1 bunch of baby Japanese salad turnips

3 scallions

1 orange

1 grapefruit

4 cups of full flavored spring greens (arugula, mizuna, spicy greens mix from for example)

1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds

1/4 cup crumbled feta
Vinaigrette:  

2 T of local honey

1/8 cup of cider vinegar 

1 t salt

1 t chile flake (or pepper)

Zest of the orange and grapefruit above

6 oz of Sunflower oil (or any neutral oil you would like)

 
Directions: Wash and thinly slice the turnips and scallions. Zest the orange and grapefruit, then peel and segment the fruit, set aside. Remove the stems from the greens and wash if you haven’t already done so. Dry in a salad spinner. Toast the pumpkin seeds, if not already toasted, in a dry pan over medium heat until the seeds begin to brown. At this point remove them from the pan. Make the vinaigrette. In a food processor or blender add all of the ingredients except the oil, turn the food processor on and slowly incorporate the oil until fully incorporated. Toss the greens with 1/3 of the vinaigrette and season with a pinch of salt. Arrange the greens on a platter and then spread the remaining ingredients around the top of the salad. Serve the remaining vinaigrette on the side for guests to add if they desire.

Eight weeks have flown!  Today is the last of our spring share pickup.  We really were hoping to have our  delicious cherries ready in time for our last week, and we did!  hooray!  Summer begins!!!….? Wait, we almost froze last night.  Temps reached 36 degrees with a little frost on the lettuce.  I was a little scared to walk down the row to look the tomatoes and peppers when I saw that!  Whew!  Sometimes when we reach 35-36 degrees the chill factor can freeze some of the tender veggies.  We were safe, with a close call.

This weeks findings:

• Garlic
• Radishes
• Salad Turnips (small white, almost radish looking globes)
• Spinach
• Lettuce
• Parsley
• Strawberries
• Cherries
• Peas
• Baby Arugula
• Pak Choi

 

Stir fry up the salad turnips, peas and pak choi, and garlic clove, with a little olive oil and soy sauce for a quick and easy meal!

We will be offering artisan sourdough breads, feta and chèvre cheeses beginning in July upon request.

We sincerely thank you for all your support and kindness as always!  We will see those of you who have summer shares June 1st!

Cheers!

 

Oh the rain!  Don’t we love it when Mother Nature takes care of our watering chores, and boy does it bring on the growth!  The cooler temps are keeping the greens growing and us gardeners happy.  The cucumbers in the greenhouse are looking fabulous…right on schedule for summer shares!  We just can’t wait for our first cuke! Beans are up, eggplant is flowering, tomatoes are growing and starting to flower and the walla walla onions are bulbing!  Yup summer is on its way.

What you will find in this weeks shares:

• a mix of snow and snap peas
• garlic
• butter crunch lettuce
• red leaf lettuce
• baby kale
• radishes
• beet greens
• artichokes
• strawberries

 

Next week is the end of our spring shares.  If anyone has baskets laying around, don’t forget to get them back to us!  Summer Shares begin June 1st!

 

The days are heating up out there, we hope you all are staying cool and enjoying the last little bit of spring before summer really starts. Although with summer comes a whole new variety of veggies and fruits including tomatoes! (my personal favorite of the summer bounty) potatoes, peppers, onions, eggplant, corn, Berries, grapes, peaches and all the many other wonderful foods summer brings about.

Who knows if we are lucky we might be able to get a few of these summer foods to you before your season share is over!

Speaking of shares, this week we have some fun new things for you and some that you have had before….

• Purple Kohlrabi (new)
• Salad Turnips (new)
• Spinach
• Head Lettuce
• Strawberries
• Peas (new)
• Herbs
  • Rosemary
  • Dill
  • Parsley
• Orache (new)
  • Orache is used as a leafy green in salads or it can be steamed briefly

Shares are ready for pick up. They are exceptionally big this time, so bring something that can hold all of this garden goodness.