- Spring Onions
- Fennel Bulb & Fronds: Fennel Frond Pesto
- Broccoli: Broccoli with Garlic Butter and Cashews
- Kohlrabi: Fennel and Kohlrabi Salad
- Kale: Crispy Sesame Kale Chips
- Lettuce
- Purple Snap Beans: Grilled Green Beans, Foil Pouch Grilled Beans
- Cucumbers
- Summer Squash: Gold/Green Zucchini, pattypan squash: Zucchini Brownies with 1 Minute Frosting, Zucchini Pizza Crust
- Carrot
- One ripe tomato, full shares only…more to come!
Herb Shares: Oregano, Basil, Parsley, Thyme, Mint
Everyone receives large bags of broccoli this week as the broccoli harvest is really rolling in. Even though we harvest the broccoli twice a week, there are always a couple that still get minor bits of yellowing on the heads. Instead of throwing these heads out, we choose to chop them up and preserve them for our winter CSA. We feel that these heads are still fine to eat, but hanging out in your fridge for the week would be less than ideal. Trying to utilize all the food that is grown in the garden in our CSA program, on our wood-fired pizzas, or lastly to feed the animals here helps us to efficiently maximize how far our 3 acres of garden will feed our farm members and help our small farm maintain its sustainability. Freezing, pickling, and preserving food during the busy summer harvest does require extra effort and organization to keep on top of everything from week to week.
Right now we have a mix of cucumbers coming in. Some our the pickling cucumbers which are mostly going towards our winter refrigerator pickle supply. The others are slicers which are either yellow (a variety called Silver Slicer which took a High Mowing Seeds gold medal for their 2013 taste test), smooth skin long cucumbers which are not overly abundant yet, and some other marketmore slicers which are your typical looking green slicer. You can use the cucumbers interchangeably in cucumber salads. If there are some seeds that are bigger than you like, simply scoop the centers out of the cucumber making boat like shapes and slice the remaining cucumber into half moons.
We are open both Thursday and Friday through the end of August, 4:30-9pm. In September, we’re open only Friday evenings.
Special music this Friday, July 25th MANFORT 8-11pm, bar open late.
Eat Well. Smile Often.
Your Farmer,
Heather