Wow! August already! As the kids prepare to go back to school, us farmers prepare to go back to school too. And just like every kid, we get those mixed emotions. We’re really excited yet, a tad scared. Time to learn about new techniques and consider new crops for next season, but also time to figure out what went wrong with some of our attempts or how we could improve our farming efforts. We find it important not to wait until the season is over, because it’s right now that everything about the spring and summer crops is fresh in our minds. However, as we do think forward to the end of the growing season, we continue to come back to one item repeatedly. That items being eggs, and chickens. We may not be able to grow a wide variety of produce during the off season here in the midwest, but we are still able to have a healthy flock of hens. And with those hens come eggs. So, let us ask you this. Would you like eggs to get SBF eggs in the off season? We are in the beginning stages of working through the details of this option and a very important detail is your demand. So please let us know if you would or wouldn’t be interested in an off season egg share, by emailing us at sharedbountyfarm@gmail.com. We’d also love to hear what you did with your ground cherries in that email. We’ve only eaten them fresh here at the farm. I know call us lazy, but they’re something different and pretty tasty. Enjoy this week’s cooler and we hope to hear from you soon!
WEEK #12 COOLER CONTENTS
- caiman tomatoes
- dragon tongue beans
- jade green beans
- candy onions
- sweet basil
- spaghetti squash
- sweet banana peppers
- burgundy and/or clemson spinless okra
- pristine and red free apples
- paul friday peaches
- cucuzza squash
THIS WEEK’S RECIPES
Move over pasta salad, spaghetti squash salad is making it’s move.
Cucuzza squash is filled with vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber. Enjoy it in this cucuzza squash bake recipe.
These beans taste as funky good as they look. Try this dragon tongue beans with caramelized onions recipe.
*Projected Cooler Contents* (please remember that this is simply a projected list and is subject to changes)
banana peppers, okra, peaches, cucuzza squash, green and dragon tongue beans, onions, spaghetti squash, basil, potatoes, apples