Plant Something – Another round of turnips… to make up for the lost crop (see below).
Harvest Something – Our first few (eight total) cherry tomatoes this week! Hooray! And cucumbers for making pickles! Yum!
Preserve Something – Rick sliced and froze 24 pounds of yellow squash this week. I also made a jar of jam and a jar of pickled veggies!
Waste Not – Unfortunately, we had a big FAIL in this category this week. The turnips matured during my early postpartum weeks with Emmett, and neither Rick or I found the time to get out there and harvest them. Rick picked them all this weekend, and they are all pretty bitter and some are quite woody. Such a loss too, since the ones we did harvest earlier were so sweet and good.
Preparation and Storage – We put up 13 jars of pickles… I can’t wait until mid-September when we can open a jar to see how they turned out!
Build Community Food Systems – I was able to take that pickle/jams class, and I’m happy to say our jam was delish! I learned a lot, and just in time since our cukes are coming on strong! We also shared some veggies when we were invited to dinner. Our host made a chef’s salad, and we brought red onion, fennel and a couple of cucumbers to share.
Eat the Food – um… my post is late, so the recipe will have to be an IOU this week. But we have been enjoying all the farm veggies, and our own zucchini and cucumbers!
The Lazy Homesteader 
UM YEAH, you just had a baby so i think it’s okay to owe us a recipe huh! we finally picked our first zucchini and crooked neck summer squash? rich found an awesome recipe for a squash casserole. in fact, i’m going to rush to eat the last of it and then i will post the recipe on my blog – YUMMERS!
looking forward to going to the farm with you tomorrow, thank YOU!!!