Week 4: July 9 - 13, 2007
Hi folks,
Summer is setting in, and that means there is never enough time to get everything accomplished. This is the time of year when folks start wondering why they are still farming...But I must say that I am in better mental shape this year than most - lots of help, lots of amazing weather (rain every day, just enough - is this Camelot). But the weeds are impressive. We are almost done with round one and hope to get started on round two this week (back to the onions and leeks). We will turn our weeding attention to celery, cucumbers, finish up the beans, melons and squash, finish the brassicas and peppers. We will mulch the summer squash and the cucumbers, and cut more hay.
This week we have for you beet greens, garlic scapes, mesclun, chives, shell peas, chard, collards, cilantro, snap peas, flowers, carrots. Don't get you shelling peas mixed up with your snap peas. There will be more next week when they come in stronger. Next week the beet greens will turn into beets. This is the last week for garlic scapes. Next week we will have the real thing.
Garlic harvest starts today - a solid week ahead of normal - yes climate change.
Last chance to order Asparagus to Zucchini - $15 here by Friday.
Gotta run...see recipes below and be well.
Julie
Recipes
Dear CSA Members,
For week Four
I have attached a new greens recipe for you to try this week. Don't forget to add garlic scapes to anything you cook for a great garlic flavor.
Nina Marcinowski
Julie,
I found this recipe and it is a great recipe for greens. Very different and very, very good. I have now made it several times its so good. This week I used the garlic scapes and sauteed those with some onion. I then added some mushrooms and then the greens. I steemed the greens in a frying pan instead of boiling them. I don't like to boil greens! Then I used feta cheese and Salpica cilantro green olive salsa. It was amazing.
Angela Bailey