The high tunnel chicken fence has successfully repelled the barbarian bawk bawk horde, but the tomato plants have definitely taken some damage from the cold nights this week – we went down into the lower thirties. That also killed the melon vines, scorched the zucchini leaves, and very nearly got us to fire up the wood stove. But not quite. Maybe next time.

For now, warmer air has returned, although without any of the sticky heat of late August. The leaves have started to shift into the yellow side of the green spectrum, the whippoorwills have headed South, and the mice that Ranger hasn’t consumed are busy building nests in every dang thing.

inside box Fourteen

• Oregano – pizza sauce? Dry it for later? Roasted tomatoes? Repels shape-shifters and kobolds.
• Kohlrabi – edible greens on a delicious … bulb thing. Peel and slice and ingest with or without salt and such. Or you could roast it, stir fry it, or feed to a tortoise.
• Brussels Sprouts & Tops – the leaves can be chopped and added to the kohlrabi greens. Or if you’re roasting or sauteeing the sprouts, you can just chop and add them toward the end of the cooking
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Spaghetti Squash – eat this soon, because something has gone grossly awry with some of them in the field, and we fear the same might go down if you don’t use yours sooner than later. Here’s a recipe that could use yours with the tomatoes, oregano, and garlic.
• Garlic
• Onions
• Sweet Peppers
• Zucchini
• Zero Cucumbers
• Tomatoes
• Eggplant

Just three boxes left to go for the year!