CSA #2
June 10
I'm so glad you all found your way to your first baskets last week...it was a crazy week with way too much going on...plant sale, our first CSA, Farmer's Market, Veg Fest, a whole lot of planting to do and i was off to a basketball tournament with my son for the weekend. It happens to all of us, too many things scheduled... and we really paid for it this week, where neither of us could really shake off the tired. Gladly, our weekend looks quiet and some rain is on the way. Our plant sale ends this week and back to the farm i get!
Some very, very green baskets this week, especially for the extra greens members. I apologize for the lack of labels but i am sure with the help of the newsletter you should be able to make sense of it all!
In your baskets this week:
Kale
Mustard Greens
Broccoli ( all is edible...stalk and greens too)
Greens Mix ( cooking but can also be used as a salad base)
Cucumber
Herb Bag with a few Garlic Scapes some thyme and oregano)
X-Greens: an extra cucumber, cilantro, Swiss Chard and extra Kale
Indigo tomatoes are absolutely beautiful tomatoes. These here are Chestnut Chocolate. Pruned and tied the outside cherry tomatoes this week.
We also had our first ripe tomatoes this week. We devote our greenhouse to cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers (this year sweet).
Oregano and Thyme with Yellow Wonder Alpine Strawberries. These strawberries... ordered a pack last year, seeded them all since they are supposed to be hard to germinate. All sprouted...sat in trays forever....end of season i finally planted them and they took off and we had berries at the end of the season. We have quite a large and beautiful patch of these. The only downfall is the harvest time...which is ridiculously long.
We had a few chilly days this week and feeling tired...i made up a pretty quick satisfying soup using many items in your basket.
I sautéed chopped garlic scape with thyme and mustard stalks. Then i added a box and 2 cubes of vegetable broth with the mustard greens and a can of white navy beans and some small noodles. When nearly ready i added lots of fresh oregano, salt, pepper and ground red pepper flakes (cayenne).
You can add bacon or prosciutto ... cheese etc. A sprinkle of cinnamon is also tasty! I had mine with some amazing dairy free cheese we got from veg fest.
Last year we had a row of flowers here but this year this extra garden got planted to more cherry tomatoes and a front row of Dwarf Tomatoes.
Some of the spinach in your cooking greens.
Every so often, herbs need to be replaced. All the sage was ripped this spring and a fresh crop will go in. I did leave 1 plant to flower because it's just so beautiful against my old weathered picket fence.
Looks like we'll have some shelling peas ready.
Have a great week everybody!
Shirley
June 10
I'm so glad you all found your way to your first baskets last week...it was a crazy week with way too much going on...plant sale, our first CSA, Farmer's Market, Veg Fest, a whole lot of planting to do and i was off to a basketball tournament with my son for the weekend. It happens to all of us, too many things scheduled... and we really paid for it this week, where neither of us could really shake off the tired. Gladly, our weekend looks quiet and some rain is on the way. Our plant sale ends this week and back to the farm i get!
Some very, very green baskets this week, especially for the extra greens members. I apologize for the lack of labels but i am sure with the help of the newsletter you should be able to make sense of it all!
In your baskets this week:
Kale
Mustard Greens
Broccoli ( all is edible...stalk and greens too)
Greens Mix ( cooking but can also be used as a salad base)
Cucumber
Herb Bag with a few Garlic Scapes some thyme and oregano)
X-Greens: an extra cucumber, cilantro, Swiss Chard and extra Kale
Indigo tomatoes are absolutely beautiful tomatoes. These here are Chestnut Chocolate. Pruned and tied the outside cherry tomatoes this week.
We also had our first ripe tomatoes this week. We devote our greenhouse to cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers (this year sweet).
Oregano and Thyme with Yellow Wonder Alpine Strawberries. These strawberries... ordered a pack last year, seeded them all since they are supposed to be hard to germinate. All sprouted...sat in trays forever....end of season i finally planted them and they took off and we had berries at the end of the season. We have quite a large and beautiful patch of these. The only downfall is the harvest time...which is ridiculously long.
Mustard Greens and their delicious flower buds. Unlike Kale Mustards are pretty short lived in warm weather, it's already the end until fall.
We had a few chilly days this week and feeling tired...i made up a pretty quick satisfying soup using many items in your basket.
I sautéed chopped garlic scape with thyme and mustard stalks. Then i added a box and 2 cubes of vegetable broth with the mustard greens and a can of white navy beans and some small noodles. When nearly ready i added lots of fresh oregano, salt, pepper and ground red pepper flakes (cayenne).
You can add bacon or prosciutto ... cheese etc. A sprinkle of cinnamon is also tasty! I had mine with some amazing dairy free cheese we got from veg fest.
Last year we had a row of flowers here but this year this extra garden got planted to more cherry tomatoes and a front row of Dwarf Tomatoes.
Looks like we'll have some shelling peas ready.
Have a great week everybody!
Shirley
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