CSA Pickup Aug 9 (#9?)

I was joking earlier today while we were picking that I should title this email "at least we don't have locusts." Certainly, this season we have been plagued with unseasonal weather which has, while not decimated, certainly dismayed many of our crops, mostly the summer fruits. Though talking to other area farmers, it seems like we have gotten off easy. Though we have found some blight on our tomatoes, and they are less productive than normal, we have not lost them! And we do have tomatoes! A friend of ours who runs a farm in Germantown, NY said he lost not only all his tomatoes, but also his potatoes. Thankfully we have had a great potato crop this year, as evidenced by the last of the purple potatoes we dug up today. It seems they love this Andean weather we've been experiencing (potatoes originated in Peru).
In other farm news, we are well on our way to having replanted most of our spring field with fall broccoli, radishes, carrots, kale, and cabbage. In tomorrow's share you'll have:

shallotslettuce mixchardtomatoescucumberssummer squashgarlicpotatoes (full shares)head cabbage/napa cabbageand herbs!
enjoy,
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jo!