When I grew tomatoes here in the Garden of Ideas, females snapping turtles invariably picked the day after I planted them to lay eggs...right where my plants were! Now we grow them a mile up the road in hoop houses, and no turtles have claimed the area as sovereign egg laying territory.
Heavy share this week! Rain was a bit much, but no complaints--it was badly needed!
Asparagus was a bit woody last week, so that's it for the year. Now we let it grow leaves and store energy for next year. It was a tough May for asparagus...vegetables like consistent weather, and we certainly did not have that!
We try to handle our greens as little as possible--they last much, much longer in your fridge that way, but the heavy rains did force me to at least rinse the lettuce. You'll still need to wash it, for mud was flying everywhere this week. Delicious stuff.
In this week's share:
Pea shoots! http://www.peashoots.com/peashoots-recipes.htm
Radish microgreens! Microgreens packed with nutrients!
Lettuce mix
Mixed asian greens http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/stir-fried-asian-greens-with-chiles-and-garlic-237115
White radishes
Baby kale (more like teenager kale, but still quite tender) http://sixburnersue.com/cooking-fresh-eating-green/2013/03/new-at-the-grocery-store-baby-kale-10-ways-to-use-it/
Garlic chives
Rhubarb (likely the last of it)
Baby head of lettuce
Next week: strawberries!!!!!!!
At the farmstead: pastured, antibiotic free, free range chickens!!!!!! Pastured beef, pastured bacon.
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