Today was the start of our very first CSA season. Our first shareholders, a lovely family from Brooklyn, came to pick up and deliver the shares to the rest of our members, also in Brooklyn. We are very lucky to have people who believe in this joint venture, and allow Ari to do what he loves-getting in the dirt, growing the best organic vegetables, and sharing them.
This week's share included:
1 head of Romaine
1 bunch of radishes
1 bunch of mizuna
1 bunch of broccoli raab
1 bunch of mustard spinach
2 garlic scapes
1 herb bunch (sage, dill, rosemary)
1 jar strawberry jam
Strawberries came earlier than usual in New Jersey this year and we have been picking tubs and tubs of them. The only problem is the strawberries don't keep longer than a couple of hours, even in the refrigerator, before they start breaking down and turn to mush. So even though the taste is sublime, the never would have made it to New York looking as beautiful as they do on the vine. So I decided to jam and can them and have been learning quite a bit about that this last week. I started with freezer jam and then started with a low-sugar, no-sugar-needed pectin version which I did two batches of. Normal jam calls for SO much sugar, so I'm happy about this version made with white grape juice. I think it's just as sweet! Yesterday I transformed and whole strawberry preserves that requires it to set up for 12-24 hours before being canned. I'll finish that later tonight.
More spinach mustard is in the "nursery" as of this afternoon, some rain has fallen, and the sun is back out again! What a great start to the season...
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