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Dear Co-op Members, Delivery schedule: July 26; Aug. 9 & 23; skipping Sept. 6, so Sept. 13 & 27; Oct. 11 & 25; Nov. 8 & 22; Dec. 6 & 20; January 3.
Please find a sub for yourself if you will be away, or donate your share. Coordinators may have a list of people who will sub, but they may not, which is why we need your help in this. As a Co-op, each of us is needed to do his or her part and be responsible. Thanks for your help!
This week, we're getting New York ecologically grown cherries (coordinators/dividers: please make sure you have small bags for these,) (local peaches next delivery!) and organically grown basil, collard greens, green and cc0000 leaf lettuces, sugar snap peas (eat the pods) and mixed summer squashes, Delaware blueberries (order soon if you would like 20 lbs. to freeze, $60,) California carrots, eggplant, peaches and romanesco or broccoflower; grape cherry tomatoes from Mexico, Ecuadorian bananas and gold kiwi from New Zealand. The onion price is still ridiculous. Please call immediately with any quality questions.
Fruit shares are getting a honeydew melon, a Haden mango (probably, unless we end up having to substitute something else,) nectarines and cc0000 plums . Fruit shares are $20, or three or more, $17. Please order by Monday morning, or call to cancel or confirm by then as well.
A few new members are needed for the groups in Annandale, Teaneck, Waldwick, Valley Cottage and Staten Island. Please call with addresses and phone numbers of any potentially interested friends in these (or any) areas and we will send a brochure. Thank you to everyone who has helped us with this so far. Dividing instructions are in the manila envelope sent with each delivery. Dividers, please be vigilant about quality and call us right away so we can get ccc0000it from suppliers. Please get an ok from the office if you think it best not to give out an entire case of something. Always get an ok from the office before you divide two of something if the dividing instructions don't say to divide two cases, bags, etc. What's coming in the order email (Tues. for Wed./Thurs. groups; Thurs. for Sat. groups): Send your name and your coordinator's name to janit@verizon.net to get on the list.
How to make a Special Order: Call the office on Monday of your order week. Pay for your special orders by giving your coordinator a check before the delivery payable to Purple Dragon. Write the item and coordinator's name on the comment line. Or send it to us.
July Specials (look for more later this month) (Please call by Monday of your delivery week to order; Monday a week before for Wed. groups): Cool fruits freezer push-up juice pops, no sugar added, 42 1-oz., $10. Watermelon, $10 each 18 lb. Peaches or nectarines, $33; local slightly higher. Cherries, $50+ Rapunzel 25 oz. organic oils, Spanish olive, 2/$24 or canola, 2/$10. Org. maple syrup, dark, 12 oz. (glass) or 1 qt. (plastic,) $10. Honey, 5 lbs., $15. Sweetened tart dried cherries, 1 lb., $10. Rumford baking powder, aluminum-free, $3. Dried apricots, organic Turkish, 1 lb., $4. Figs, dried organic calmyrna, 1 lb., $6. Organic dried cranberries with sugar, $8/lb. Gin-gins hard or chewy ginger drops, 2/$5. Dried lavender flowers for potpourris, soaps, etc. 1 lb. $15; 2/$25; 3/$30. A great deal! Evert-fresh bags, 10 bags, small, $4; medium, $5; large, $7. Sunscreens, $8; 3/$25. Pantry pest grain moth traps, 2/$9; 6/$25. Large moth traps, $12 each Large Thompson raisins, organic, 1 lb. tubs (sell elsewhere for $5 and up), 2/$5. Potatoes, prior crop, 10 lbs., $5. great for potato salad. New crop, 5 lbs., $6. Stuffed grape leaves (vegan,) from Greece, 4.4 lbs. (about 50˜perfect for parties!) $15. Best, Purple Dragon Co-op: Flowers! Peasant bouquets, mostly zinnias, with calendula, sunflowers and other flowers in season. $6 each, 2/$0, or sign up for 10 weeks, $100, and get the 11th week free. Natural Insect Solutions: Prevent mosquito larva from hatching! Your town can use this instead of pesticides! Bt mosquito dunks for standing water, drainpipes, birdbaths, etc. $12/6; Moths in your kitchen? Pheremone traps for meal moths, in-cabinet, 2/$9 ea., 6/$25; larger hanging traps, $12 each; lures last 16 weeks. Cat flea collars, 2/$10. Zero Bite insect repellent, $8/4 oz.; boric acid ant bait, 6 filled traps, $8 or bottle of liquid (economical,) $6. Poison-free ant & roach spray, $8. Pyrethrum (natural) insect powder˜caution--kills all insects, 7 oz. $14.
