Not sure where the last month has gone! Our time is now spent between seeding, transplanting, weeding, harvesting, picking bugs and all our other animal chores. With the hot weather we have had over the last week or so the sprinklers have been running like crazy but we did finally get some much needed rain on Friday evening which by Saturday evening looked liked we had had none after the hot high winds dried everything out again! So we went back to sprinklers running over this weekend! Yesterday mornings rain was not much but yesterday early evening we got a huge thunder and rain storm.
Last week we also finished making the last of our raised beds we have a total 120 at 100 foot long and we still have this years pumpkin and potato patches which at the end of the season will also be put into raised beds. Potatoes have been hilled and this year it only took two hours (usually two days), thanks to our new tiller it made the job of hilling potatoes enjoyable!
What are you getting this week?
Peas - This week will be snap peas again. We do have another 400 foot of peas that we are hoping will be ready for next week, these are shelling peas so we are waiting for the little peas to swell within their pods.
Lettuce - This weeks lettuce is called freckles and it is meant to have the little flecks all over it!
Chard - I love chard! I think we should make this the new kale, it is rich in nutrients but sadly it gets shoved to the bottom of the list. Instead of making kale chips why not try chard chips
Beets - Next week it will be beet greens as we have a huge bed to thin out so enjoy these nice chunky beets this week. If you are not a lover of them boiled you could try them as chips.
Arugula - This peppery leafy green is back for a second week, if it has too much bite for you make it into pesto or add a dressing to it.
Radish - Last week for radish they will return in the fall.
Thai Basil - Perfect for Southeast Asian dishes, the purple-stemmed Thai basil has a bright mint and citrus flavour to it. You can make everything from curries, tea, pesto to sorbet
Scapes - Again last week for these. We did have to harvest them at the weekend so this weeks scapes may be better used for scape pesto or what we like to do is just blitz them with olive oil and freeze in ice cube trays and then you have this garlic treat to add to soups, sauces or pizza bases during winter.
Fennel - Is crunchy, sweet with a mild anise flavour. We have included the fronds with it these can be used in seasoning fish or making tea. The bulb is lovely eaten raw in salads, roasted, cooked for pizza toppings or made into coleslaw.
Asian Greens - It will either be Pac Choy or Mustard Greens
Zucchini/courgettes - This is the start of the season, zucchini is great made into pasta, grilled on the BBQ, roasted, baked , made into bread, jam the list just goes on!
Napa Cabbage - Last week for these till later in the season
Exchange bucket at the farm this week we will have an exchange bucket. This is not available every week but we have the exchange bucket today as we have broccoli, seriously excited that in our soil this has grown as many know how we have struggled with this but sadly we do not enough for each delivery this week so we thought we would put some in an exchange tub and if you don't particularly like one of this week items you may exchange it out for another please remember it is only one item of your regular basket you can swap out not your entire basket!
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