It’s back to school time for many, which equals the end of summer for those same folks. But the school calendar and our growing season are not necessarily aligned as it’s peak summer season for us! The tomatoes are coming on strong, as are cucumbers, eggplant, and summer squash. Melons and lots of colorful sweet and hot peppers are not far behind.
It’s still full on blackberry season – so take advantage of your membership with Dancing Roots Farm and come pick to your hearts content, or you get too scratched up, whichever comes first! All pickers must wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. Bring lots of containers, some water, and be ready to get poked!
In Your Share This Week
Lettuce – Magenta
Scallions – Evergreen Hardy White
Summer Squash – Black Beauty, Golden, White Bush, Bennings Green Tint, Yellow Scallop, Lemon
Beet Greens – Touchstone Gold & Chiogga
Walla Walla Onions – Carmelized, the uses are endless. We put it on salad, along with red & yellow tomatoes.
Cucumbers, Marketmore, Poona Kheera & Diva (slicers) or Wautoma (picklers)
Beets – Early Wonder Tall Top & Touchstone Gold
Tomatoes – Glacier & Stupice (red) & Taxi (yellow)
Ozette Fingerling Potatoes– The special story of the Makah Ozette potatoes: All potatoes originated in South America. Up until the 1980’s, it was understood that they came to this country by way of Europe from the Spaniards. However, in the late 1700’s a group of Spanish conquistadors thought to expand their territory from South America into North America. In 1791 they landed in Neah Bay, Washington to set up a fort and planted a garden that had potatoes brought directly from South America or Mexico. That winter, the settlers bailed; too cold! The fort was abandoned, but the garden overwintered. The Makah people, whose land it was, either traded for or found volunteers of this potato and became its stewards, growing it in their gardens for the next 200 years. They named it after one of their five villages.