PRODUCE	NEWSLETTER
August 18,2008	Volume 9
White Corn Cucumbers Swiss Chard Baby Bok Choi Dandelion Greens Lettuce Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes Zucchini Yellow Squash Peppers Eggplant Green Beans Full Share – Peaches Half Share-Blueberries Parsley Thyme Sage Oregano Lemon Balm	Hello From the Farm, Amazing as it sounds, soon the cool, crisp, shorter days of Autumn will be upon us. It is at once sad and exciting to watch the explosion of produce during the all too few days of summer. To explain the always too short growing season here in New England, is to pray for rain and sun, warmth but not too much scorching heat, and warm nights so that the short season is extended for true 24 hour days. Most years the farmer doesn’t win, only competes. We are always glad to join the dance of life, marveling at the metamorphoses from seed to mature and edible produce. As your shares are kept refrigerated, you should do the same with everything except full size tomatoes and peaches if they are not fully ripe. This week we have peaches for full shares and blueberries for half shares. Allow the peaches several days on a warm window sill to finish up the complete ripening cycle. Next week we will have the peaches for half shares and blueberries for full shares. Enjoy the warm weather crops as long as we don’t have a frost. Hope you are all well! ( Eat your dandelion greens) J Ashley & Ethel We apologize that the website was late. Ashley sustained a serious leg injury on Saturday which threw the farm off track! Did You Know? Each year, the U.S. produces more than eight million tons of tomatoes. In 1893, the Supreme Court ruled that tomatoes are vegetables, since they're served at dinner, not dessert. Cooks consider them vegetables, and botanists classify them as fruits, but kids know that whatever you call them, tomatoes are simply delicious. Bursting with flavor, tomatoes are also a nutritious addition to any meal: One medium-size round variety contains half a child's recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. What's more, the very thing that gives tomatoes their crimson hue, a pigment called lycopene, may help prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease.