This week’s baskets must seem reassuringly ordinary for some folks, but to be honest I was a little disappointed that there was no new and exciting vegetable in them! The swiss chard is gloriously colorful; the summer squash and cucumbers in abundance.

As I was saying to some members who were at the farm last weekend, we haven’t managed to get into the beat for squash harvesting. This is in part because we have been so busy with other things, and in part because we can’t rely on our extra fridge to keep the vegetables until delivery day. We used to have a big old fridge that we could fill with what needed to be harvested over several days, but it has konked out and was replaced with a smaller used fridge that frustratingly and indiscriminately freezes things. Which is a pretty long excuse for oversize summer squash! If you cut open a summer squash that has large seeds (as the patty pans will), go ahead and scoop them into the compost so that you use only the firmer flesh in your recipe.

The garden this year is truly amazing. We have had such tremendous help from members, WWOOFers, and of course our two interns Scott and Danny. If you haven’t seen it recently, you really should come out for a look! We will also try and get some photos up on the site — it’s on the ToDo list…