- asparagus: Grilled Asparagus
- spinach: Scrambled Eggs with Spinach & Parm
- salad greens
- green onions
- chives: How to Use Chives; Chive Vinaigrette
- fresh garlic…for eating or planting!
- free range eggs
Quoting our CSA member, “Oh, Sweet Eating…SPRING CSA is here!” This about sums up our excitement about the fresh spring greens and new alliums sprouting from the earth. We are ready for the next season of eating and for all of its cleansing nutrition to help invigorate our bodies after the winter.
A note about the fresh garlic…can you tell which is garlic and which is green onion? Smell is one way and the other I will explain. The garlic still has its roots attached and has some red streaking. If you want to eat the garlic as fresh garlic, simply mince the white and lower tender green parts up and use as you would garlic. If you’d like to plant these sprouting cloves, you can do you by planting them about 6″ apart in the garden. They would develop into small bulbs by July.
This past winter has been a challenging one for me. After really not feeling well from January through April, I finally found out I had lymes disease. It zapped my energy and stamina and caused several different neurological issues which were all strange and frustrating. After lots of testing and being left with no real answers nor plan of how to get my health back, I finally received a diagnosis of lymes and 2 coinfections from Dr. Lindsley in Bloomer, Wisconsin.
After being on treatment for the month of April, my energy levels are returning and the pain is decreasing. I’m feel like I recognize myself again and have much improved mental energy to tackle this season. So thank you for all of the well wishes and extra assistance from family and friends to keep things going as I got my health back on track.
One really does take their health for granted until they face difficulty. I’m grateful to have such good food around me as I feel my recovery time has increased due to healthy eating
, regular exercise, and supplements that helped support my immune system.
Springtime brings with it opportunity for wild foraging. Some of the things we gather include nettles, watercress, burdock root, morels, ramps, wood violets, and dandelions. If your yard or field is free of sprays, the dandelions are easy picking. We’ve made some pretty tasty wine over the years, and some not as tasty wine too. Here’s a link to a site that has all kinds of recipe ideas and info. Dandelions: Hear them Roar!