DC Farm Girl

Week Nineteen

Lauren — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:36:15 +0000

Week Nineteen (this is the last week… so sad)

October 12th

5:30-7:00pm

Today’s vegetables

half a pound of honey — bring a jar

pac choi

potatoes

sorrel

mustard greens

salad greens

another small cooking pumpkin (there are probably enough to go around for today only)

garlic

sweet corn

black walnuts

spearmint or peppermint

catnip

shiso

fruit share — apples, apples apples

Black Ozark

Staymens

Winesaps

Staymen-Winesaps

Yorks

Grimes

Week Eighteen

Lauren — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:35:35 +0000

Week eighteen (one more weeks after this)
October 5th

5:30-7:00pm

Today’s vegetables

cooking pumpkin

eggplant

sweet potatoes

mustard greens

garlic

salad greens

radishes

Italian basil

sweet corn

Week Seventeen

Lauren — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:32:44 +0000

Week seventeen (two more weeks after this)
September 28th
5:30-7:00pm

Monday’s vegetables
zucchini
cucumbers
sweet potatoes
potatoes
garlic
salad greens
watermelon
Italian basil
Thai basil

Week Sixteen

Lauren — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:31:49 +0000

Week sixteen (three more weeks after this)
September 21st

5:30-7:00pm

Today’s vegetables

Honey – bring your jar with a wide opening
squash
cucumbers
eggplant
sweet potatoes
corn
garlic
salad greens

by noon request–
Italian basil
Thai basil
catnip
shiso

fruit share
five or so varieties of apples.

Week Fifteen

Lauren — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:27:39 +0000

Week fifteen
September 8th
5:30-7:00pm

Honey will be ready next week. Start looking for a container suitable for one pound of honey. (a pint container holds 1.5 pounds of honey). Your container needs a wide mouth so I can pour the honey into it. A canning jar works great.

Today’s vegetables
tomatoes (just a few)
squash
eggplant
sweet potatoes
sweet corn
garlic
hot peppers
Thai basil (in desperate need of cutting)

by noon request–
Italian basil

French tarragon (a few sprigs per request)
oregano
shiso (this stuff grows like a weed – wait around here a variety of it is a weed)

fruit share
Probably 6 or more varieties but at least-
Rome Beauty
Grimes Golden
Granny Smith
Golden Delicious

Week Fourteen

Lauren — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:26:43 +0000

Week fourteen
September 7th
5:30-7:00pm

Monday’s vegetables
tomatoes (not as many as before)
squash
eggplant
sweet potatoes
corn
garlic
Italian basil
parsley

by noon request–
chives
oregano
shiso
peppermint

Week Thirteen

Lauren — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:22:40 +0000

Week thirteen
August 31st

5:30-7:00pm

Monday’s Vegetables

We will have a good tomato harvest –

ugly tomatoes
slicing tomatoes
cooking tomatoes
sweet corn
garlic
Italian basil
sorrel
and probably either
eggplant or bell peppers

by noon request–
chives
oregano
shiso

tomatillos

Fruit Share
peaches
ozark gold apples

Week Twelve

Lauren — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:13:01 +0000

Week twelve
August 24th

5:30-7:00pm

Monday’s vegetables

blue potatoes (last week)
tomatoes

sweet corn
garlic
Italian basil

tomatillos
eggplant
hot peppers
ground cherries

by noon request–
Thai basil
catnip
lemon balm

Fruit Share
peaches
ozark gold apples

Week Eleven

Lauren — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:10:28 +0000

Week eleven
August 17th
5:30-7pm

Monday’s vegetables
blue potatoes
tomatoes (many of our plants are showing definite signs of late blight. Our hope is the organic treatment we’re using will slow the blight down enough to get a good harvest for the next several weeks, regardless we should have plenty of tomatoes for this week).
garlic
Italian basil
sweet corn (just a tad, maybe an ear per person)
tomatillos
bell peppers
ground cherries
possibly enough okra.
or hot peppers

by noon request–
chives
shiso
Thai basil
spearmint

Fruit Share
peaches,
nectarines.
ozark gold apples

Week Ten

Lauren — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:09:47 +0000

Week ten
August 10th
5:30-7pm

Monday’s vegetables
blue potatoes
tomatoes
garlic
Italian basil
sweet corn
tomatillos
bell peppers
abergine (eggplant)

by noon request–
epazote
shiso
Thai basil
peppermint

Fruit Share
peaches