Flowin' & Growin' on the Central Coast

I HAVE ALOVE AND DISLIKE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CENTRAL COASTS …COASTAL FOG!  I AM ALL FOR THE COOL SENSATION IT BRINGS TO OUR SUMMER DAYS..OR IS THAT DAZE!  FOR WITHOUT THE FOGS MOISTURE AND COOLING TEMP  WE COULD NOT DRY-FARM OUR TOMATOES..IF THERE WAS NO FOG IT WOULD BE FRY-FARM TOMATOES…AND THIS MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO MOVE TO QUARTZITE ARIZONA AND START ALL OVER…NO REALLY..ALL DRAMA ASIDE..THREE HIPHIP HOORAYS TO THE FOG…BUT WHEN I HAVE TO TURN ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE WAY TO THE FARM AT 6.00AM….I WORRY FOR THE PLANTS..NOT THE TOMATOES BUT THE PLANTS ON WHICH THEY GROW.  MILDEW,BLIGHT,BLOSSOM END ROT, ON AND ON..I PRAY ON MY WAY TO THE FARM…I PRAY HARD THAT THE SUN WILL SHINE JUST ENOUGH TO DRY THE PLANTS OUT BEFORE THE EVENING FOG CREEPS BACK IN LIKE LITTLE CATS FEET ……..THIS WEEKS PICK…….

         DRY-FARMED FOGGY TOMATOES,POTATOES,MIXED LETTUCES,BASIL,CILANTRO,CHERVIL FOR YOUR CARROTS,BLANCO DI MAGIO ONIONS…SOUNDS LIKE AN ITALIAN DESIGNER ONION….MIXED ZUCCINI,JAPANESE CUCUMBERS,BEETS,AND   DRUM ROLL…SHELLING BEANS…..JUST TAKETHEM OUT OF THE POD…PLACE IN SALTED WATER AND BOIL….YOU CAN MAKE A SOUP..MINESTRONE WOULD BE GREAT…YOU CAN MAKE A TOMATOE RAGU AND SERVE WITH PASTA…YOU COULD MAKE A HYBRID TACO…THEY ARE DIVINE AND A SEASONAL FAVORITE OF MINE…A FRESH PROTEIN SOURCE….I HOPE TO HAVE ARUGULA THIS WEEK..AND A FEW RADISH…TO HELP YOUR DIGESTION…SALT OLIVE OIL SLICED RADISH…YUM…..FLOWERS!

      WE ARE OFF TO TUOLEME MEADOWS…NO BOXES ON THURSDAY!  SEE YA NEXT MONDAY AUG 10!

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