Third Charlestown Farm Pickup

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Our third week at Charlestown was, not surprisingly, quite like the last two In addition to the mixed loose leaf lettuce, Asian greens, and arugula we brought home our first bok choy of the season. The head lettuce this week was a new variety with a tighter head than the butter lettuce we’ve been getting, although its much looser than say, an iceberg. I’m excited to try it out. We got a bunch of both turnips and radishes this week instead of a choice between them - and we also got a bit of broccoli as well. There was broccoli available at the Charlestown farm stand at the Phoenixville Farmer’s Market this week, but this is the first for the share. We also received the first garlic ramps of the season and some u-pick herbs, with savory and chives as additions this week. The strawberries are still going strong - and we got to pick another quart and a half.

Our cat, Emmaline, approved of the addition of chives and ramps - she loves to nibble on the greens we bring home - the narrower the better, but she’ll nibble on turnip or radish greens if we don’t have anything better!