Spring 2012 CSA Week 3!!!

In our lettuce mix this week, there is a bit of Magenta Spreen, pictured above. It tastes like a nutty spinach, and is full of good stuff for you: vitamins K, A, C, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and saponins: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n24_v148/ai_17909340/

More on Magenta Spreen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_giganteum (I'm having trouble making these links live on the new and improved(!) blogger site--cut and paste in your browser if they don't work. This week's share: radishes, salad mix with magenta spreen, spinach, arugula, baby red bok choi, and a choice of beets, red sorrel, or micro-greens mix. I've been told very good things about the hydroponic tomato operation Intergrow Farms in upstate New York and have brought some of their tomatoes in. They're priced nicely, but please don't swap out for these!!! If enough people like them, I'll make them part of next week's share. I'll have a pot of radish top soup available for sampling in the barn kitchen. Come up for a bowl!!!