Weekly Weeder

Olin-Fox Farms Volume No. 10 Issue No. 16 July 16, 2008

www.olinfoxfarms.com Summer Season Week 6

STANDARD REMINDER

Please be sure to wash your weekly share thoroughly before serving. To preserve freshness, it is NOT ‘table ready’ (i.e., pre-washed). We deliver your Olin-Fox Farms’ produce right from the fields to ensure highest quality.

This is the Sixth week of the Summer Program,

and Week 8 of the Fruit Share Program.

The Seventh Week of the Summer Program is July 23-26.

July 30 – August 2 is an OFF Week.

Schedules can also be found on our website, www.olinfoxfarms.com

This Week's News From The Farms

This Week's News From the Farms will be brief as we are into the busiest time of the season. We are also trying our best to get the 2009 programs ready for release by September.

The summer crops are doing well and are picking up momentum each week. The only that is a little late this year is eggplant. Normally eggplant comes in before tomatoes, but not this year, which goes back to “every year is different from the next.” For instance, last year was what we called the year of the eggplant, and this year we are hoping and it looks like a very good year for corn, tomatoes, peppers, and melons.

Each week we will try to give you a projected harvest guess on the coming week, keeping in mind that Mother Nature makes the final decision. So, in the next few weeks we hope with M.N.C. (Mother Nature's Cooperation), we will be harvesting more corn, tomatoes, peppers, okra, basil, cucumbers, and melons.

Please note the Thursday delivery schedule below:

Lottsburg 10:00 a.m.

Tappahannock 11:00 a.m.

Stafford 1 p.m.

Occoquan 2 p.m.

Alexandria - Harris 3 p.m.

Alexandria – Crim 4 p.m.

Alexandria UnWined 5 p.m.

In Your Produce Basket This Week

Red Grape Tomatoes, Slicing Tomatoes, Corn, Basil

See your site's produce list for more details.

For Those With Fruit Shares Week 8: Peaches

Please Note: With elements beyond our control such as the start or the end of a harvest, or extreme weather conditions that may limit the quantity of produce coming in, we systematically address each delivery and pick up group each week and do our very best to see that everyone receives some of everything.

Recipes/Information

Gazpacho

A lovely cool summer treat.

An interesting article on Gazpacho can be found in the Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazpacho

Here are some highlights: Gazpacho originated in the Andalusia region of Spain. In fact this cold soup predates the introduction of tomatoes and peppers to Europe from South America. Stale bread, garlic, olive oil, salt and vinegar were the original ingredients and these items still help to define Gazpacho today.

The name Gazpacho is believed to refer to crumbs of food (i.e. Stale bread) combined with vinegar, water, olive oil, garlic and other seasonings.

In the United States today, Gazpacho typically contains tomatoes, cucumber, sweet pepper, garlic and celery. Sometimes it is pureed, and sometimes it has vegetables in chunks.

Recipe

4 cups fresh tomatoes 1 small, well-minced onion

1 minced green pepper 1 tsp. Honey

1 diced cucumber Juice of ½ lemon + 1 lime

2 Tbs. Wine vinegar 1 Tsp. Tarragon

1 Tsp. Basil 1 Clove crushed garlic

Dash ground cumin ¼ cup freshly-chopped parsley

Dash Tabasco Sauce 2 Tbsp. Olive Oil

Salt & Black Pepper to Taste

Combine all ingredients (puree if desired) and chill for at least 2 hours.

Bon Appetit!