October 1st, 2008 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband customer,

October is here and so begins the season of greens.  I have managed to get the first harvesting of turnip greens.  We do not have the turnips yet.  That comes later, but for now we are entering the season of dark leafy vegetables, my personal favorites!

I switched to offer you an arrangement of herbs this week.  Please let me know if you need additional ideas for your sage or rosemary.  Potatoes always love being coupled with rosemary, even the sweets.  I also made sure you got another chance at some hot peppers.  You can always add hot peppers to the pot when cooking your turnip greens.

We are getting watermelon again this week.  If you got one of the melons from a few weeks ago that were not very sweet, I apologize.  Several of them were picked too early.  I have been assured that this will not be the case this week so don’t let an earlier experience keep you from cutting in to your fruit for this week.

Let me know if any of you are interested in ordering fresh ground grits.  I have found a wonderful source in Athens where Tim and Alice Mills grind the grits fresh to order.  I tested them this week by making baked garlic grits.  They were great but I would have loved a few shrimp to go with them.  If you are interested, e-mail me for pricing and quantiies.

Enjoy your basket of Georgia nourishment.  Below is the list of your goodies for this week:

sweet peppers
hot pepper
turnip greens
okra
endive
sweet potatoes
basil
sage
rosemary
Heirloom watermelon
pear

Do not hesitate to call or e-mail with any questions you have and enjoy the recipes section where 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