CSA Week #3 North Riverside 7/5/08 No eggs

Hello: We were fortunate enuff to aquire some organic mushroom compost to finish hilling the potatos today. They will be ready, looks like, in a month.
Squash is coming up soon and turnips.
Busy weeding and killing squash bugs, they are nasty little things. Usually, we loose about 60 percent of the squash/pumpkin crop per year. but they seem better this year. I think it’s because of the potato volunteers in between plants.
We got 3/4″ of rain last week. This is good.
I CAN’T BELIEVE we still have spinach. This is late for spinach and we are very fortunate because bummper crops of it always fail.
Anyone who wants to pick a few mulberries off the trees are welcome to. Maybe, come find me and I’ll show you where they are if you don’t already know. I noticed the squirrels, birds and chickimonkies were ravaging them today.
RECIPES AT END
Full share:
What’s in the bags:
Spinach
Romaine lettuce
Red Sails lettuce
Cilantro
Parmex Carrots, very sweet
Granola
Onions

Half Share:
What’s in the bags:
Spinach
Romaine lettuce
Red Sails lettuce
Cilantro
Parmex Carrots
onions
1. Cilantro Ranch Dressing: http://www.grouprecipes.com/37815/cilantro-dressing.html
2. Romaine Lettuce w/ Cilantro Dressing(sub carrots for the cuks and celery?) http://www.recipezaar.com/139174
Carrot:
1. Carrot Top soup: http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/recipes.html#tops
2. Roasted Carrots: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001564roasted_baby_carrots.php
Granola:
1. Over icecream, by itself, in yogurt, in sweet rolls, as a cereal and if you don’t eat it in 2 to 3 weeks, put in freezer