Happy Start of Summer Folks,

Feels like we have already been through a year with all that is going on. I have high hopes that this summer brings rest, healing, fun, and family time for all.

Your farmers have been busy bees scurrying about harvesting an ever increasing array of farm fresh veggies for your table. Harvesting, weeding, and irrigation take center stage on the farm as summer begins and spring draws to a close. The first of the spring fields are being taken out of crops and put into soil building cover crops which we will irrigate and grow to rejuvenate the soil life for the next crop. Soil Health is a key practice of organic agriculture, the saying goes "healthy soil grows healthy crops which grows healthy people. Health starts in the soil."

This week and next we will say goodbye to a number of spring crops such as radishes, turnips, sugar snaps, arugula, spicy mix, and spinach. But not to worry they will be back on the table in the fall. We are now going to jump on the Native Hill Summer Salad train. We try very hard to make sure that you have ready access to high quality Salad mix and head lettuce throughout the summer with many successions, special shade greenhouse, specific varietal selection, and even a sprinkler cooling mid day if it gets above 95 degrees. Your salad is pampered and delicious!

This week you will notice a couple new things popping up at the market and farm stand such as the first broccoli of the season. Spring Broccoli in Colorado is a gamble much more than getting a great quality fall crop. Broccoli doesn't much like to be out of the 70-75 degree window, which is, oh about ten minutes mid late morning some days. But we are going to attempt to have broccoli throughout the summer this season. Wish us luck.

Remember to grab some garlic scapes, they are delicious grilled or sautéed! They will last for a couple weeks in a sealed bag in your fridge. This is the season of salads and grilling so celebrate it.

Eat Local & Be Well,
Nic and The Native Hill Farm Crew

This Week's Harvest:

Salad mix
Red romaine head lettuce
Green leaf head lettuce
Garlic scapes
Curly kale
Tuscan kale
Rainbow chard
Collard greens
Hakurei salad turnips
Spring onions
Kohlrabi
Fennel
Broccoli
Cucumbers
Cherry bell radish
French breakfast radish
Sugar snap peas

Farmer's Journal

The Weekly Harvest: “Your salad is pampered and delicious”