I’ve had about a dozen people contact me in the last week and ask, “My tomatoes are all green, can you sell me a bushel?” And my answer has been, “I’m in the same boat – the only difference is I have more green tomatoes.”
The slicing tomatoes are in this week’s box, but this is the seasonal waiting game and this season is a lot more waiting than we are used to. The last few years have been nothing but hot and dry, and, now, here we are living under a rain cloud. The hot season vegetables do not like this and are waiting for some sun. I’m also waiting for some heat to finally dry out the field where I need to get some spinach planted, which should have been in the ground like 10 days ago. I’ve never experienced such a wet August in my time doing this farm thing.
Waiting isn’t all bad. It does teach us that we must live at nature’s pace and that the world isn’t run on our expectations. This is why I’ve given up on planting schedules as if on the 10th of June everything will be perfect for me to put in Brussels Sprouts. I know when they need to get in generally, and, that’s good enough because I’ll be waiting for a window of good conditions anyway. The expectations set by exact days only set myself up for frustrations and worry and whole lot of going against the grain.
So, let’s go with the flow of the season. Yes, it’s cooler and wetter than normal-which gives us Midwesterners weather to complain about-but next year may be just the opposite. May we take the season as it comes and celebrate our being here in this one, right now.
In the box:
- Watermelon: We have three varieties which are all mixed up, so it’s a luck of the draw whether your melon is pink, yellow, or orange.
- Tomatoes
- Sweet corn
- Green onions
- Green beans
- Purple and green pepper
- Shishito peppers: A Japanese thing – typically fried at a high heat – see https://themodernproper.com/shishito-peppers
- Garlic
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