week 4

Hello CSA folks,

Greetings on this late Sunday night. We hope everyone enjoyed the sunny weekend. We had a nice day off on Saturday and a busy market in Dorset today. It was a fairly recreational week with a group field trip to the natural water slide and nearby waterfall in Danby, and a festive July 4th in our "backyard" (Hildene meadow). Lots got done in the fields, high tunnels and the greenhouse, but there is also much value in fun.

We've haven't reported our wwoofer updates for the past couple of weeks, so here's a roundup of the hard working folks currently on the farm. Alicia is Kat's friend from Guilford College (NC) and is a psych/english major who has become a great chicken caretaker. Sara graduated recently from Gordon College in Mass and will be with us for an extended period of time (yay!) before embarking on a career in humanitarian something or other. Job leads would be appreciated. She is our official tomato pruner. Ellie will be going to Washington University this fall and is our soil block prodigy. Annie, who just graduated- from Scripps College in CA- recently joined our team. She and her mother are about to go on an exciting four month trip, spending time in Russia, Ghana, Turkey and India thanks to a sabbatical related grant. She turned 22 today and we are eating delicious cake while writing this newsletter.

This week's veggie offerings are similar to last week's- broccoli, summer squash, salad greens, p.y.o. kale and herbs, and garlic scapes. Here is a somewhat inexact but very delicious recipe from our good friend Theo Talcott of Healthy Future Farm for garlic scape "string beans":

A sweetly spicy side for any main meal.

We hope you all have been enjoying your veggies. Tomatoes and cukes are on the horizon, so be prepared for some fantastic additions to your salads. Speaking of salad, have you heard this charmer: Question: What vegetable do you want on your honeymoon? Answer: Lettuce alone with no dressing.

Peace

--the Teleion Holon crew