Eggs & Extras - May 2, 2012

Good morning, people who eat eggs and green vegetables!

Nice and cool and rainy here.  I hope to do some more transplanting later today while this gentle weather holds.

Today's List:

Eggs - 2 dozen - $4.00 each

Radishes - 4 bunches - $1.25 each

Sorrel - 1 nice bunch - $2.00 - vegetable sleeper item - so nice and lemony, great with potatoes or eggs

Pak choy - 4 bags - $2.00 each

Buttercrunch lettuce - 2 bags - $2.00 each

Mesclun - 5 bags - $3.00 each

Turnips - 4 big bunches (with turnips, 2 vegetables in one) - $2.50 each

Swiss Chard - 2 bunches - $3.50 each

It is VERY helpful if people return clean, dry bags.  Especially the heavy weight freezer bags.  I'll put a bag on the porch for returns.  Thank you!

Email or call if you want me to save something for you.  Or just stop by and take pot luck.

Harvest News:

Today I picked the first of the head LETTUCE, some sweet and tender Buttercrunch.  

Today's nutrition bargain:  I picked all the Hakarei TURNIPS that had bolted.  Some have formed round, delicious roots and some got too hot before they could root up, so they are for greens.  Each bunch has at least 5 round roots.  Last week I tried cooking the tops, including the buds and flowers, and they are delicious!  Think broccoli raab...  They would make a nice addition to salad.  I also grated the roots, added chopped up radishes, and seasoned the mix with rice vinegar, mirin, sugar and cayenne.  This made a really nice (and pink!) side dish.

The CHARD is the best I have ever grown, large, tender and tasty.  Something about the protection of the hoophouse, I guess.

The MESCLUN in the HH may be slowing down a bit.  There will be head lettuces to take up the slack and the outside mesclun is nearly ready for thinning so there will be plenty of salad greens.

I will probably pick some NETTLES on Saturday and will share if you ask for them.  Otherwise, Rob and I will eat them up.  You can check the "farm stand" blog for updates.

If you feel like playing in the dirt this Saturday, stop by for our first Sweet Morning Farm Work Bee!  The next Bee will be June 2.  Farm Picnic will be Saturday, August 18. 

Sweet Morning Farm Shares still available.  I'd love to have you as a farm member!

Full Shares:  $600.00 to $675.00  (20 - 24 weeks, weather dependant, starting May 17)
Half Shares:  $300.00 to $350.00  (20 - 24 weeks, weather dependant, starting May 17)
Mini Shares:  $100.00 (16 weeks - starting June 7)
Extended Mini Shares:  $125.00 (20 weeks - starting June 7)  (Only 1 left.)
Pick up at the Farm on Thursday afternoons.

Have a great day,

Laura

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Harvest - April 18, 2012

It is so amazing and wonderful to have so much ready to pick this early in the season.  Thank you, people for experimenting with me while I create this new method of sharing food.  Let me know if you have suggestions to make the system work better.  Also let me know if you know of a working refrigerator that the farm could have.  I think that would help us all.

Hi Gang,

I am a very slow picker and there was a surprising amount ready to pick.  Hurray!

Here's the list:

Mesclun - 4 bags - $3.00 each

Swiss chard - 1 bunch - $3.00 - the first of the season

Chicory - 1 bunch - $3.00 - like dandelion greens but milder

Spinach - 4 bags - $3.00 each

French sorrel - 1 bunch - $1.00 - lemony

Radishes - 4 bunches - $1.25 each

Pea shoots - 1 bags - $2.00 each

Eggs - 2 dozen large - $4.00 each

Pictures of the vegetables here:

I am heading out this afternoon (Wed) but I will leave some mesclun, spinach, eggs and radishes in the little frig.  I'll be back by supper time and will reserve items after that.

Thanks for your interest and support.  I am so glad people are enjoying the vegetables.  

Coming soon (next week?): full sized pak choy and more kale.  So neat.

Have a great day,

Laura

Saturday, April 7

Still available:
2 half pound bags of really tasty spinach - $3.00 each
1 bunch of tender radishes - $1.25
1 bunch sorrel - $1.00
(See this post or this one for some sorrel cooking ideas.)

I have lots of pea shoots that need picking but I am into planting at this morning.  If you want some, I am happy to pick them, or hand you the harvest scissors for Pick Your Own.

What a great day!

Eggs and Extras - April 4, 2012

It's so much fun to be picking vegetables so early in the season.  I've been eating spinach for several weeks and I recommend keeping some washed and ready in the frig for spinach salads and spinach/garlic omelets.  Yum.

Speaking of washing, it's up to you to wash your greens.  Sometimes I rinse them just to get the soil off or to chill the greens but all the produce you get from my farm needs proper washing at your house.

Early next week we'll be getting a new batch of chicks!  They'll be staying in the kitchen for a week or so but if you want to see some cuteness, I am happy to show them to you.

Not ready yet but coming along in the hoophouse: white salad turnips and pak choy.

Available Today:

Eggs - 2 1/2 dozen (yes, it's fine to just get 1/2 dozen!) $4.00/dozen

Radishes - 2 bunches - $1.25 each

Mesclun - 6 bags - $3.00/bag

Pea shoots - 1 bag - $2.00

Sorrel - 1 bunch - $1.00

Arugula - 1 bunch - $2.00

Spinach - 5 bags - $3.00/bag (This was overwinter in a low tunnel, planted late last summer.)

Kale - 1 bunch (I just couldn't resist picking this.  A preview of what will be in the May farm shares.)

Enjoy your vegies!

Laura

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March 28, 2012

Today's Pickings

This is March, right?
I guess this is what it means to have a hoophouse!  I am thrilled.  Today I picked a fair amount of fresh green things for you.

More pictures of today's harvest:

(You don't need to use facebook to see these.)

No extra eggs at the moment but only because several people have reserved some.  The hens are laying at least 1 1/2 dozen a day so just say the word if you want some on the weekend.

5 bags mesclun - includes tiny Pak Choy in bud (think broccoli) and lots of arugula and mustard - $3.00 each
3 bunches radishes - the first of the season, tender and crunchy - $1.25 a bunch
1 bunch chicory - slightly bitter yet sweet and juicy - $2.50
1 bunch Red Garnet mustard greens - $2.50
3 bags microgreens - mostly mizuna and the last microgreens for awhile - $1.00 a bag
3 bags pea shoots - $2.00 a bag
1 bunch French sorrel - $1.00

Usually I remember to leave some eggs and other extras in the porch frig when I am out.  As long as someone's name is not on the item, it's available.  Email, call, check the "Farm Stand" blog, or feel free to stop by and take a chance that there will be something yummy for you.

Please return clean, dry bags, if possible.  Thanks.
Laura