For the CSA, once again this week we are splitting a watermelon and a half-dozen ears of corn. I also picked up another bunch of rainbow chard. I think I will blanch and freeze half of it, since I didn’t quite make it through all of last week’s and I’m eating out at least two nights next week.

In addition, I picked up more heirloom tomatoes (so delicious!) and some peaches. The Reid’s farm folks said they should still have peaches for the next couple of weeks, which is a good thing. I’m hoping to make a peach chutney and perhaps some freezer jam.

For this week’s share, we’re splitting yet another watermelon. They are unbelievably delicious and I don’t think I will ever want to have anything to do with grocery store watermelon in the future. I also got a yellow bell pepper and a bunch of swiss chard. Elsewhere at Waverly, I picked up a few more heirloom tomatoes and a half pound of arugula. This week I’m planning to do some flatbread pizzas with most of the veggies, and probably work the arugula into sandwiches for lunch.

Last week, I had gotten a quart of half and half from South Mountain Creamery, mainly because I needed it for coffee when I got home and didn’t want to have to go back out. Thank heaven for my recent laziness–I don’t think I’ve ever had half and half that’s this creamy. It’s a good thing the price is comparable to getting it at the grocery store, because I’m a convert now, and will probably try their milk soon. Mostly, I use milk in my baking, so I’m not sure I’ll make that switch as well, but we’ll see.

This week, I picked up a delicious bunch of fresh arugula and some beets. The arugula provided three tasty salads incorporating pecans, fresh cherries, white beans and balsamic vinegar. This is something I often make with dried cranberries, and the cherry version was wonderful as well. (Though it could have used some goat cheese. I never got to the grocery store for it.) The beets I actually haven’t eaten yet, as I spent a lot of the week trying to catch up with veggies left over from the week before.

This week, Paul & Danielle are taking the whole share as I’m out of town; next week when they’re gone, I’ll take the whole thing!

This week we split our four items straight down the middle (literally). I got a half bunch each of chard, spinach and lettuce, and then some snap peas. Stay tuned for some recipes with that stuff.