Hi John,
Yesterday I called you from the garden. Should we try to find row cover before the forecast freeze? Went to the closest plant store, they don’t carry it. Decided that we have enough going on in the next few weeks that maybe it doesn’t make sense to put in more effort and extend our work. Sorry summer plants.
So we’re saying goodbye to the tomatoes and eggplant. Been separating basil seeds at the dinner table. We picked the first fall radish and the pink bulb feels like magic.
In This Week’s Box
- Asian Pears
- Empire Apples
- Garden Gem Tomatoes
- Green Acorn Squash
- Mixed Carmen Italian Peppers
- Pink Celery
- Red Leaf Lettuce
Garden Potential
- Starfish pepper
- Deciding how long to wait on the final jalapenos
- Lombok peppers
- Volunbeans for drying
- Final tomato, possibly to ripen on counter
- First radish, when we want it
Still in the Fridge
- Apples: Who even is able to identify the apples filling the fruit drawer?
- Bartlett Pears, Asian Pears, Bosc Pears
- Greens: Savoy Cabbage, Dandelion, Spinach
- Herbs: Fennel tops
- Leeks
- Celery
- Peppers: Yummy, Lombok, Starfish, Banana, Jalapeno, Carmen, Cubanelle
- Kohlrabi
- Baby Hakurei Turnips
- Carrots
- Red beets
- Squash: Delicata, Red Kabocha, Spaghetti, Robins Koginut
- Garlic
- Sweet onions
- Potatoes: Blue, Sweet
- Ginger
- Sunchokes
Open Preserves
- Preserved eggplant
- Dill pickle juice
- Lacto-fermented green cherry tomatoes
- Lacto-fermented blueberry jalapeno hot sauce
- Lacto-fermented habanda jalapeno hot sauce
- Pickled red onion
- Pickled banana peppers with oregano, basil, and black pepper
- Plain pickled banana peppers
- Radish kimchi
- Sunchoke relish
- Green tomato chutney
- Sour cherry chutney
- Freedom berry jam
- Apple sauce
- Apple butter
- Quince jelly
- Probably still more uninventoried
New Menu Suggestions
- Quiche? On the one hand, I like the idea of an eggy dish that has leftovers. Shredded beets and goat cheese? It’ll all be pink. Sliced tomatoes, sauteed peppers, and cheddar cheese?
- Nominating this acorn squash for being stuffed come Thanksgiving.
- Celery or cabbage salad with chickpeas, a garlic anchovy dressing, croutons for me
- Celery and apple salad. (There’s a celery, apple, peanut salad in Six Seasons that we haven’t tried yet. It also uses medium-hot chilies. The star peppers could be fun.)
- Cabbage fried rice
Reminders of Meals Already Brainstormed
- Pizza with delicata squash slices
- Soup: Ginger, apple, squash OR leek and potato
- Dandelion greens with beans and fennel (I have now cooked the beans. We just have to cook the meal.)
- Stuffed spaghetti squash
- Kohlrabi, apple, ginger salad
- Pickle the banana peppers already
Love,
Sarah
Planning Inside The Box 