Harvest Week 32:11/21/2011
Carrots Cabbage (Green) Garlic Onions Parsnips Potatoes Rutabaga Winter Squash Herbs for this Week Orange Mint Peppermint Thyme This is our last week of season 2011. As you leave us for the winter months, we encourage you to purchase organic, local produce when available. When we vote local with our wallets, our community is enhanced by the common, social economic interest of where we live. I don’t speak only of small, organic, local agriculture,... Read More
Harvest Week 31:11/14/11
This photo represents a medium share Bok Choy Carrots Eggplant Garlic Leeks Onions Peppers Potatoes (fingerlings) Winter Squash Herbs for this Week. Chives Peppermint Sage This week I was searching for different methods of cooking winter squash for the holidays After perusing many recipes, my own recipe began to formulate. This dish is not overly sweet and all of the ingredients blend harmoniously. Maple Glazed Acorn Squash with... Read More
Harvest Week 30:11/07/2011
Broccoli or Cauliflower (Romanesco) Carrots Eggplant or Peppers Garlic Green Mix Leeks Onions Potatoes Winter Squash Herbs for this week. Marjoram Peppermint Thyme Natural Versus Certified Organic Do you purchase natural breakfast cereals? The information below might be of interest to you. An excerpt from http://www.cornucopia.org/ “Federal law requires that organic food products be produced promoting ecological sustainability, without the toxic inputs and genetically... Read More
Harvest Week 29/10/31/2011
This Photo represents a medium share. Broccoli Cabbage (Green) Carrots Collad Garlic Kale - Red Russian Potatoes Yukon Gold Rutabaga Turnips Parsnips For salads Winter Squash Herbs for Lemon Balm Marjoram Sage Most of you know that I promote a plant food diet. In the past, I have recommend several films for you to watch and learn more about local foods, making healthy food purchases, etc. If you have not seen Forks over Knives, please do. “This... Read More
Harvest Week 28:10/24/2011
This photo represents a small share. Broccoli Cabbage (Green) Carrots Celeriac Garlic Green Mix Kale-Siberian Onions Potatoes (Russet) Winter Squash Herbs for this Week. Apple Mint Fennel Seeds Thyme I’m back again encouraging you to watch Wit. It is a film that touches us deeply. Adopted from the Pulitzer prize-Winning drama, this film focuses on an English professor who is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. The patient literally speaks to us,... Read More
Harvest Week 27:10/17/2011
This Photo represents a medium share. Beets or Celeriac Bok Choy Broccoli Carrots Eggplant Garlic Lettuce and Endive Onions Potatoes (Red) Spinach and Escarole Herbs for the Week Catnip Marjoram Peppermint This week’s red potatoes are best for roasting. The inside remains moist while the outside layer is crispy. A mix of baby Spinach and escarole is part of this week’s menu.; baby greens should be consumed within a day or two. Some of you... Read More
Harvest Week 26: 10/10/2011
This photo represents a small share Beets Carrots Parsnips Cabbage (Green) Garlic Green Mix lettuce Onions Potatoes Rutabaga It has been a rainy, early October. Not the best weather for leafy vegetables, or for that matter, not any vegetable. Mold grows rapidly, causing tissue breakdown, which translates to rot. All of the winter squash is now on racks to be cured over the two weeks before we include them in your shares. Potatoes are all harvested and in storage... Read More
Harvest Week 25:10/003/2011
This photo represents a small share. Beets Bok Choy Carrots Garlic Green Mix Leeks lettuce Parsnips Peppers (Bell or Sweet Banana) Potatoes (fingerlings) Herbs for the Week. Basil Marjoram Thyme Next week we will be distributing green tomatoes. Winter squash plants are coming to the end of their lives. Typically we wait about a week for the fruit to cure on the vines before harvesting, but with the current amount of rain fall, harvesting will... Read More
Harvest Week 24/09/26/2011
This photo represents a small share. Bok Choy Cabbage (Green) Carrots Garlic Eggplant or Peppers Leeks lettuce Onions Potatoes Rutabaga Herbs for the Week. Chives Lemon Balm Sage Eggplant is on the menu for this week and if you are not sure how to prepare it here, try this easy recipe. From Food Network: Courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis Ingredients 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium size eggplant, ends trimmed, cut into 1-inch wide slices 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts 3... Read More
Harvest Week 23/09/19/2011
This photo represents a small share. Beets Carrots Corn Garlic Leeks lettuce Scallions Spigariello Liscia or Mizuna Rutabaga Herbs for this week. Basil Cilantro Thyme When I read that rain was to arrive, I lost hope of having ripe tomatoes this year. Now with hot weather forecasted for the next couple of days I will hold off on harvesting greens tomatoes for this week. Perhaps they will ripen before the temperature drops again. If not, green... Read More