Empty Bottle vegetable CSA * October

In the box this month:
Cardoon
long red sweet Italian peppers
green tomato jam
mini pumpkin
butternut squash
delicata squash
poblano peppers
sweet yellow banana peppers
red and green curly kale
jalapeños
heirloom garlic
smaller sweet Italian roasting peppers
sage
sorrel
green garlic
green onions/scallions
Tuscan kale
mustard greens

CSA [full season] week #17

In the box this week:
Poblano peppers
ruffled-leaf basil
orange bell peppers
Hungarian "Gypsy" stuffing peppers
mini pumpkins
Niagara grapes
sweet red Italian roaster peppers
burgundy okra
tomatillos
tomatoes
yellow and purple French fillet beans

Empty Bottle vegetable CSA * September

In the box this month:
ornamental gourds
garlic
roasted red peppers in an olive oil/wine vinegar/garlic marinade
chicken eggs
mini pumpkins
purple and green wide-leaf basil
Thai basil
Sun Gold tomatoes
Niagara grapes
jalapeño peppers
Hungarian "Gypsy" stuffing peppers
tomatillos
red sweet Italian roasting peppers
eggplant
burgundy okra
thin green sweet Italian roasting peppers
Dragon's Tongue Italian beans
orange bell peppers
sweet long red peppers
cinnamon basil

CSA [full season] week #14

In the box this week:
wide-leaf basil
Dragon's Tongue Italian beans
Niagara grapes
green and purple long eggplants
lemon cucumbers
red jalapeños
orange cherry tomatoes
burgundy okra
sweet red roasting peppers
red and orange tomatoes
sweet Hungarian stuffing peppers

CSA [full season] week #12

In the box this week:
Asian and Italian eggplants
sweet basil
purple and yellow French fillet beans
lemon cucumbers
tomatoes
burgundy and green okra
Persian cucumbers
summer squash
poblanos
jalapeños

CSA [full season] week #16

In the box this week

Dragon's Tongue beans

poblano peppers

long red Italian frying peppers

orange tomatoes

ruffled lettuce-leaf basil

jalapeños

garlic

burgundy okra

tomatillos

eggplant

CSA [full season] week #11

In the box this week:
wide-leaf basil

yellow zucchini

cucumbers

lemon cucumbers

Hungarian sweet pepper

eggplants

green bell pepper

purple and yellow fillet beans

baby burgundy and green okra

tomatoes

CSA [full season] week #10

In the box this week:
Thai basil
summer squash
Armenian cucumbers
burgundy okra
tomatoes
Dragon's Tongue Italian beans
Hungarian sweet peppers
green tomatoes
lemon cucumbers
patty pan squash

CSA [full season] week #9

In the box this week:
Dragon's Tongue Italian beans

purple and green large-leaf basil

patty pan squash

green and yellow zucchini

Tuscan kale

burgundy okra

sweet banana peppers

jalapenos

garlic

(cucumbers and tomatoes not shown).

CSA [full season] week #8

In the box this week:
large-leaf basil (purple and green)
patty pan squash
summer squash
sweet banana peppers
jalapenos
garlic
burgundy okra
tomatoes
cucumbers

CSA [full season] week #7

In the box this week:
Swiss chard
Tuscan kale
Purple Ruffles basil
large-leaf basil
bok choy
patty pan squash
summer squash
cucumbers
lemon cucumbers
Armenian cucumbers
garlic
jalapenos
burgundy okra

CSA [full season] week #6

In the box this week:
large-leaf basil

opal basil

swiss chard

fava beans

patty pan squash

garlic bulbils

summer squash

redbor kale

Tuscan kale

CSA [full season] week #5

In the box this week:
rainbow Swiss chard
sorrel
Tuscan kale
bok choy
garlic
snow peas
basil
lemon mint
summer squash.

Crazy heat! New this week is the start of the summer squash. I'd suggest chocolate zucchini cake but it's too hot to even think of baking. Try them sliced in half and grilled with a brushing of olive oil. Also, some baby bok choy - a bit damaged by the bugs (I don't spray the greens since we eat the entire plant!) but a good rinsing in cold water (or dunked in salt water for 15 minutes) should get rid of any hitchhikers. Try them stir-fryed with the garlic - mixed with other greens?

CSA [full season] week #4

In the box this week:
sorrel
Tuscan kale
baby fennel fronds
Little Finger carrots
purple stripe hardneck garlic
lavender
Redbor kale
Red Russian kale
garlic bulbils/tops
green onions/scallions
rainbow Swiss chard.

CSA [full season] week #3

In the box this week:
green onions
garlic tops/bulbils
baby fennel
sorrel
dinosaur kale
rainbow Swiss chard
fava beans,
radish pods
snow peas
lavender
lemon mint

What do you do with fava beans and radish pods?

Fresh fava beans need to be removed from their pod (the pod is inedible) and here are some recipe ideas: http://www.seasonalchef.com/recipe0506b.htm

Radish pods? The unusual hot weather made all the radishes bolt and go to seed - and the pods are the immature seeds that still have the flavor and heat of the root. Add them to salads, stir-frys, or make a pickle with them. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080900474.html.

CSA [full season] week #2

*Finally* planted the tomato plants in yesterday's cool weather, all 2,000+! Some of the cherry varieties should be ripe by the end of July - but I did plant a few plants a few weeks ago and I'm hoping they ripen a little earlier. Most of the beans, summer squash, cucumbers, and okra are planted and I'm adding little sections of basil(s), camomile, nasturtiums, Swiss chard, daikon radishes, etc, every week.
What strange weather we've been having. It's been a hot and dry streak for a few weeks. I can irrigate for the dry weather but the heat still gets to me despite the low humidity. Even the weeds hold on in the heat of the day!

In the box this week:
mustard greens
Lacinato (Tuscan/Dinosaur) kale
green onions
snow peas
fresh lavender
lemon balm
hardneck garlic
"Zlata" golden radishes (hot/dry weather makes radishes a little hotter!)
French Breakfast radishes

CSA [full season] week #1

Welcome to week one! LOTS of green things this week including a golden radish that originates from Poland named "Zlata" (Goldie).In the box this week: 
sorrel
kale
mustard greens
green onions/scallions
"Zlata" golden radishes
mint
snow peas
garlic scapes