November 11th, 2009 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

Feeling a kinship to the post office, but rain or shine we are gathering the food this week.  Today we wake up in the aftermath of the hurricane weather this week with flooded farms once again.  Neal Taylor was brave enough to dig in the muck and harvest beautiful root vegetables for us despite the weather.  Hail to the carrots!  Not only do we have his carrots, but we’ll enjoy the parsnips again and a spicy daikon that can be eaten raw in salad or cooked like a turnip.  The greens from this are great to cook as well.

Jason at Full Moon Farms was hit a little harder.  We were barely able to get out with our broccoli greens this week.  Our thoughts go out to him as he recovers from six inches of water in one day.  Your sweet peppers are the last harvest from Full Moon, and Andy at Whippoorwill Farms has shared a wonderful little pepper called a Nepalese.  You each have a couple of these.  They look like a little delicate bell.  I highly recommend enjoying these raw.  The flavor is great! Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Broccoli Greens
Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
Parsnips
Daikon with Greens
Tatsoy
Sweet Peppers
Green Onions
Nepalese Pepper

Next week is our last regular delivery before the Thanksgiving holiday.  Please remember that we will be delivering on Tuesday rather than Wednesday.  We will also have the form for you to choose what vegetables you would like for your Thanksgiving holiday on the website.  It will go live by next week.  Be sure to check that out.

Although the weather this year has been really challenging to the farms, we are still looking forward to a late fall crop of lettuce and other colder weather delights.  Have patience my friends, enjoy your fall color this week, and remember I’m always happy to talk food.

Namaste,
Margie Thorpe