Farm Share Week 4: June 27-30th, 2018

Hi everyone!

The asparagus fermenting workshop is tomorrow at Port Perry Library at 7pm. Together we will be learning the tips and tricks of creating safe, fabulous ferments (basically the process whereby teeny tiny bugs transform food to make it more nutritious and tasty and last a whole lot longer!) All supplies included:) Hope to see you there! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fermenting-workshop-organic-asparagus-2-ways-tickets-47224165751?aff=efbevent

Here comes the rain! I hope it’s not ruining your plans…but we’re sure thankful for multiple good rains this past week. The peas are loving it, along with everything else. Growth is starting to accelerate as our cucumbers, peas, carrots and beets come on to more full production.

Asparagus is in its last couple days so we have a limited supply. I hope you’ve enjoyed asparagus season well with double bunches some weeks. Now we must let the plants go to seed: they shoot up like fuzzy bluish “dr seuss” trees this time of year. Zucchini, green beans and currants will be ready soon (redcurrants next week!) As we usher in the month of July. Broccoli, kolhrabi and cauliflower (all part of the Brassica family of veggies) are coming along and most summer and even fall crops are now in the ground.

I hope all the organic bounty helps you feel your best this week!

The pics enclosed: don’t throw away your beet tops- they make a lovely cooking green for pasta, soup or adding colour to salads.
Here is 7 things you can do with garlic scapes.
And recipe for beet greens.

Half Shares
-cucumbers
-radish
-black kale
-carrots
-beets
-garlic scapes
-snow peas
-red leaf lettuce
-baby bokchoy
-spinachWhole Shares (same as above with additional)…
-rhubarb
-asparagus or 2nd carrots
-mint
-sugar snap peas
-dandelion greens

1 Watermelon

1lb strawberries (unfortunately could not find Ontario)

2.5lbs bananas

6 large gala apples

4 lemons