CSA Week #6: July 11th & 13th

 

New Potatoes: Like last week, we decided to bag these potatoes unwashed so as to preserve their delicate skins. Enjoy!

Rainbow Chard: Rainbow chard bunches are one of my favorite things to harvest, because the fields are always so gorgeous! Cook it with carrots, cabbage and potatoes to create a delight for the eyes and belly. Here are some pictures of us in our chard field Monday morning:

             

The first harvest of a new kale or chard field is always the longest, because we are pruning the plants as well as making bunches. As you can see from the photos, each chard plant is very luscious. We harvest the best leaves from each plant, and then prune (break off and leave on the ground) the leaves/stems that have too many holes (from our pesky but beloved insect friends) as well as the leaves around the bottom of the plant. This results in each chard plant having three to four nice, smaller leaves left over, for which it can focus its energy on.  This means that next time we harvest, we can sweep through these fields way faster, having fewer but more beautiful leaves to choose from.