- Bok choy : Bok choy with Sesame Dressing
- Red Fire Lettuce
- Spinach: spinach stuffing balls
- Garlic chives: White Bean and garlic scape dip
- green onions
- Broccoli: honey ginger stir fry
- kale, red bor: roasted red bor kale salad
- kohlrabi: kohrabi fritters with dill yogurt sauce, kohlrabi slaw
- full shares only: baby summer squash
Herb share subscribers: basil, dill, parsley, oregano, thyme
It appears we may have a little stretch of sunshine for the week. I think I can hear haybines cutting hay in every valley around me. This summer has proven especially difficult to make and dry any hay. Usually by this time, some are starting to make their second crop of hay but this season we are just beginning our first crop. The hay is older than it should be and tangled together, but it simply needs to cut, dried, and taken off the field so another crop can grow. Thankfully the thistles and weeds haven’t yet set seed. Let’s hope for drying winds and sunshine for the rest of the week.
The moisture has made things lush in the garden. The kohlrabi are very tender this year, even the skins are thin and edible yet. We have a link to another slaw recipe as well as a fritter recipe which is accompanied by a dill yogurt sauce.
We think that next week the snap peas might be ready along with the first summer squash for everyone. Basil will also come in next week’s share.
Update on the chickens…we have replenished our flock with 150 laying hens from a farm in Westby. The new hens are laying at about 85% so our egg problems have been solved for now. We plan to order some new chicks of different breeds in August so they begin laying in early spring next year.
Eat Well. Smile Often.
Your Farmer,
Heather