VEGGIE COOP FARM NOTES: WEEK 15: September 30, Larger Bag
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Packing Slip: Larger Bag

Carrots - bunch 2.50
Cucumbers - an outdoor plus an Asian or English 3.50
Leeks - 1 large and 1 small or medium) 2.25
Micro-mix - 50 g. 4.00
Onions - two ( medium and large) 2.25
Oregano- bunch 2.00
Pak Choi 2.50
Peppers - hot 2.00
Potatoes - 450g. Yukon gold or Island Sunshine 1.50
- 500g. Red fingerlings 3.00
Runner Beans - 200g. 3.00 Don’t worry about rust!
Salad Mix 7.00
Summer Squash 200g. No Charge. Last of the season.
Tomatillos - 400g. 3.20
Tomatoes - pint of Latahs 3.00

Total: 41.70

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For information, questions or comments, contact: Mike Rabinowitz. House Phone: 895-2884 or Cell Phone: 6789-7693.

WOW! WHAT A WONDERFUL BAG OF GOODIES!!!
This is it - Our last week, unless you have a make up week or two for your holidays or have subscribed to additional weeks. This is a win and loose situation for us. We are glad we can slow down a bit and shift to clearing up crops, spreading mulch and compost and begin to put the land to bed for the winter, but we will miss seeing people at drop-off. We appreciate how enthusiastic and cooperative people have been.

A BIG THANKS TO ALL!
Although we have been disappointed with some crops such as the green bush beans, the early demise of the summer squash and the early frost which discouraged any hopes of a bumper crop of winter squash to sell over the winter, we celebrate that the lettuce heads and salad mix has been consistently good in number and of good quality. Lettuce thrives fairly well in cool weather; the credit for this high level of production goes to Louis and Mike for overseeing the seeding and transplanting and to Diane, who has developed into a terrific organizer to work with Mike to produce the “goods.” She is able to teach and assign tasks to junior workers and volunteers to achieve a high level of efficiency. Later in the season, Briar and Denzel, young people who have been living out of province joined our team around mid-season. Joe, John, Vince and our son, Oz have helped round out the over-all team. Also, thanks to Jon, a WOOFER from Vancouver Island, who has been here for the past month. He has become our most regular volunteer helper after Rachel left. Also, welcome to Shelley from Montreal. She arrived on Tuesday morning and before afternoon was helping Mike sort tomatoes for the restaurant orders. Today, she is the general CSA helper. And, then there’s Mike. We continue to wonder how he manages all the things he has to juggle in the course of one day, including his time away from the farm. Yes, my son, they are all keepers!!

IT’S IN THE BAG! TOMATILLOS - for the first time.
Look for recipes on farm website. There are two sets, Tomatillos and Tomatillos, etc. The second set have the recipes I am most familar with and the ones I like the best. I just couldn’t find them when we went to “press” on Monday. You will also find a cucumber salad with onions and tomatoes.

RUNNER BEANS
Mike wanted to communicate that the rust is not harmful to your health. If you don’t want to steam them or put them in a salad or casserole because of their weathering appearance, try the bean pate recipe from Mike’s Aunt Esther or the bean loaf which is my adaption of a recipe in the MOOSEWOOD Cookbook years ago. It should be posted later this evening. There are also other recipes, yet to be posted, but I can only use my disabled arm to type and navigate the mouse for a few minutes at one sitting. So, do keep checking back!

BEGGING FOR BAGS!
Although I stopped nagging and threatening about missing bags a few weeks ago, if you have an extra bag or two hanging around or lost and forgotten in the car trunk, please bring it in, or make arrangements to drop it off at Mike’s Office in MUN or at the farm. The canvas bags will last for years, if we can keep up with them. Thanks for taking the effort to round up any bags you may have walked by a few times, thinking, “ohmygod. I forgot the bloody bag again.!

HEALTHY LIVING SHOW A SUCCESS!
Oz represented the Organic Farm at our table at the Healthy Living Show at the Sheraton on Sunday. Mike and Denzil covered the Farm Store. Oz said it was great and he saw a few of the Veggie Coop Members.

AND THE WINNER IS!
After two or three pretty intense days, looking at cars and going over the facts and options, we made a decision. It was around 3 a.m. last Thursday morning. We are buying a Subaru. This was based on many factors, including friends who have Subaru and like the service as well as everything Mike could read about the car in Consumer Reports and the payment plan. I am driving a loaner for a couple of weeks, until my new red, Forrester makes it to town.

Melba Rabinowitz
September 30, 2009