The News from Windflower Farm
What’s in the share?
- Tomatoes
- Bok Choy
- Lettuce
- Radicchio or Romaine (choice)
- Purple kohlrabi or spring turnips (choice)
- Broccoli or Happy Rich
- Summer squash or zucchini
- Cucumbers
- Green beans
The fruit share will be the last of the sweet cherries from Yonder Farm.
What’s new on the farm?
Sometimes beans need cooking. Victoria gives this week’s beans a seven out of ten: their flavor is good, but their texture is off, and they are a bit pale. I attribute this to the relatively dry weather we’ve had and the extreme heat. It’s the same weather that results in an abundance of tomatoes, cucumbers and squashes so long as water is provided. Excessive heat, of course, is no friend of vegetable plants. It not only makes beans woody, it turns the centers of broccoli yellow, it makes tomatoes soft, it causes lettuce to bolt.
But these are minor problems in the scheme of things. The politics of the moment are very worrisome. I rediscovered the writings of EB White through his son and grandson, both of whom built sailboats in Brooklin, Maine. This past winter I read or reread most of his New Yorker essays and his stories for children. Today I was reminded by a historian I admire of something he said during another time of political upheaval: “Hold on to your hats, hold onto your hope, and wind your clock, for tomorrow is another day.”
What’s coming from our fields? Tomatoes are ramping up, and eggplants and peppers are starting to yield. Next week, in addition to the usual suspects, we’ll send beets, fennel and cabbage.
Take care, Ted
Central Brooklyn CSA 