Farm Share 2009: Week 1 Bonanza!

[surrealestate]

This year I am trying something new with my farm share. I am once again with Parker Farm (yay Steve!), but I am sharing it with a friend who has a share with Red Fire, which we are also sharing, along with a fruit share. I am hoping the results will be more variety, ease of trading away things I don't like, etc, and while it's a bit early to make the call since this is only the first week, it seems to be working well so far. My side of this week's haul is as follows:

• 1 bunch chicory
  
• 1 head romaine
  
• 1 head red leaf
  
• 1 head bok choy
  
• 1 bunch pea tendrils
  
• 1 bunch spinach
  
• 1 (smaller) head romaine lettuce
  
• 1/2 bunch new beets with greens
  
• 1/2 bunch Hakurei turnips
  
• 2/3 lb spinach
  
• 1/2 bunch kale
  
• 1/2 bunch green garlic
  
• 1 head broccoli
  
• 1/2 pint strawberries
  

A "bunch", of course, is a somewhat arbitrary measure and the sizes vary. In this case, the Red Fire bunches that were halved weren't that large to begin with whereas the Parker bunches were huge. (The chicory was approximately 2.5 times the size of my head and I could build a fortress of solitude in the lettuce.)