- Mixed Salad Greens 3/4#
- Asparagus 1.5#: Quinoa Salad with Asparagus, Goat Cheese, and Olives
- Spinach 3/4#: Sauteed Spinach
- Green Onions
- Chives: Asparagus with Poached Egg, Tarragon, & Chives
- Radishes
- Garlic Chives (flat leaf, smells like garlic)
- Eggs
We have been busy trellising our tomatoes in the high tunnels and prepping trellis for cucumbers, peas, and outside tomatoes. The high tunnel maters are looking great all mulched with drip irrigation, first flowers and some babies starting to develop. Soon, this space will become a jungle and so our regular pruning of the plants to single leaders growing tall will help keep the air flowing around the plants as well as focus the plants’ energy on fruit production.
The arrival of the pigs is quickly approaching. Fencing had to be moved and set up to create a space in the back area of the garden for them to root, eat, and grow. The pigs are always wonderful company out in the garden, and they completely appreciate us sharing our extra produce with them.
Perhaps next week I can share a video about the morning opening of the chicken popholes. It’s Mercedes routine to go feed the chickens and then open the popholes after she wakes up. She readies the feeders, opens the doors, and then the girls run staight for the feeders in a single file line the full distance of their pasture. It’s really quite funny. Actually, the chickens are so interesting to watch that we often get cars that pass by stopping to enjoy the show. Ashlan is thinking a lemonade stand out by the road with eggs for sale might be a good idea this summer.
Summer CSA update:
The Summer CSA begins Wednesday, June 18th. A reminder email with odd/even week assignments for those that are every other week will be sent out shortly. If you would like eggs added to your CSA box, let me know so we can add you to the list. Questions/Egg Requests? Email Heather
Wood-Fired Pizza Schedule:
Now that it’s June, we’re open BOTH Thursdays and Fridays, 4:30-9pm, through the end of August. When school starts in September, we’ll go back down to just Fridays.
Live Music this Friday…with Jeff White 6-9pm.
Click to read the latest Chicago Tribune article about farms that serve pizza, including your very own Suncrest Gardens Farm.
Your Farmer,
Heather
Eat Well. Smile Often.