• RT @eatSlow: “You know you are doing something right when there is dirt on the cutting board” -my sister Anna, on unpacking her CSA share. #

• Tonia is back from her {long} vacation. Hip hip hooray! #
• RT @CountryLiving: The only color photos from the early 1940s. Amazing. http://bit.ly/clEytb - Wow! #

• Happy August! August means chiles (mid-month or so). We. Can’t. Wait. #
• RT @groupable:CSAs w/most #influence: 5. @frogbottomfarm 4. @SlowFoodCSA 3. @henhousemarket 2. @GrowingOwnFood 1. @crookedskyfarms<=wow! #
• RT @RoadrunnerPark: crooked sky farms is back today! #
• RT @RoadrunnerPark: No rain @roadrunnerpark right now! #

We just got a tweet yesterday from Groupable that we have the number one influence score for CSAs on the internet.  That’s pretty nifty.  I guess people are interested in what we have to say.  Please contact us to let us know what you’d like to hear more about…recipes, Frank, what’s going on in the dirt…

Another top “influencer” is Camel Community Supported Agriculture in Cornwall UK.  We follow each other now on Twitter. I just checked out their website and they post some pretty delicious looking recipes.  The latest is for runner beans/green beans.  How perfect, it’s green bean time for our CSA too!

It looks truly scrumptious.  Here it is with appox. conversions.  Here’s their post.: Runner Beans with Cream and Savory.

Seasonal recipe No 56: Runner beans with cream and savory

A different way with runner beans from Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook. She calls it ‘a delicious soft, creamy dish that is good with roast chicken. It also makes a tasty quick pasta sauce.’ If you don’t have savory, you can use thyme instead.

Serves 4

Preparation/cooking: 20 minutes

Ingredients
450g runner beans (approx 2 cups)
salt and black pepper
150ml double cream (about 3/4 cup)
1 garlic clove, peeled
1 tbsp chopped summer savory or thyme, plus more to serve
grated parmesan cheese, to serve

Method
String and slice the beans and cook them uncovered in rapidly boiling salted water for 3 minutes until they are just tender. Plunge into cold water and drain.

Put the cream, garlic clove and savory or thyme in a saucepan. Add salt and pepper. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and leave for 10 minutes for the flavours to merge. Take out the garlic.

Add the beans, put back on the heat and stir to heat them through. Scatter more savory or thyme and plenty of parmesan over the top.