August 4th, 2010 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

The summer is brutal but I hope you are finding your cool spots in your mind.    Every time I hear a storm brewing I run to the porch to enjoy a brief few minutes of cooler outside air.  The veggies are no different.  Several farms are already finding their crops slowing so this week we see a few different treats.  Potatoes!  I love my potatoes and Full Moon farms harvested plenty for us this week.  They also brought us your butternut squash and the first okra.  Let me know what you think.  We will be able to get all three of these for the next several weeks.

TaylOrganics shared the pretty tomatoes with us and they will be so tasty with the tender sweet basil.  Neil Taylor also harvested some rattlesnake beans for us.  These are beans, not peas like last week so we can eat the entire bean.  Cook them as you would any green bean.  There is also a recipe on the website for them.

This might be the last week for our blueberries.  We have so much other fruit coming into season that we want to take advantage of figs, melons, and muscadines, too.  For now, enjoy your blueberries and look for a new flavor next week.  Please let me know what you thought of the peaches last week.  Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Arugula with roots

Butternut squash

Okra

Rattlesnake beans

Mixed sungold / cherry tomatoes

Potatoes

Basil

Blueberries

I hope that all of you received the announcement letter for our 2nd anniversary potluck party.  It will be Friday, August 13th at Home Grown Ga Restaurant on Memorial Dr and many of your farmers will be joining us to celebrate.  This is family friendly and we encourage you to bring a dish to share.   Please email me when you know if you can be a part of celebration.  I am so excited to meet some of you face to face!  We will also be holding a contest to design a logo for vegetable husband in 2011.  Bring your best ideas to the art supplies table that night.  As always, I am happy to TALK FOOD!

All the best,
Margie Thorpe