Geauga Family Farms CSA-summer week 11

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Aug 142012
 

Hi, everyone! Husband Stephen here with a guest post. Tomato season is upon us, we’re still in melon and corn season (yum!), and there’s pretty much produce everywhere this time of year. It’s great!

Here is what we received in this week’s Geauga Family Farms CSA small share.

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First up are the tomatoes, in regular size and cherry. In fact, some of these cherry tomatoes are so small that they may count as the “grape” variety.

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Next, some onions and a bell pepper. The onions are strong. I could smell them as soon as I opened the bag.

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Corn and cabbage…

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And finally, a head of lettuce and a medium watermelon.

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The forecast is for a break from this unusually cool August now that these peppers have arrived to heat things up…

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I love this time of year!

Geauga Family Farms CSA–summer week 10

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Aug 072012
 

My day started by leaving at 6AM to take the kids to Niagara Falls.  My mom came with us and we met up with friends.  It was a great day.  My pick up for the CSA was smooth, but 2 1/2 hours later than normal.  My photos are a bit dark and I’m glad that I found a bit of time for this post tonight.

Here’s what we picked up today:

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cantaloupe, watermelon

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bell pepper, corn

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onions, banana peppers

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tomatoes, cherry tomatoes

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lettuce

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We love local melon season.  We will be cutting these melons up as soon as possible so we can enjoy them.  I also have a recipe from Jane Snow for cantaloupe gelatin that I am excited to try.  If it works out, I’ll share more about it soon.

Our green pepper, lettuce and tomatoes will go into salad.  The rest of the tomatoes will be snacks or frozen.  I found a recipe for tomato jelly that I’m going to try soon.  The onion and banana peppers will be chopped and frozen.  We’ll have the sweet corn with dinner tomorrow.

This is a pretty easy week.  It’s a good thing for us, since it’s a super busy week in our household.