Week #9 Sat., Aug. 8th –Tues., Aug 11th , 2009 Downloadable Word .doc for printing

In your bag
Carrots, Fennel
Cucumbers, Garlic
Swiss Chard or Kale
Filet Beans or Green Beans
Cabbage
Zucchini & Summer squash
Sweet Spanish Onions/Red Tropea
Tomatoes – Sungolds or early girl/heirlooms
Bell Peppers green and/or purple
Mixed Herbs – Parsley, thyme, purple basil

New recipe this week!- Strawberry Cucumber Salad

Coming soon
We’ll bring back potatoes next week. We’ll also have more peppers, green beans, tomatoes – all the summer veggies – at last! Melons won’t be long…

August Payments Due
Many of you chose to pay for your farm share in two installments. The second payment is now due. If you’re unsure how much you owe, please contact us and I’ll look it up.

Greens Report Continued
The “love the greens” votes have been coming in strong. We’ll continue to send them as we’re able. We have more Swiss chard and lacinato kale planted in our hoop houses. Mike planted spinach and arugula this week in the field and we have a round of lettuce just about ready to be planted. For those not so sure about the greens, we’ll keep sending recipes and ideas. So, greens lovers, send us your favorites and we’ll pass them along!

Farm News
My parents 25th Anniversary was this past Tuesday, and on Wednesday they left to go up to Bayfield for a mini-vacation Wednesday and Thursday, and left me in charge of the farm for a day. They take immense pride in the farm and the produce that they send to you, and being boss for a day while they were gone really made me want to live up to their standards.

One of my friends and a worker on the crew, Matt, was telling me one day that if he ran this place, he would be off running “important” errands all the time and driving around on the tractor for fun, and it was good for some laughs to imagine my parents slacking off and having a laugh at us crawling around in the dirt. What really made that story funny was that it was the total opposite of my parents. They are always up early in the morning and do most of the same work the crew does, and when we are done, they go out again in the afternoon. There is always work to be done and you will never get to all of it, but my parents try their utmost to make the farm the best it can be. I will never be a farmer and I can’t imagine doing it for as long as my parents have, but growing up on a farm with my mom and dad has taught me many things like hard work, integrity, and making sure to find time to relax and have some fun.

I want to thank all the members, the work crew, Katie and Maggie, and especially my parents for making the farm an awesome place to grow up and for all the good times we’ve had. Happy 25th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

David

Next Week’s Harvesters
Saturday, August 15th - Veena Deo & Arundhati Deo, Carie Esig, Joanne & Gary Johnson, Heidi & Joseph Flores
Tuesday, August 18th - Jesse Haas, Mary & Dave Hedenstrom, Angela Gustafson,
Russ Heuckendorf