Week 5.

Fava beans, garlic scapes, a few tomatoes and more! Enjoy!

Summer - week 4!

Summer week 3

Peas, scapes, beans, beets and more!

Summer week 2

I've moved into the year 2010. Here's a post from the I-phone. :)

Summer - Week 1, May 30 & June 2

Hello -
The first week was a good one compared to last year as the weather has been so much warmer and drier than last year.  Hope you enjoyed the veggies.  Here is what we distributed:

1. A nice bunch of chard
2. A bag of spinach - good for salads
3. A bag of lettuce - pretty tasty
4. A bunch of carrots.  Hope you enjoy them - they were planted January 9th in the small hoop.  It might be a few weeks before we get carrots again.  I often wash them and scrub them instead of peeling so that I don't waste the carrot.
5. A pint of peas (either shelling peas or sugar snaps) or a quart of fava bean shoots.  The peas are best raw.  The fava shoots are tasty if you cook them until soft - I saute in oil and salt and add water to steam.  It takes a while to cook - maybe 15 minutes.
6. A bunch of arugula - this is good raw as a snack or in a salad or saute.  One of the highest in protein of greens.  The buds and flowers are a special treat - kind of nutty.
7. A bunch of mustard - if you still have the arugula and mustard, try mixing into a pesto with a little oil and salt.  It's tasty on sandwiches or as a side with eggs or on pasta.
8. A bunch of green onions.  These are actually immature bulbing onions and are very tasty.  You can eat the whole thing.
9. A bunch of cilantro.
10. Some thyme, oregano, chives and sage.

Enjoy!

Spring - Week 8 - May 9

The following items are planned to be harvested tomorrow:

1. Radishes or turnips (or both if we have enough)
2. Lettuce
3. Spinach
4. Chard
5. Choi
6. Leeks
7. Green garlic (it might be difficult to tell between the leeks and garlic but you should be able to smell the difference. Also, the green garlic should be smaller than the leeks.)
8. Either salad mix or bunch of other greens
9. Some sage and maybe other herbs
10. Some cilantro
11. Maybe another cooking green - we're pulling a lot of plants out of the hoops right now (in order to plant tomatoes and peppers) so something might be available as an optional choice

Week 7

Week 7's box included the following:

1. One kale plant - strip the leaves and sprouts off of this plant and cook as usual
2. One bunch of yukina savoy or mizuna - either can be eaten fresh or cooked
3. Beet greens or turnip greens or turnips or beets
4.  Bunch of lettuce
5. Bag of spinach
6. Salsify - see my e-mail from last week re. how to use this root veggie
7. Parsley or cilantro
8. Sorrel - chop up and use fresh in a salad or cook lightly and use in place of lemon - very tasty
9. One or two heads of garlic - this is nearing the end of its storage life so some cloves are sprouting but most are still good.
10. Some thyme