CSA Farm Share 2009: Week 13 and then some

I've decided to change formats and start posting the full share hauls. It's a better reference for me that way and more useful for people curious about what comes in, especially in conjunction with the new tags.

Week 13

• 1 bunch mustard greens
• 1 bunch arugula
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 3 onions
• 1 bunch carrots
• 6 green peppers
• 1 head broccoli
• 2 lbs tomatoes
• 2 lbs green tomatoes
• 2 lbs apples
• 1 lb peaches
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• 1 winter squash (I chose spaghetti)
• 2 eggplant
• 2 hot peppers (poblano)
• 1 lb cukes
• 2 lbs onions
• 1 lb summer squash
• 1 lb yellow wax beans
• 2 lbs sweet peppers
• 1 bunch kale or collards (I took the latter)
• 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes
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• 3 lbs peaches
• 1 melon (honeydew)

In addition, due to my helping out all afternoon, I ended up with even more extra bonuses, including many peaches, tons of wax beans, more cherry tomatoes, jalapeños, winter squash, melons, and a huge bunch of kale. Whew!

This week, I've dried more tomatoes as well as pear slices and also froze: blackberries, green beans, roasted eggplant, and the best tomato sauce ever. I could have canned the sauce but I didn't want to acidulate and even moreso, didn't want to boil it to hell. I'm grateful for plenty of freezer space which gives me that option. I'll be making more sauce and it's so good that I'm tempted to buy bulk tomatoes to make even more. Will ponder.

I still plan to can, and besides the peaches and pears, I'll also do dilly beans, which is pretty much the easiest, fastest canning recipe ever, so I might as well try it since I've got all those beans. I'm thinking of getting out the juicer and funneling the pear abundance into some pear cider.

And speaking of putting food by, if you're interested in organic bulk ordering, ( read behind this cut )