Weekly update for August 17/19th deliveries

IMPORTANT! PLEASE NOTE:

The Lambrights have a wedding in their family the week of August 23rd. Due to the number of demands on them all next week, there will be some changes to the deliveries. We have deliberated all summer as to how to handle this week, but the final decision is that the produce won't wait, so we might as well pick and ship as usual...mostly.

1. We are doing all the deliveries on Tuesday. We have to hammer out the times yet, they will be later than normal. Please call Stacy with any questions. I hope to update the blog later this week with the best details we can provide.

2. Because of the wedding preparations, the normal crew will not be picking. It will be a crew of visitors. We are not expecting them to be as diligent with picking and cleaning as they will be arriving after traveling all night, and will commence picking almost immediately. There may be items that slip by that normally wouldn't make it to the boxes.

3. We are not counting on everything running quite as smooth as normal, even though that is our deepest wish. We are expecting the produce to be a bit dirtier than normal, as the process will be hurried, and we will have to take some short cuts to make the day go as smooth as possible.

4. The times we set our a "best guess". They are not exact times. Please be patient with us as we try to meet the deadlines of that day, it will be a scramble to get it all done smoothly.

5. I apologize for the duplication of information, but I will be doing my best to make sure no one misses these changes. I will be working on an email when we have times pinned down a bit better.

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Now, for the regularly scheduled info:

The corn took a beating in the high winds last week, many of the stalks were laying over. We are hopeful that we will get a good taste of corn before it is too late.

The gardens are quite wet with all the rain the last several days, and picking is a bit more tedious than usual.

We will have extra items with us and available for purchase separately these next several weeks, as the gardens are plentiful. Look for cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, and beets as the likely items.


For those who have been returning your empty boxes each week, thank you! For those who forget, please do your best to return them soon or get back to me with the details. A box does fall apart from time to time or get recycled accidentally. That is part of life, but it helps us keep costs down if they are all accounted for at the end of the day.



The box contents this week, if all goes as planned:

Cherry tomatoes
Tomatoes
Dill
Cucumbers
Zucchini
2 kinds of kale
radishes
peppers
bunching onions (these are the small ones again)
corn
Swiss chard
Beets
Carrots

Thank you for all the great feedback these past few weeks! I am looking for new recipes from anyone who has them :o)

Stacy