Week 22 and the cabbage lottery preview

Hi Everyone,

Week 21 finds the fall produce coming into it's own. It's just my opinion, but when you plant the same thing in the spring and then in the fall, the fall stuff just seems to taste better. One of the bonuses in the fall is that the bugs are about gone for the year. I pulled up a few turnips today, just to see how they were doing, and they looked beautiful. Maybe that's a little strong language to described a turnip, okay, it looked better then it's spring counterpart. This week you'll be getting a pumpkin that should be large enough for use as a jack o lantern, if you would rather display it than eat it.

Vicky came in the other day and asked me if I had heard about the Kim Chi shortage in South Korea. I hadn't. Apparently Kim Chi is a side dish that most Koreans eat with every meal. It's mostly made up of Napa Cabbage and due to weird weather in Korea this year, the Napa Cabbage crop has been the pits. Usually Kim Chi is a free addition to any restaurant meal, much like bread is here. Well, it's not a freebie anymore, because Napa Cabbage is going for upwards to $14 per head! Guess what? We, somehow, got a few Napa Cabbage plants mixed in with our other cabbages we planted and it should be ready for week 22. There's only 7 or 8 of them in the field. So we figured that it was so rare this year, everyone just couldn't wait to get their hands on a Napa Cabbage. We don't have enough to go around, so next week all of your crate numbers go into a hat and we will conduct a cabbage lottery. More on the lottery rules and regulations after the farm lawyers have figured out the do's and don'ts when it comes to a cabbage lottery next week. Wow, now that's excitement!!

In your crates this week;

Broccoli
Pumpkin
Radishes
Peppers
Kale
Eggplant
Butternut Squash


Vicky and Steve