This week at the farm...

This week has been really hectic for everyone here at the farm.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, many of our summer veggies are just on the verge of breaking out for their seasons.  Early harvests last week were small, not enough to go around to the membership but that is about to turn completely around. Looking forward to the summer harvest being in full swing! So many possibilities for a "dyed in the wool" foodie!

Green beans, yellow wax beans and zucchini have decided that this is going to be the week they shine and we began harvesting those in earnest today (yes, we are here working in the field every single day). Cucumbers seem to be thinking about whether to take up the challenge and get into the race. Tomatoes are just hanging back waiting for their chance to make their move. Picking a few pounds a day now and every day that increases.  The tomatillos are covered in tiny fruit now and I can't wait to share my favorite Rick Bayless recipe for roasted tomatillo salsa with everyone.

The eggplants have tripled in size in the last week or so and are going to be 2-3 feet tall before you know it. They will be blooming before you know it!  I am starting to see tiny peppers on the plants now and the onions have really grown after the last really big dousing of rain we got here a week or so ago.  Cauliflower is coming along, too. There is a new type of kale growing, that may be ready for harvest soon, as well as a new crop of Swiss chard. Our second crop of snap beans, the Dragon Tongue beans,  have poked their heads up out of the soil now.Herbs like dill, cilantro, lemongrass and basil are growing like mad at the moment. In other words, there are so many things in the field at the moment, getting ready to come into their harvest seasons, it is going to be hard to keep up before too long.

Also, we are planning our fall season right now.  Many of the beautiful greens we had early in the season will return this fall. Things like spinach, mixed salad and braising greens, arugula, broccoli raab, was well as things like kohlrabi, winter squashes, turnips, rutabaga broccoli and other cole crop are great fall veggies and always welcome.

Carrots, beets, snap peas are reaching the end of their spring season and will be gone before you know it, which is as it should be.  Seasonal eating is all about what is growing in the proper season without forcing it to grow out of that season.

Everyone have a great week and I can't wait to see what we will have for the coming week!

Remember, you are what you eat, so eat happy!

~Suzanne