Week 16

Hi,

Well, here we are at week 16 and as I may have mentioned before, the winter squash is about a month ahead of where it usually is, due to the record setting heat this Summer. Thus you will start receiving some winter squash in your weekly crates. Although spaghetti squash is classified as a winter squash, winter squash to us is, Hubbard, butternut, buttercup, acorn, pumpkin, anything that is orange inside. We start you off this week with a Hubbard type called a Kabocha. Ours is a scarlet kabocha called sunshine. Flesh should be bright orange, smooth, sweet and great for baking, mashing and pies. The potatoes this week are small baking potatoes that can be baked, used as home fries, or the real little ones, steamed and mixed with salt, pepper, herbs and butter.

We worked on the grapes this week and they have grown incredibly this summer. All are seedless eating grapes and we hope to have a few next season. I let one concord vine set a small cluster this summer and tasted one this past Wednesday. Without saying a word I called for Vicky to come up and handed her one. I think her direct quote was,"Now that's what a grape is supposed to taste like." She apparently liked it.

This week in the crates:

Tomatoes
Potatoes
Hot Peppers
Garlic
Summer Squash Variety Pack
Beets
Parsley
Kabocha (winter squash)
Beans