Co-op Classifieds: It's the Yard Sale time of year; if your group does not have a scale, see if you can find one (I usually pay around $5) at a yard sale. The group can chip in to pay for it. Photography Services Portraits (family, children, pets); commercial (websites, brochures, products); events; architectural; public relations; restoration. Holly (201) 804-7782. For sale New HP MX75 flat screen monitor (in box) $150. Holly (201) 804-7782. Computer repairs (quick) and sales, pickup and delivery available, Ray (973) 746-1611 Elder Law Specialist: Wills, estate planning, living wills. Also closings. NY & NJ certified. Mary Wanderpolo (973) 744-5710. Co-op Classifieds are free to members 3-4 times per year, or you can send flyers (packed in 15s) to the office for distribution. We are not able to advertise multi-level products.
July organic coffee specials (shade tree grown and fair-traded, kosher): Iced Coffee Blend, Java Java, Sumatran in a French and Full City Roast, aromatic and complex yet mild; OR Dragon decaf, the same coffee in a Swiss water process decaf. 5 lbs., $45, (reg. $50.) Available whole bean or ground, roasted when ordecc0000. Smaller quantities: 12 oz. foil packages (last a year:) Catskill Mtn. blend, Zanzibar, or Cup o' Joe, 1/$8; 3/$21; Rip van Winkle Decaf.1/$9; $3/24; Go Nuts Hazelnut, with hazelnuts! 1 lb., $11 (not in foil.)
Special Order Organic/Eco Produce Items (Prices this week): We can special order almost anything--call! almonds, $8/lb. or 2/$14; avocadoes, 6, Hass, $10; broccoli, 3 heads, $6.; carrots, 25 lbs., $20.; dates, Medjool, $7/lb.; coconut date rolls, $4/lb. or 2/$7; non-fertile eggs, 5 dz., jumbo, $15.; medium, $10; garlic, 1 lb., $6; 2 lbs., $10; ginger, 1 lb., $7; grapes, $30/18 lbs.; mangoes, $15+/box (8-14); onions, 3# yellow, $5.; pecans, not org., 1 lb., $6, /$11; pine nuts, $12/lb., potatoes, 5 lbs., $6; 10 lbs., $5 (prior crop;) short grain brown rice, 5 lbs. $6.25.; strawberries, 12 pints, $25-40; walnuts, 1 lb., $8; 2/$15; watermelon, 3/$27 or 1/$10+.
Non-produce items: baby food grinders-$12; portable; puree regular food for baby; Bac Out stain & odor eliminator, 2/16 oz. bottles, $10; chopsticks, bamboo, 10 prs., $2; purple & pink floral, lacquecc0000, 12 prs.; $15; stainless steel food mill, 3 disks, applesauce, etc. $30 (no peeling!) organic cotton grocery bags, Purple Dragon logo, $15 each or 2/$25. 15 bags-$11 each; 30+, $10 each, (two pairs, one to drop off and one to carry veggies home;) cobalt blue glass mugs with etched PD logo, 12 oz., $15; Miracle pulp-ejecting juicers, 1. plastic, $100 (reg. $125,); 2. fancier model takes blender attachment, $150 (reg. $175;) 3. stainless, $300 (reg. $325.); coir bristle veggie brushes quickly clean carrots and potatoes instead of peeling, $5; Aqua Belle water filters, (www.geocities.com/aqua bellemfg,) highest quality, $90; replacement cartridges last two years, $35 (compare this to other systems!) fluoride-removing, $125; cartridges, $60; shower filters, (for soft, chlorine-free water,) $50; wood care polish, natural scent, 8 oz., $7.50.
Do you have a compost? If not, consider having one. It is an easy way to create topsoil for your yard, as well as an environmentally positive way to deal with veggie waste. Garden centers sell nice composters and there are many good books available about how to do this.
RECIPES! Check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PurpleDragonCo-op to trade recipes, ask for help with challenging veggies and chat. Like having a recipe Fairy Godmother! Thanks to Wendy Kelly, Teaneck pod.
Babaganoush 1-2 eggplants, pierced with a fork, baked at 350-400 on a tray with a lip until softsalt, pepper 1⁄4 cup each tahini
and olive oil and lemon juice 2 TBS. parsley flakes Scrape meat out of eggplant skin. Blend all ingcc0000ients together. Serve at room temperature or cold with pita triangles or crudités.
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