The Weekly Share

I spent Tuesday morning working at Goldfinch Farm as part of our working share.  I forgot to bring my camera, so I don’t have any pictures of the farm, but here is a lovely picture of our huge autumnal share.  As you can see, it’s another large share.  We received:

Share 17

• 1 small handful cilantro
• 6 sprigs of basil
• 1 cabbage
• 1 box tomatoes
• 1 head garlic
• 3 onions
• 1 squash/zucchini
• 1 cucumber
• 5 daicon radishes
• 1 lb. beans
• 1 handful watercress (from the farm pond!)
• 1/2 pint raspberries
• 1 jalepeno pepper
• 1 hot pepper
• .2 lb. arugala
• 2 eggplant
• 1.5 lb. potatoes
• 1 lb. sweet potatoes
• 1 head lettuce
• 1 sweet pepper
• I took a green pepper and a yellow tomato from the “extras-help yourself” pile, too

I helped harvest the basil, arugala, raspberries and beans.  SO MANY BEANS!    We also harvested lots of beans at home this week – I’ve got too many beans!  John, a farm worker, said he makes pickled beans.  I found this recipe, so I’m going to give that a try.  I used some of the potatoes tonight in a corn chowder, mmm-mmm!  I used some of the watercress on sandwiches today – what a great alternative to lettuce!  We will eat the sweet peppers, cucumber and raspberries fresh as snacks.  Probably in salads, too, with the lettuce, arugala, onions, radishes and tomatoes.  I may steam some of the radishes (we have some from our garden, too).  I understand they become sweet when cooked that way.  I’m thinking mashed sweet potatoes will be a nice change this week.  For the cabbage…I didn’t make this recipe when we received cabbage before, so I think this is the week to try it!  Maybe I’ll make zucchini bread this weekend.  Yum – now I’m getting hungry!

I work at the farm again next Tuesday and I WILL remember to take my camera!  It is a great experience to know where this delicious food comes from and how it gets to our shares.  If you have a chance to work on the farm, do yourself a favor and go!  The setting is beautiful, the work is gratifying and the people are delightful !

Tags: CSA, Share Pickup, working share

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