SUGARSNAP PEAS (F/P) These are edible-podded peas. Just snap the top, pull any strings that may come with it and pop it in your mouth.
KOHLRABI (F/P) Introducing the kohlrabi – We have enough for everyone to get one. More are on their way. Peel it well and eat raw or cook lightly.
LETTUCE (F2/P1) Too much lettuce in your fridge? Check Tom’s recipe for wilted lettuce salad.
STRAWBERRIES (F/P) A quart for all. What a great crop this year! We are glad so many of you came out for u-pick and ordered bulk. Who can say n”No” to a fresh, local, no-spray strawberry? Non-organic berries, as a picker on Saturday said, are “chemical sponges”.
GARLIC SCAPES (F/P) The hardneck garlic’s flower stalk. Very edible and tasty. Great with the creamy garlic dressing we make at the farm with our fresh eggs. A different version than last week’s yogurt-based recipe, Tom’s got a link this week.
BROCCOLI (P) We are happy to get the partial shares their “fair share” of broccoli. It has been a disappointing harvest and this is the last of it. Luckily the plants made one last dash and made lots of side-shoots after the main head was picked.
HERB CHOICE (F) Rosemary, taragon, garlic chives or a dried herb
SPRING ONIONS (F) A bit of a bulb on these, but still with fresh tops.
KALE OR CHARD (F) The greens love all of this moisture. Expect more in the weeks to come.
NEXT WEEK: More peas, lettuce, strawberries and kohlrabi. Cabbage and spring turnips.
FARM REPORT: The fields were filled this past weekend thanks to an amazing strawberry harvest. The weather was perfectly pleasant and lots of you came out with family and friends in tow.
As the berry harvest winds down, our CSA harvest mornings will be given over to the pea patch, which is looking great. Peas have a short season here in the southern Midwest, but our healthy plants this year remind me of our beginnings back at Peacework Organic Farm in Newark, New York. Tom and I met in the spring on the farm. Western New York has beautiful farmland, well-drained soil and good people. Congrats to all the farmers there and the Genessee Valley CSA – 25 years and still going strong: www.gvocsa.org .
