September 17th, 2008 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband customer,

I had a farmer tell me today to make sure my clients know that everything we do depends on nature.  Crops can come in early, continue to produce late in the season or not produce at all.  Scary but true!  Luckily this week, nature has worked in my favor.  We have a couple of items starting to come in from the fall harvest and the roma tomatoes we thought were gone have continued to produce this week.

This is an awkward time in the fields.  The farmers are turning under the summer plants that are done and planting all the fall items.  We should have greens, greens galore soon.  I can’t wait for Georgia-grown broccoli later in the season.  For now, things will be changing week to week.

You have sweet peppers but no hot ones this week.  I did not bring back any eggplant this week since many of you seemed to be more than tired of this veggie.  Maybe I will give you a bit more before it completely disappears but for this week, we have none.  Instead I have more than one fruit and you have several spice items.

Below is the list of your goodies for this week:

Sweet peppers
Okra
green beans
Roma Tomatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Basil
Bay leaves
Garlic
Heirloom Watermelon
Muscadines

Do not hesitate to call or e-mail with any questions you have and enjoy the recipes I post on the website each week to help you use some of your ingredients.  Remember, I am happy to talk FOOD!

Namaste,

Margie Thorpe