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Fresh, sustainable p= roduce grown locally.

Cane Creek Farm

CSA Newsletter

Welcome to the summer/fall season of the Cane Creek= Farm CSA! We have had an abu= ndant harvest this summer and I imagine it will continue for a while. We will start out with lots of tom= atoes! Take this opportunity = to get to know all the different varieties of tomatoes and find the ones th= at you like best. We grow a v= ariety of heirloom tomatoes—German Striped, Brandywine, Cherokee purp= le, Green zebra, and Doc Wyche. We also grow a variety of cherries, salad tomatoes and hybrid slicing to= matoes.

We had some rain last week that helped the crops. So far, the drought has not be= en a major problem, but we need to keep getting those afternoon showers. Sometimes it feels like the rai= n is all around us, but skips our farm.

You may not know that most of your share is harvest= ed by volunteers and CSA worker shares.&nb= sp; Miguel and I work every day, but on harvest days we have a crew = of workers that help us get things picked and prepared for you. Sometimes i= t takes 6 of us all morning just to get things harvested. After a communal lunch, the afternoon is spent= washing and packing the produce. Small produce, such as berries, small tomatoes, and beans take a lot o= f time to pick the amount needed for the CSA. If you would like to experien= ce the harvest you can volunt= eer to help us on Tuesday or Friday. = Just give me a call.

The driveway has been built this week. They have laid a bed of red clay and put gravel on top. It will make= it a lot better and a little smoother drive to get back to the parking are= a, which has also been smoothed out and gravelled.

I was with my Dad in south Georgia for a few days w= hile he had hip replacement surgery. = He’s doing well at home now, so I’ll be at the Vickery = Market tomorrow, and Chuck will be at the farm to greet you.

Farm News

Vol. 2 No. 18, August 8, 2008<= /p>

Suggestions and Recipes

A market customer gave me a good suggestion for an = easy way to prepare the beans. Breaks the beans, then steams them until they are bright green and still = just crunchy. While they are = still hot, pour a mixture of salad oil, cider vinegar, a little salt, and p= lenty of minced garlic over them and put them in the refrigerator. They will keep for a week or more and= you can get out the amount out you want as you need them. I tried this method and really like it.<= /o:p>

One of the best things to do with the heirloom toma= toes is to make a caprese salad. Slice different colors of tomatoes on a plate, sprinkle with feta chees= e and basil and then balsamic vinegar and olive oil. This is a beautiful salad and so good.

These tomatoes will deteriorate quickly, but you ca= n always just cut off the damaged area and the rest of the tomato will tast= e fine.

The recipe for potato soup below sounds good!<= /o:p>

Tracy, CSA shareholder with a load of p= otatoes for Miguel to unload. A whole team of workers helped to pick up the= potatoes after they were turned up by the tractor.

Questions or comments? E-mail us at lynn@canecreekfarm.net or call (770)