CSA - 2013 Season - Week 14

This week, Brad took M to the market while S stayed here for a nap and I got some much needed housework done.  Though if you were to drop in for a visit, you'd probably be surprised that any cleaning had taken place because it still looks like we were recently robbed.  Good grief.  It never ends.  Anyway, the boys had a nice time at the farmers market, bringing home quite an abundant share for the week.  I think this year has been our best year yet in terms of quantity of veggies.  Here's the list for the week:

• 1/2 dozen eggs
• 3 green peppers (10 oz)
• 1 kabocha squash (3 lb) (I thought it was a hubbard squash, but when I looked it up to check the spelling, I discovered I might be wrong.  The one we got fits the description and matches the picture of the kabocha squash.  So, who knows.)
• 4 Chinese eggplant (1 lb, 6 oz)
• 3 tomatoes (1 lb)
• 1 lb green beans
• 5 ear of corn (4.25 lb)

Week 14

CSA - 2013 Season - Week 13

Lucky number 13!  This week was a very heavy week!  Yesterday the farm posted on Facebook the fact that hot dogs would be available for sale at the market this weekend.  I decided to give them a go.  Haven't tried them yet - we're thinking tomorrow for lunch - but they look delicious.  I flew solo with the boys for the pick-up today, so we didn't do much else aside from picking up our veggies.  On the way to the market, I did promise Michael that if there were any watermelons at the booth next to the one we were headed for, I'd pick one up for snack.  When we were there a couple of weeks ago, the pile was heaping with beautiful watermelons of varying sizes.  We haven't had any at the house for a few weeks, so I figured it wouldn't hurt.  However, part of the reason our bundles were so heavy was because we had a 6 pound watermelon from our farm already.  So now, we have 2 six pound watermelons.  Anyway, here are the pictures and the list:

 Week 13

Seeds!

1 - six pound watermelon (The boys actually ate half of the melon before I could weigh it, so this number is just an approximation.)

1lb heirloom tomatoes

9oz green beans

1 - 10oz bunch kale

2 - green peppers (10oz)

4 - ears of corn (3lb)

1 - 11oz patty pan squash

1/2 dozen eggs

I was super excited to cut the watermelon open and see seeds inside.  Really, when was the last time you saw a watermelon with seeds in it.  So much prettier than the seedless kind!  I chose not to take this opportunity to introduce the boys to the game of spitting seeds at one another; we were dining indoors, and there'll be plenty of time to learn that in years to come.