Week #11 Saturday, Aug. 30th – Tuesday, Sept. 2nd Downloadable Word .doc for printing

In your bag
Lettuce (This is Freckles—the spots belong!)
Onions – superstar, red tropea - an Italian heirloom
Garlic, Cucumbers
Peppers – bell & jalapeno
Beans - Yellow Wax
Zucchini & Summer squash
Broccoli, Carrots
Potatoes reds
Tomatoes (sungold cherry, early girl & celebrity and an heirloom)
Melon – either cantaloupe or honey dew
Cilantro & Parsley

Coming Soon
We’ll have beets and eggplant back in the bag next week, I think. The peppers and tomatoes will continue to come – cucumbers and zucchini are definitely slowing down. We may have one more round of melons.

From Spring Hill Member, Jeannette Raymond
Eyes Wide Open
The American Friends Service Committee’s widely acclaimed war casualties exhibition illustrating the human cost of the Iraq war will be at the Minnesota State Capitol Grounds, 102 State Capitol, St. Paul, MN on Tuesday, September 2 7am-1pm.  A Program will take place at NOON with Ramsey County Commissioner Toni Carter, Former State Senator Becky Lourey who lost her son in the Iraq war, Regional Director of the AFSC Michael McConnell and Iraq Veteran Eugene Cherry who served as a medic in Iraq.

Other  Eyes Wide Open Displays are August 31, 9:30– 11:30 a.m. at the Minnesota State Capitol Grounds and  Harriet Island, 371 Baker St. W, St. Paul, MN on September 4, 1– 8 p.m.

Farm News
We got a very welcome one inch of rain on Wednesday night. It’s delightful to not think about irrigation logistics – at least for a few days. Things are mighty dry out there though so if it doesn’t keep coming, we’ll be moving pipe again very soon.
We had some frost again. This time it came on Monday night, August 25th. We even have evidence as it nipped the cucumber and squash leaves. So far all the fruits are just fine – but it does have us concerned about an early killing frost. Our winter squash definitely needs more time. The late spring and cool weather early on gave everything a slow start so the last thing we need is an early frost. Cross your fingers. Meanwhile, It’s back to school for our children and work crew. Katie’s off to her final year at St. Ben’s. David begins his junior year in high school and Maggie, soon to be 13 years old, begins 7th grade. The crew has left the fields in good shape and Mike and I should be able to carry the load for the remainder of the season.

We thank each of them for their willingness to do whatever was asked. We will miss their cheerful chatter, not to mention their muscle and electric minds!

In addition to picking raspberries, our Tuesday and Saturday member crews have definitely played a role in keeping things in shape around here. A big crew of folks picked up all the storage onions which are now on a rack in the shed. Another group dug potatoes while some others thoroughly weeded our strawberry patch.

In the house, we’ve begun preserving in earnest. Mike has made several batches of raspberry jam, something we’ve come to consider a necessity. We’ve frozen beans and corn and even a roasted sungold tomato sauce.

Next Week’s Harvesters
Saturday, September 6th – Shelly Thron & Cindy & Max Harper, Anne Holzinger & Sue Illg, Kate Kysar & Scott Velders, Rosemarie Merrigan, Kris Maser, Laurie Malyuk
Tuesday, September 9th - Jim Lovestar & Annette Smith, Susan Davis, NEED 2-3