Tewksbury Grace Farm

Tomatoes  are finally making their debut as they try to color up in this cool cloudy summer we’ve been having. Let the tomatoes sit in their bag for a couple of days to further ripen and deepen in color. They get sweeter as they ripen! This week also is the first round of our delicious pole snap beans; we grow two favorite varieties called Rattlesnake and Golden Bacau. Both are very tender, and need only minimal cooking. Also this week, our shiitake orchard fruited some lovely mushrooms for us, and you will find them in your bag.

Here’s what’s in the bag this week:

• Heirloom tomatoes geez, finally. Let ripen in bag to deep color (maybe orange, purple, pink….tomatoes are ripe when tender to touch.)
• Walla Walla and large red onions- gorgeous red onion just coming into harvest.
• Summer Squash – come in a variety of colors and shapes. Use like zucchini.
• Snap beans –tender and tasty Rattlesnake (green with purple stripes) and Golden Bacau, a flat Italian yellow bean. We like these flash sautéed in a fine olive oil, with a dash of seasoning…addictive!
• Sweet Fry Peppers full share- these long green peppers are a variety called Fushimi. Chop and fry with onion and squash for a tasty dish (these are not hot). Also Carmen red Italian sweet peppers and small lunchbox style sweets.
• Or Rainbow Carrot bunch half shares.
• Sungold Cherry and heirloom cherry Tomatoes- Ka-Pow!  A juicy, sweet explosion your mouth.  In your bag you will find sun gold varieties (which should be a deep orange when ripe), as well as a few unusual green (these are supposed to be green when ripe!!), striped and other colored heirloom cherries. Let these stay in the bag for a 3-4 more days to fully ripen – you will notice subtle differences in their coloring, as well as slightly tender to the touch.
• Shiitake Mushrooms
• Red cabbage

Enjoy!

Johnny and Leah