peacefrog's lilypad

Week 12

• 8 ears Corn
• 4 lbs Red Gold Potatoes
• 4 Italian Eggplant
• 6 small Zucchini
• 8 lbs Tomatoes
• 2 boxes Cherry Tomatoes (once again, the yummiest Sungold ever, wow)
• 2 bunches Broccoli Rabe
• 10 Paula Red Apples
  = 35 lbs

With Sun Moon bonus:
+ 1 bunch Turnips
+ 1 bunch Dill
+ 1 huge Tomato

…And I forgot to write down what the bread was.

Week 13

• 8 ears corn
• 4 lbs Yukon Gold Potatoes
• 4 small Italian Eggplant
• 8 lbs Tomatoes
• 16 Apples
• 6 Sweet Spanish Onions
• 2 bunches Beets
• 2 Acorn Squash
  = 40.5 lbs

With Sun Moon bonus:
+ 6 Asian Eggplant
+ 1 bunch Rainbow Chard
+ 1 bunch Tatsoi
+ ~1/2 lb Green Beans

+ something Rye Bread

Also pears and green beans harvested from a friend’s yard plus I bought a box of peach seconds.

With Week 12 stuff, I made an even bigger batch of eggplant caponata and ended up freezing four quarts of it. There was a Thai curry and a stir fry, and I think that might have been the first week in a long while that didn’t involve Indian food. All the potatoes were shredded and turned into hash brown waffles and OMG yum. I made bruschetta to go with the bread. By Monday, we still had plenty of tomatoes, so I made more roasted tomato sauce. There are now many containers of that in the freezer. I canned a bunch of bourbon peaches.

This week, I may do eggplant parm again because it turned out so well last time, though things also line up well for another Indian feast with friends, so the eggplant might give their lives for that. There are a lot of options, though. The big missing piece here are carrots, and I think Steve must be having some issue with his crop because usually we’d be getting a ton this time of year. So we’ll have to get some carrots at the farmers market.

And also an important shill!

• 12 ears Corn
• 2 bunches Radishes
• 4 Eggplants
• 2 lbs Zucchini
• 2 lbs Green Beans
• 4 bunches Arugula
• 6 lbs Tomatoes
• 10 Cubanelle Peppers
  =32#

Phew! I made a third big batch of roasted eggplant-tomato sauce (aka Awesomesauce) which totally lived up to its name. I took some shortcuts with the second batch that made it good, but not OMG-HOW-CAN-THIS-BE-THIS-GOOD great, so it was useful to find what worked, too. Also canned five jars of Dilly Beans and nine jars of Corn Salsa.

I have also been horribly remiss in not talking about the upcoming Jimmy Fund Walk next Sunday. When I signed up back in April, I had grand plans to grow a team and raise lots of money through cool events, but it sort of fell by the wayside and now not only am I nowhere near my initial fundraising goal, but I haven't even hit the minimum required number yet, which is only $300, but I'm just $75 away! It's a great organization, so if you* have a few bucks, I'd appreciate the donation: Thank you!

(If anyone wants to walk it, you're also welcome to join the team.)

*Except the 'wabbit, who already donated twice and should give someone else a chance. *smooch* :)

Week 11

• 2 bunches Carrots (yellow)
• 2 bunches Raab
• 2 lbs Sweet Banana Peppers
• 2 lbs Zucchini
• 4 Eggplant
• 4 lbs Red Potatoes
• 10 lbs Tomatoes (!!)
• =(forgot to weigh it, but clearly a LOT)

Week 12

• 6 lbs Tomatoes
• 4 Zucchini (giant!)
• 4 Eggplants
• 2 lbs Peppers
• 4 lbs Potatoes
• 4 Cucumbers (also giant!)
• 2 bunches Red Russian Kale
• 2 Yellow Doll Watermelons (yay!!)
  =40#