{"id":5170,"date":"2015-06-01T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2016-04-08T09:28:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T09:28:17","slug":"a-note-from-marlene-june-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/a-note-from-marlene-june-1st\/","title":{"rendered":"A note from Marlene : June 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>A NOTE FROM MARLENE<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4450\" src=\"http:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_6456-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_6456\" width=\"550\" height=\"733\" \/>\r\n\r\nHello CSA Members,\r\n\r\nWhen I am visiting the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market on Saturdays, I\u2019ve been needing to bundle up. The fog, wind, and clouds are in stark\u00a0contrast to the weather on the farm. Out in Brentwood, summer is here. We\u00a0nearly reached 90 last week! The nights still get cool in the 50s, which brings\u00a0some respite.\r\n\r\nWeather plays a large part in a plant's life cycle, especially with our tomatoes.\u00a0Tomatoes, like me, don\u2019t love the cold. They need a minimum of 60 degrees to\u00a0set fruit. The hot days have balanced out our cooler nights, and we are already\u00a0seeing little green tomatoes on our plants. This has the kitchen in a tizzy to get\u00a0ready for the bounty they are about to face.\r\n\r\nChef Becky and Anna are planning to create some gourmet ketchups. Like\u00a0most Americans, I love ketchup, but had all but given it up since I couldn\u2019t\u00a0find a high quality one. (It is very difficult to find one using organic ingredients and without high fructose corn syrup.) Ketchup is a great condiment\u00a0since it can be used in so many ways: for dipping, on sandwiches, with eggs,\u00a0and on pizza, but it also allows for great versatility in its recipe. Chef Becky\u00a0and Anna are planning on using our heirloom and saucing tomatoes to make\u00a0delicious tomato ketchup bases and then add some flare to them. They will\u00a0definitely be making some with our delicious fruit, for that sweetness and\u00a0tang. Using jalape\u00f1os and peppers we are also grow- ing on the farm, there\u00a0will be spicy options too. Interesting spices and herbs will also make for\u00a0unique savory options.\r\n\r\nMaking sauces is a different ballgame from making our famous conserves, and\u00a0Chef Becky and Anna have been doing their homework. They are working on\u00a0get- ting their cannery license and looking into new equipment.\r\n\r\nAs time and creativeness allows, they are dreaming of pasta sauces, conserves,\u00a0and hot sauces. And of course the tomatoes will be used fresh in our cafe in\u00a0the Ferry Building in sandwiches, soups, and salads. Be sure to stop by this\u00a0summer!\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A NOTE FROM MARLENE Hello CSA Members, When I am visiting the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market on Saturdays, I\u2019ve been needing to bundle up. The fog, wind, and clouds are in stark\u00a0contrast to the weather on the farm. Out in Brentwood, summer is here. We\u00a0nearly reached 90 last week! The nights still get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-note-from-farmer-al"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HwAU-1lo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5174,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5170\/revisions\/5174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happychildcsa.com\/froghollowCSA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}