Welcome to week #7 everyone! I am taking some time to relax with my kids for the holiday and have some family time. I hope everyone is having a good holiday weekend. Some early summer crops are starting to come in that we worked hard on this spring to have ready by July like cucumbers and tomatoes, but there are not quite enough this week for everyone so probably one more week on those I’m guessing and two at most before there is enough ripe for shares. I mowed and plowed in a lot of weeds this week which is a constant battle in organic farming but one we are winning this year for the most part. This week we have another nice share for you all including the list below…
Scallion/Green onion: These tender green onions can be used in their entirety from base to tip of the leaf. The variety we grow is very large and gives a lot of onion to go around I think these scallions are some of the best i’ve ever grown with very good flavor/sweetness and size.
Swiss Chard: Our chard comes in peppermint stick, rainbow, and deep red. It can be used anywhere you would use spinach and is a good substitute for it. I think it tastes best sautéed with olive oil or butter and goes great with garlic, eggs, pasta, it would make a good quiche or spinach/chard pie also.
Kale: Curly kale is going strong and also has lots of protein and vitamins to help keep you going strong.
Beets: Chioggia beets are our beet this week, these bright red colored roots are so sweet you can eat them raw shaved or make them into chips roasting them in the oven sliced thinly or just roast or grill them to bring out those wonderful sugars and flavors…. I like them best roasted.
Kohlrabi: We have three varieties of kohlrabi in purple, white and green and members will get 1-2 types this week. I always get questions at market about if the different colors taste different but the flavor of these is pretty similar imo. They re great raw as a snack or cooked.
Zucchini or summer squash. There should be enough this week to get everyone a baby squash or two. Normally we have them earlier in the year but all the late frost this year kept nipping our plants and setting them back a bit so it will be close on how much there is to go around this week but we will do our best as they pick up pace in growth with the recent rain.
Fennel: This sweet bulb with a light licorice flavor pairs well with kohlrabi grated for a tasty kohl slaw or sliced thin and mixed with fruit like citrus and or fish for a a salmon fennel salad. We’ve had it roasted in the oven at home this week with beets and also put it on grilled pizza.
That’s all the delicious veggie items coming this week folks, Its possible that I may add a crop like basil or cucumber if there is enough to go around this week. enjoy the bounty of our efforts here at the farm and we will keep on trucking through to bring on the veg! Thank you all for being CSA members, have a great holiday weekend and enjoy!
