June 21, 2011

June 21, 2011

Hi Everyone,

After some difficult spring weather, things seem to be really shaping up. Tomatoes and peppers are starting to fruit on the vine; little potatoes are growing underground and we hope to have carrots in about two weeks. In talking to some other farmers who have lost fields of potatoes due to the cold, wet spring and rows of peas due to an extremely hot week of weather and had to plow under fields of sweet corn because “it just wasn’t coming up right,” we’re all relieved to be having some pleasant, consistent weather with just the right amount of rain. We’re just hoping that we are not visited by the brown marmorated stink bug!

In this week’s share:

cilantro (if you haven’t tried the Cilantro Pesto/Spread recipe, it’s a great way to use the entire bunch of
cilantro and it stores and freezes well)
radishes
garlic
garlic scapes
collard greens
callaloo
purslane (a vegetable with some of the highest levels of Omega-3)
2 heads of lettuce
green onion
parsley
kohlrabi (see recipe page)

Enjoy!

Lisa, Lauren & Jacob