week 6

Good morning csa folks,

It been an adventurous week on the farm, topped off by a lightning strike that left us without power from Sunday until last night (hence the newsletter delay). It was back to basics, lugging water up from the creek and using candles for light. Very Little House on the Prairie.

This week we'll offer pick-your-own green beans, as well as garlic. We've also got plenty of summer squash, cucumbers and cabbage. The tomatoes are ripening nicely, (though at a slower clip when it's not sunny). It won't be long now for eggplants and peppers. I personally like to let the peppers fully ripen before picking, so you won't see many green bells at the pickups. The whole mini-baby- veggie thing works well for greens like bok choi, but I'll take a big sweet blocky red pepper over a green one any day.

Speaking of bok choi, people have been telling us how much they like it, well, we'll have it for another week or two and once this planting is gone we'll be choi-less for a couple weeks- so it's a good time to take some. (you may recall a recipe for buttery gingered choi from week 3, you can see all the previous newsletters and recipes at www.TeleionHolon.com ) This week we'll also start harvesting a new crop of broccoli, one of the varieties is called "Green Goliath" and we think it will live up to its big name! Looking ahead, purple Cauliflower, a favorite from last year should be ready in a couple weeks. We're also anticipating a big potato harvest in mid august maybe we'll make it another CSA helpfest.

Also a reminder that those of you who claim to love kale should be picking it. Its there every week in the PYO garden.

Peace,

The Teleion Holon crew