Share #7 July 15th & 17th

Crop List: Cosmic Mix, Swiss Chard, Bok Choy, Sugar Snap Peas, Head Lettuce, Tomatoes and Dill

The sugar snaps are here. Real, sugary and sweet, fresh snappy peas! Not the kinda limp ones in the grocery store. Sugar snaps are one of the veggies that remind us how flavorful food picked at the peak of ripeness and quickly delivered to you is supposed to taste. Good luck getting your total share home. You'll probably need to eat a couple as soon as you weigh them. And …they taste really good as you are driving. If you have kids in the car with you, you might get home completely empty handed. You've been warned.
Picking peas is labor intensive, and could be a love language! Our crew of 6 spent 2 1/2 hours picking one 500' row. We have a row to pick for Tuesday and a row for Thursday. Harvesting will happen at least twice a week for the next few weeks. Our second crop of two more rows is close behind. We stagger our plantings so the pea season is extended. Once the peas come in, they take so much time to harvest...we get behind on our weeding. But the peas are calling and we must go.
Pea picking is a "minds-on" harvest job. Each pea has to be looked at and a decision made. Perfectly ripe? In the bucket. Too small and not plumped up yet? It needs more time to ripen...next pea! And the dreaded...over-swollen. Over-swollen and pale green means overripe. As tempting as it can be to toss a big plump overripe pea in the bucket, it will be stringy and have lost its sweetness. It also means it was probably missed the week before. Learning to pick peas takes some time and practice. Doing it well, means an easier harvest job the next time we go through the row. No one on our crew wants to find overripe peas that were missed the week before!
The crew emphasized how juicy and ripe the peas are right now. They were so dedicated to getting them harvested, they put lunch off for an hour to finish. If you want a group of people to get to know each other...put them in the pea patch for a couple hours. Stories and jokes are shared. Today's topic turned to marriage advice...what's the secret to success? In case you are wondering..."learn to fight productively" was the advice given. Wisdom abounds in the pea patch!
There have also been many moments of belly laughs...one year this video was created by the crew. Here's a laugh that might make you pea! Hardee-har-har.

Funny Pea Video

Lunch on the Farm this week: Garlic Curl Pesto over Quinoa with turnips, bok choy and kale; Chili Mint stir fry with Bok Choy, sugar snaps and tomatoes
Recipe Ideas: Chilled Shrimp and Sugar Snap Pea Salad with Tangy Ginger Dressing; Sesame Roasted Snap Peas; Bok Choy, Swiss Chard With Noodles; ​Yogurt Dill Dressing

Recipes

We have lots of extra goodies available at your pick up. If you want something specific, please email me and I will make sure it is in the cooler, reserved just for you. Dinner just got easier!
The coolers at your site are stocked with a selection of Lifeline Cheese and Cosmic Apple Pork and Beef (listed below). I don't send every cut every week, they simply won't all fit!
​Pork Available: Grandpa's Sausage, Breakfast Sausage, Pork Chops, Shoulder Roast, Spare Ribs, Boneless Loin Roast, Hock, Leaf Fat, Tenderloin and Back Fat
Beef Available: Tenderloin, Rib Eye, Sirloin Steak, Patties, Stew Meat, Sirloin Tip Roast, Round Roast, Flat Iron Roast, Beef Fat and Liver
Hunters and Huntresses: We have pork fat for your wild game sausage making. Let me know if you want to order any and I can send it to your pick up location.
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WASH YOUR VEGGIES!!
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Bring Bags to pick-ups!

If you can't make it to pick up your veggies, send a friend!
Missed shares are forfeited for the week. 

Members get 10% off at the Farmer's Markets!
The Driggs Market: Fridays 9-1
The People's Market: Wednesdays 4-7
Jackson Hole Farmer's Market: Saturdays 8-12

Questions? Comments? Recipes to share? [email protected]