CSA Farm Share 2009: Week 3

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The lettuce is already dwindling: a mere 2.5 head total for me this week, though there are plenty of other leafy greens. It's been a great week for urban homesteading though. Activities have included starting new batches of both vanilla-chocolate porter and apfelwein, canning the best jam ever, and my very first kraut, which turned out amazing and inspired all sorts of additional cooking so that I could make a reuben for lunch, which was possibly the best sandwich I've ever made.

The kraut contained much of the previous haul: Napa cabbage, bok choy, collard greens, kohlrabi, hakurei turnips, beets, and carrots. I should really take a picture because it's so absurdly colorful. I am totally hooked and have already started a new batch with the Napa I got from C&A and this week's bok choy and mustard greens.

To avoid last week's confusion, I will be dividing the list: Parker, then Red Fire, then the RF fruit share, but be aware this is just *my* take-home, not the total, and of course many of the measurements are very fudge-y. This week, Parker was about twice as big as Red Fire.

• 1 head romaine lettuce
• 1 head red leaf lettuce
• 1 head chicory
• 1 pound sugar snap peas
• 1/2 bunch carrot
• 1/2 bunch hakurei turnips
• 1/2 bunch mustard greens
• 1/2 bunch chard
• 1 head broccoli
• 1 bunch arugula
• 1/2 head bok choi
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• 1/2 head green leaf lettuce
• 1 bunch dill
• 6 garlic scapes
• 2 hakurei turnips
• 1 lb summer squash (1 zucchini, 1 yellow)
• 1/2 bunch baby white onions
• 1/2 bunch purple kale
• 1/2 head broccoli
• 1 head cabbage
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• 1 pint strawberries