Pickles, Sweet Corn Failure, and Chuck Norris

Those little watermelon looking things in some of your boxes this week are not mini watermelons. They're Mexican Gherkin Cucumbers. I pickled some this week but so far they are delicious to eat right off the vine. They taste like a cucumber on the inside but the outer skin is slightly sour giving them a sweet and sour taste.

I also pickled some banana peppers.

Sweet corn crop failure. The Golden Bantam sweetcorn has been, unfortunately, very appetizing to the birds and raccoons. I have some more corn planted though as a backup and it will be ready in September. Tonight I am moving my scarecrow, "Little Chuckie" to the corn.

Chuck Norris Securing the Perimeter

Veggie Varieties for 2009 CSA

Just some of the Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Varieties we'll have this year

• Golden Bantam Sweet Corn
• Star of David Okra
• Green Tomatillo
• Arugula Roquette
• Romaine Lettuce
• Salad Mix Lettuce
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Broccoli
• Paonazza d'Egitto Beet
• Green Annelino Bean
• Blue Lake Bush Bean
• Carouby De Maussane Snow Pea
• Large American Leek
• Collards-vates
• Black Beauty Eggplant
• Bright Lights Swiss Chard
• Green Globe Artichoke
• Globe Basil
• Pontiac Potato
• Irish Cobbler Potato
• Sweet Potato
• Yukon Gold Potato
• Amish Paste Tomato
• Trophy Tomato
• Bunching Heshiko Onions
• Ancho (Poblano) Pepper
• Yellow Bananna Pepper
• Suhyo TK Cucumber (long Asian variety)
• Striata d'Italia Zuchinni Squash
• Red Long of Tropea Onion
• French Breakfast Radish
• African Cape Daisy
• Good Mother Stallard Bean (dried)
• Cilantro
• Garlic
• Peaches
• Cayenne Peppers
• Jalepeno Peppers
• Marconi Red Peppers
• Cantalope Mellon
• Moon & Stars Watermellon
• Jacko-Lantern Pumpkin