If we thought the bunny rescue threw a wrench in our day, we really got our fill of unexpected events this last Friday. Friday is our busiest day of the week as we work to harvest, wash, and pack all of the orders for Saturday delivery, so we always hope that everything outside of the farm work goes as smoothly as possible. Last Friday, however, our day started with a toad in our kitchen, continued with a mid-afternoon severe thunderstorm that knocked out our power, and ended with us packing orders in the near dark! Because we rely on a well for our water and our well is powered by an electric pump, when we lose power we also lose water. Unsurprisingly, not having water makes the entire vegetable washing process fairly challenging! So from about 3 until 5:30 we had to stop working and just wait. Fortunately, the power did come back on and we were able to finish up washing and packing everything before it was completely dark outside!
While the storm produced some heavy winds and rain, all of the veggies on the farm seem to have taken it more or less in stride and are continuing to put on good growth every day. Our newest addition to the harvest list is the arrival of garlic scapes! These flowering parts of the garlic plant are one of our personal favorite crops every year. We especially love using them to make garlic scape pesto or as a substitute in anything calling for raw garlic as they have a slightly sweeter flavor than traditional raw garlic while still providing that same tang. The garlic scape season is only a few weeks long, so make sure to give them a try while they’re around!
The online store will open on Thursday at noon. Thank you for your support!
Farmers Katie & Mike
Harvest List:
- Garlic scapes
- Lettuce salad mix
- Lettuce heads
- Arugula
- Radishes
- Hakurei turnips
- Scarlet Ohno turnips
- Red Russian kale
- Lacinato kale
- Curly green kale
- Spring Onions
- Kohlrabi
- Collard Greens
- Rainbow Chard
- Strawberries
- Carrots
- Cabbage
Coming soon:
- Beets
- Snap peas
Comments
Diane
June 2, 2020Last week I snagged some of the strawberries … delish! I have to slow down or I will eat them all in one sitting. Using the turnips in a crock pot dish with chicken … so yummy.
lynn brownell
June 2, 2020Wow, never a dull moment. Its always interesting to hear all the stories & adventures you guys have. I’m sure you
don’t appreciate some of them but its good for all of us to get an inside view of what its really like day to day.
I made Sam’s slaw & your Smitten Kitchen roasted cabbage; all delicious. I’ve got all sorts of folks trying
kohlrabi & Hakurei turnips. On to lacinato kale pesto, wo hoo!