In the share this week:
1 pie pumpkin
1+ lb red tomatoes
1 lb mixed onions
1 lb green beans
2 peppers - 1 bell, 1 italian sweet
2 banana peppers
1 bag sweet potato greens
Thoughts from Farmer Anna:
It's not quite fall yet (says both the calendar and the weather), but we have some beautiful pumpkins coming at you this week! We like to put our pie pumpkin plants out on the early side so they have a chance to fully develop before the pressure from pests gets too high in late summer. These beauties have been curing in the greenhouse for a couple of weeks and will store nicely for a few months. That means you can use it as decor for awhile before you cook it up later this fall. And when you are ready for that, here's how you get pumpkin puree out of your pumpkin:
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a11184/make-your-own-pumpkin-puree/
We'll have another round of pumpkins for everyone again next week with a few more beyond that for folks who'd like to add more. Our final planting of green beans is being harvested this week and they are looking lovely. We added some to a veggie beef soup this weekend and just boiled some up as a side dish before that will a little butter and salt. If you want to try something a little different, this beans and greens (use the sweet potato greens) recipe with fried shallots (use your mix of onions) looks awesome!
It's been a lot of weeks of tomatoes in a row, but I'm guessing most of you are ok with that :) If you need a new idea of what to do with them, you could try making a tomato pie! You could also add sweet and banana peppers to the mix if you don't have enough tomatoes to do it justice:
We are thankful that the 90 degree temperatures look to be done starting tomorrow. We have a bit more seeding and planting to finish up this week and then we can take a deep breath. This morning I did some full scale battle with the harlequin beetles that have been attacking our green curly kale. While we couldn't save that kale, I'm hoping my efforts mean that the rest of our brassicas will be lovely this fall (Baby red russian kale, kohlrabi, cabbage, rutabaga, etc). We are getting ready to transition toward more greens again in the shares, along with tasty cool weather roots like radishes and turnips. The napa cabbage is looking very nice and that should be ready to start harvesting in a couple of weeks. Hopefully the weather will cool down a bit for us and make us want to warm up our kitchens again!