I apologize in advance, as this week will include none of my photos... I've been way too busy to take many pictures the past week. However, Gavriel took my camera for a stroll through the field Monday, and asked me to share some of her photos. So all of this week's pictures have been taken by our 9 year old daughter.
We hope everyone enjoyed their shares last week and found creative uses for many of the greens. Last week was the last week you'll see onions/ scallions in shares for a while. We will have more scallions in a few weeks and onions we will begin to harvest later in August. We have started wild harvesting black raspberries and blackberries are starting to ripen up as well. Since this is a crop that doesn't store well, we can't guarantee, but would like to try and get everyone a 1/2 pint at least once from now until they're done for the season.
While on the subject of berries, Grindstone Farm has begun to pick the first of their blueberries. We will get everyone blueberries from Grindstone at least once once they become available wholesale from them. If you'd like to order more for freezing or canning, please contact them. They should be available in bulk and for special orders in the next two weeks. Also as crops like pickling cucumbers and tomatoes start really coming in, we will offer bulk 1/2 bushels to CSA members first, as well as u-pick, so keep your eye out in the blog if these canning crops interest you! We have San Marzano paste tomatoes and gilbert (orange) pastes loaded, just waiting for some sun to start ripening them!
Update from the fields: Last week's rain we feared had washed away our most recent planting of carrots, but they are popping up all straight in their rows! We hope everyone fared the storms last week unscathed. I know we lost power Tuesday night and I drove through insane rains on my way to the Rome Farmer's Market Wednesday. Something seems to have munched on our purple string beans, as the babies I thought we'd be harvesting were gone! But fear not as another planting is fruiting and looking great with lots of beans and no sign of pests. We've been picking progressively more cherry tomatoes and there should be enough to give to share members NEXT week, and the suyo long cucumbers are getting big and will be ready for harvest next week too. Winter squash is doing beautifully and starting to fruit, and the leeks are really starting to take off in their deep beds.
This week's harvest includes:
Mizuna/ mustard greens
swiss chard
lettuce
dino or red russian kale
peas
summer squash (green or yellow zucchini, or yellow crookneck)
tat soi
basil
dandelion greens
We hope to see many of you at the open house this coming Sunday. If you can't make it and would like to schedule a tour another time, please let us know. Keep in mind we have another event scheduled in October too, so if you miss the festivities this weekend there will be more to come!
This week's recipe uses both the summer squash and basil. Summer squash is all interchangeable, so try using yellow squash in breads to add vibrant color, or patty pans in ratatouille. We are growing 4 varieties of summer squash this season; zucchini, green and gold, yellow crookneck summer squash and green patty pans. (The patty pans take a bit longer than the others to start coming on, but once they do, they are very productive plants.)
Lemon Basil Roasted Summer Squash with Garlic Crisp
from www.yummly.com
Serves 4
The following picture are again all taken by our 9 year old daughter, Gavriel. I went through the camera to see if there was anything I could use on the blog and found it hard to choose which ones to use! She took all these photos with my Canon DSLR and wanted to share her view of the farm and was excited that I would be putting them on our website. And I am excited to share! So here's a bit of our farm through the eyes of a child.
We hope everyone enjoyed their shares last week and found creative uses for many of the greens. Last week was the last week you'll see onions/ scallions in shares for a while. We will have more scallions in a few weeks and onions we will begin to harvest later in August. We have started wild harvesting black raspberries and blackberries are starting to ripen up as well. Since this is a crop that doesn't store well, we can't guarantee, but would like to try and get everyone a 1/2 pint at least once from now until they're done for the season.
While on the subject of berries, Grindstone Farm has begun to pick the first of their blueberries. We will get everyone blueberries from Grindstone at least once once they become available wholesale from them. If you'd like to order more for freezing or canning, please contact them. They should be available in bulk and for special orders in the next two weeks. Also as crops like pickling cucumbers and tomatoes start really coming in, we will offer bulk 1/2 bushels to CSA members first, as well as u-pick, so keep your eye out in the blog if these canning crops interest you! We have San Marzano paste tomatoes and gilbert (orange) pastes loaded, just waiting for some sun to start ripening them!
Update from the fields: Last week's rain we feared had washed away our most recent planting of carrots, but they are popping up all straight in their rows! We hope everyone fared the storms last week unscathed. I know we lost power Tuesday night and I drove through insane rains on my way to the Rome Farmer's Market Wednesday. Something seems to have munched on our purple string beans, as the babies I thought we'd be harvesting were gone! But fear not as another planting is fruiting and looking great with lots of beans and no sign of pests. We've been picking progressively more cherry tomatoes and there should be enough to give to share members NEXT week, and the suyo long cucumbers are getting big and will be ready for harvest next week too. Winter squash is doing beautifully and starting to fruit, and the leeks are really starting to take off in their deep beds.
This week's harvest includes:
Mizuna/ mustard greens
swiss chard
lettuce
dino or red russian kale
peas
summer squash (green or yellow zucchini, or yellow crookneck)
tat soi
basil
dandelion greens
We hope to see many of you at the open house this coming Sunday. If you can't make it and would like to schedule a tour another time, please let us know. Keep in mind we have another event scheduled in October too, so if you miss the festivities this weekend there will be more to come!
This week's recipe uses both the summer squash and basil. Summer squash is all interchangeable, so try using yellow squash in breads to add vibrant color, or patty pans in ratatouille. We are growing 4 varieties of summer squash this season; zucchini, green and gold, yellow crookneck summer squash and green patty pans. (The patty pans take a bit longer than the others to start coming on, but once they do, they are very productive plants.)
Lemon Basil Roasted Summer Squash with Garlic Crisp
from www.yummly.com
Serves 4
- 4 mediumzucchini and/or yellow squash
- 2tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 largegarlic cloves
- 3/4cups bread crumbs
- Olive Oil
- 5large leaves of fresh Basil finely sliced
- Cut the squashes in bite size cubes and dressed with at least 1 tbsp of Olive Oil (according to your taste), salt, black pepper and the lemon juice. Quickly roast it at 360 for 15min. Remove and reserve. In a small fry pan heat 2 tbsp of olive oil, add the 3 clove of garlic chopped and 1 to 2 tsp of salt. When garlic starts to brown, turn heat down and add the bread crumbs. Mix to obtain small clusters. Remove from the heat once the clusters are browned. Add more olive oil if not moist enough. Top the roasted squash with the garlic crisp and the sliced basil. Enjoy it!
The following picture are again all taken by our 9 year old daughter, Gavriel. I went through the camera to see if there was anything I could use on the blog and found it hard to choose which ones to use! She took all these photos with my Canon DSLR and wanted to share her view of the farm and was excited that I would be putting them on our website. And I am excited to share! So here's a bit of our farm through the eyes of a child.
Squash blossom by Gavriel Pistello
Princess and the Pea by Gavriel Pistello
Winter Squash by Gvariel Pistello
Basil by Gavriel Pistello
Baby Lettuce by Gavriel Pistello
Adonia by Gavriel Pistello
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