it to this weeks boxes.
Watermelons - Yes they are still here! We cleared the field last week with the threat of a frost and they are all stored in our super cold basement. Looking for something different why not try watermelon gazpacho
Squash
Carrots
Onions - These are not storage onions so please use them sooner rather than later.
Pac Choy - Is great in stir fry's or in a steam boat. A steam boat is pretty much anything goes! We use chicken or beef stock for our boats and then will saute onions, garlic, hot peppers for the base, allow it to simmer in the stock adding in pac choy or napa cabbage shredded, oyster mushrooms add some more texture to the soup with either fish or meat for protein. You can use soy sauce, coconut aminos or Thai fish sauce to give it a bit of a lift. We have even added some zucchini or cucumber noodles just before serving.
Broccoli or Napa Cabbage - It's an either or this week as we don't have enough broccoli to do a full run this week.
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