Roots, Shoots and Tubers: Week 10 of the Moon Bear CSA

Pulling Russian Banana Fingerling Potatoes in the Moon Bear Garden

Hello Moon Bears,

Have you ever experienced the miracle of digging potatoes? A little slip of skin and eye buried deep in the dark. Mounded and watered. Purple and pink flowers lovingly tended by bees. Then the stalks die back. A yellowing strand of stalk remains, announcing that a new phase of wonder has begun: The harvest. Digging into the loam is akin to delving beneath one's skin. Finding nodes and arteries and veins. The roots and shoots travel in an amazing pattern. And the earth smells of life ready to breath in the open air.

 Today I'm grateful for potatoes and beets and carrots. The ones that stay hidden throughout the season and then appear as gifts.

On This Weeks Menu for a Full Share:

• Finn Apple, Russian Banana and Rosy Riveter Red Fingerling Potatoes
• Atomic Red and Solar Yellow Carrots
• Venersborg Garlic. This "species" has been growing wild here since we've been here
• Rhubarb Chard
• Spaghetti, Acorn and Delicata  Squash (A random assortment in boxes)
• Detroit Yellow Beets
• Purple Plums
• Lemon and Burpless Green Cucumbers
• Personal Sized Cabbage (Savoy, Red, Green)
• Rainbow Heirloom Tomatoes
• Purple and Golden Tomatillos (Get your salsa recipes ready)
• Kale if I can find any hiding in the cool shadows

Next week we'll have Miniature Purple Bell Peppers, Fairy Eggplant and Seedless Concord Grapes. Lots more tomatoes too.

Thanks.
See You in the Garden
Rick

(c) Copyright, Rick Sievers, Moon Bear Produce, August 2014