To view Farmer John’s latest update, click here.

This week’s share will include:

• Veggies: rainbow carrots, lettuce, eggplant, peppers, beans, garlic, sweet
  corn fingerling potatoes, tomatoes, basil, either cherry tomatoes or ground cherries and watermelon or another type of melon (cantaloupe, galia, honeydew, etc.)
• Add-on shares:
  • Fruit: not this week, returning next week
  • Flowers: sunflowers
  • Mushrooms: TBD
  • Eggs: not mentioned in this week’s update from John, but assuming yes

For those with half shares, this is “B” week.

Serving Suggestions:

• Ground cherries have always been one of my CSA faves. They have an interesting flavor and are not commonly found at typical grocery stores. In John’s update today he mentioned something I had not heard before: they fall to the ground when they are ripe, hence the name. They pop up a few times during the middle of the CSA season and I try to enjoy them as simply as I can when we get them. That typically means just eating them out of hand or halved on top of salads. Somebody online suggested a salad with them, roasted beets and goat cheese — sounds delicious! Another recipe for gooseberry (another name) jam essentially sounds like my basic Thanksgiving cranberry sauce: berries, water, citrus peel/juice, sugar. I just may need to skip the out-of-hand eating this year and make a batch, with cranberries mixed in for a more familiar flavor, for the holidays.