The Weekly Harvest: "Your farm is a community venture"

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Photo credit: Jimena Peck

Photo credit: Jimena Peck

Hello Folks, 

Happy Independence Day! Wow, time flies as July always sneaks up on us here at the Farm. I hope you all will be able to pull out that grill and relax with family and friends at whatever distance you feel comfortable doing. This week's harvest should be able to get you all set up with salads of all types and grillable veggies (think zucchini, broccoli, garlic scapes, etc).  The english shelling peas are in and delicious, and will be a quick flash in the pan for this week and next, so make use of them in salads, pastas, even Mac N' Peas for the kiddos

On the Farm we continue to plant for the fall and winter and tend to the summer crops. Believe it or not, this coming week will be harvesting the garlic that was planted last October and seeding the storage carrots which we will have on hand from October through next March and beyond.

There are green tomatoes on the heirloom tomato plants so we may be right on track for beginning of August to be into the heirloom tomatoes and possibly cherry tomatoes. The peppers, eggplant, beets, carrots, Sweet onions, and beans are not far off. So lets celebrate this last push of Spring produce till it joins us again in the Fall. 

The blur of planting, planting, planting has slowly begun to slide into tending to Summer crops, harvesting, weeding, and looking towards our Fall and Winter crops. Garlic marks the start of storage crops coming out. We hope to have some fresh garlic at market and the Farm Stand starting next week or two so keep an eye out for it. 

My farmer thought of the week that I have been meaning to convey to our community is that your farm is a community venture in all aspects. We serve the community and are run by the community and strive to create community.  Thanks for being a part of it and we hope it is delicious, healthy, and brings value to your family. 

Reminder for Farmers Market goers: we will be back in our original spot starting this Saturday and onward, which we are very excited about!

Eat Local Be Well, 
Nic and The Amazing Native Hill Crew

This Week's Harvest:

  • Salad Mix

  • Arugula (last week)

  • Spicy Mix (last week)

  • Spinach (last week)

  • Red Romaine Head Lettuce

  • Green Leaf Head Lettuce

  • Green Curly Kale

  • Tuscan Kale

  • Rainbow Swiss Chard

  • Kohlrabi

  • Fennel(last week)

  • Cherry Belle Red Radish (last week)

  • French Breakfast Radish (last week)

  • Hakurei Salad Turnips

  • Garlic Scapes (last week)

  • Broccoli 

  • Zucchini 

  • Yellow Squash and patty pan squash (Farm Stand only)

  • English Shelling Peas

  • Napa Cabbage (limited)

  • Broccolini (Farm Stand only)

  • Cucumbers

  • Spring onions (Farm Stand only)