June 18, 2014

Just when you think you get ahead...the rain begins and the weeds start again. The cooler weather last week was great. The beans, beets, carrots and onions were all found and exposed to the sunlight.                                             

In Your Share

·         Kale

·         Green Onions

·         Spinach

·         Radishes

·         Snap Peas

Recipe

Kale 

Kale Chips - remove the thick stems and tear into bite sized pieces.  Drizzle kale with olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt and bake at 350 until the edges are light brown.

Or throw kale into any soup or stew.

Peas - 

Sauteed Snap Peas

1/2 pound fresh sugar snap peas

 Remove and discard the stem end and string from each sugar snap pod.

Heat 1tbs. olive oil in a saute pan over medium high heat.  Add sugar snap peas, 1 tsp. kosher salt and 1/2 tsp. black pepper and saute, tossing occasionally for 3-5 minutes until the peas are crisp tender.

What’s Happening on the Farm

 Weeding, planting, more weeding.  

 

 

 

April 7, 2014

Spring Greens was supposed to start last week!!  After this long and cold winter, I would have thought that we all were waiting patiently for spring, but it seems like the winter just now left and spring thinking can finally happen. 

The bad news is...

The severe winds took a toll on the plastic covering of one of the greenhouses.  

And more bad news...

 
The spring greens are barely above ground.  All things are behind due to the late cold temperatures.  Even the layer of plastic couldn't raise the soil temperature until late March. 


The good news...  We will make sure you get the correct weeks of greens, but we may have to add this at the end of the season - like a season extension, instead of all of the weeks before summer.  I hope this will be agreeable and will keep you informed of the expected start date.

The cold spring will also delay other early vegetables like potatoes, cabbage, broccoli and onions.   However with the recent weather conditions, the ground is warming and spring gardening should be back to normal.