Hi all, I wanted to start with that reminder that this is the next to last week of the CSA season.  Next week's share will be quite large assuming the frost holds off for a bit longer.  It's already much later than last year.
Also, I wanted to share my jubilation at having found enough cherry tomatoes to put them in the share today.  Apparently the variety in your bags today is resistant to the blight.  It was still infecting the plants but they held it off longer than any other tomato on the farm.  This is the beauty of the CSA model.  When the farmer loses, so does everyone supporting him/her.  But the opposite is also true.  When the farmer wins, so do the CSA members.  I hope everyone enjoys the small amount of tomatoes in there today.  I don't want to take away from this positive development but below is the comparison photo from last year (one day worth of harvest) and then this entire season.  There's always next year!  This is a good example of what is usually the case in our CSA.  Most things people normally expect in the summer are abundant.  But this summer has been amazingly rainy and cold.  I think Mother Nature is holding back the frost to give us a break. 

Also this week is some very nice looking Kale.  The variety is Red Russian and it has done very well this season.  Emily and I had some last night for dinner and it was great.  We tried a new recipe which I hope to get on the Kale link on the recipe page before tonight.  We're going to pick some apples though so I may not get to it until tomorrow.
There are also some turnips in the share.  These are called purple top, white globe turnips.  You can see why of course.  I hope everyone enjoys them.
Apologies to the Bangor folks.  I left an entire crate at the farm in my rush to get out the door today.  Your zucchini and cucumbers will be there next week.  They'll keep fine in the refrigerator at the farm until this.  Sorry again.
Don't forget this weekend is the open farm tour.  Hope to see you all there.  Directions are on the link at the top of this page.  Take care and let me know if you have any questions.

This is the Kale (though not as mature as what you received today).
Next to it is the spaghetti squash.