Regular may take all vegetables listed, Single size members may choose 6 items, and seniors choose 5.
~ Potatoes – 1 quart
~ Carrots – 1 bunch
~ Cabbage, Green Kale or Collards – 1 choice
~ Cukes -2 field or 3 pickling
~ Kohlrabi - 3
~ Swiss Chard – 1 bunch
~ Onions – 3
~ Peppers – 2
~ Tomato – 3
~ Parsley – 1 bunch
Recipe of the Week
Smashed Potatoes with Garlic
Potatoes' reputation as a high-carb, white starch has removed them from the meals of many a weight-conscious eater, but this stereotype is due for a significant overhaul. A new analytical method developed by Agricultural Research Service plant geneticist Roy Navarre has identified 60 different kinds of phytochemicals and vitamins in the skins and flesh of 100 wild and commercially grown potatoes. Navarre's team also identified potatoes with high levels of vitamin C, folic acid, quercetin and kukoamines. These last compounds, which have blood pressure lowering potential, have only been found in one other plant, Lycium chinense (a.k.a., wolfberry/gogi berry). See article at www.ars.usda.gov.
Potatoes are a very good source of vitamin C, a good source of vitamin B6, copper, potassium, manganese, and dietary fiber. So don’t cut out the potatoes just cut back on some of those less nutritious toppings. Roast them-up and leave the skins on for all the extra nutrients.
News from the Field
We are at half-way for 24 week members this week. If you are a 16 week member take a look at our 8 week fall membership, so you don’t miss a week. Fall memberships are available in our 3 size packages:
| Regular (receives all items listed weekly) | $200.00 |
| Single (receives 6 items from list) | $136.00 |
| Senior (receives 5 items from list) | $112.00 |
Late Blight Alert!!!
If you live in Cambridge you probably have read my recent articles, on front porch forum (our local community news letter shared thru the internet) regarding another outbreak of “Late Blight”. We never know when it will show-up as its mold spores travel on moisture (rain, dew, fog) and winds. This deadly fungal disease has reared its ugly head once again. All farmers and gardeners are on the lookout, with daily inspections, to protect their crops of tomatoes and potatoes. It can first appear as water soaked blotches and grayish mold on the underside of leaves and stems. It will quickly kill the plants. It tends to start further up the plant than most fungal diseases. If you have either of these plants be on the lookout for this disease. See the Cornell website for great photos to help you identify "late blight"
www.longislandhort.cornell.edu/vegpath/photos/lateblight_tomato.htm
To prevent it from spreading we recommend you cut your plants
down and bag them into trash bags and dispose of immediately.
Tomatoes: Remove any fruit, wash and eat it soon as possible or cook it in sauces and if canning follow all processing directions. Do not freeze without processing.
Potatoes: cut plants immediately at very first sign of disease, to prevent disease from traveling down the stems into the tubers (your taters). If plants are clean harvest potatoes, destroy all plants and dispose into trash bags. Plant in new location next year! Disease does not winter over on plant material, BUT Do NOT save seeds (young potatoes) for next year as they may be infected. Rotate plants to a new location and Destroy or till in any baby potatoes that pop up next year (a.k.a. volunteers), as they are also likely to be infected and spread the disease all over again next year.
Thanks!
Anne Tisbert
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