Summer Farm Share Week 18 is bountiful with the blues of Brassica oleracea, the species for cabbage, broccoli, kale, kohlrabi and cauliflower. It’s funny how some  weeks just stand out in color and you can tell they’re similar even if you don’t know why. I happen to be very partial to blue-green plants, including herbs…

For Summer Farm Share Week 17 (week of September 19, 2016), I requested a Vegan bag. I have so much pasta in my freezer from past shares. It’s strange, but we don’t eat much pasta at home. That’s probably because we have the best place for pasta within driving distance. That means it’s usually my…

Summer Farm Share Week 15 is seasoned with Poblanos, a mild chili pepper. I love these to add to chili and soups in October and November. Usually I freeze them chopped without cooking them first. Maybe I’ll try roasting them or grilling them this year and then freezing them to see how that differs. Week…

Summer Farm Share Week 14 was plum crazy with sweet fruity plums and plum shaped roma tomatoes for roasting. Weeks like this make me very happy because of all the fruit choices. Apparently it worked for my family as well as our oldest son, his girlfriend and our granddaughters slurped their way through the watermelon,…

I look forward to this time of year when Summer Farm Share brings us Heirloom Tomatoes. Especially those big, juicy monsters that make the best tomato sandwiches. We had those this week as well as a wonderful Heirloom Tomato Cucumber salad with the assortment of small tomatoes. I think that was the best Tomato Cucumber…