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Holy Cow!  We had a great week here in the garden!!!  We just decided to ignore the heat and power on.  A long, long row of broccoli went in, another rotation of beans, another row of edamame, spaghetti squash, mini cabbages, lettuces, golden beets all transplanted out too.  Cucumbers are growing tall and starting to flower and we are weaving them up the trellis, the 1st zucchini of the season are sizing up,  the tomatoes look great and doubled in size and we even weeded out the beet beds. We ran out of space for planting and Scott quickly squeezed in 2 additional planting beds.  Bountiful rains came without severe wind or hail and we are grateful.  The watermelon patch and sweet potato slips are going in this weekend and we will be over the HUGE! early season planting push.  Life is good……..

Tomatoes!

Zucchini patch is flowering…..

Scott squeezing in another bed-

And replanted the next morning after a rain.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

A 3rd week bounty.  179 pounds going out the door this week.  Lots of treats in the shares!  Enjoy.

SNACK PACK 

Head lettuce, mixed baby asian greens, baby arugula, kohlrabi, garlic scapes, broccoli, sugar snap peas and a dark purple asian mustard greens.

Hi Auntie Howdy…..hope you are having a good week and the garage sale went well.

Head Lettuce- A delicious and HUGE! head of a summer crisp.

Head lettuce at a VERY early morning harvest to beat the heat.

All cut and ready for the cool water of the wash tubs.

Mixed baby Asian greens-A mild blend of assorted mini choi and kales.  Can be enjoyed fresh in salads, or a light saute.

Baby Asian Greens at harvest.

Kohlrabi-The first picking from the patch.  Raw is best in our opinion.  Just peel the outer skin and eat the white flesh with a bit of salt.  Can be cooked and added to a stir fry.

Kohlrabi at harvest.

Garlic Scapes-This is the top flowering shoot of the garlic plant.  We cut it to promote bulb development.  Tastes just like garlic!  Long storage life in the refrigerator in a plastic bag.

Scapes ready to cut.

Broccoli-WOW! We are thrilled with the 1st very early harvest of the season.  Sweet and delicious.  More to come.

Rubber pants, after a huge rain, high humidity and 95 degrees-not fun but I am ignoring it…..

Sugar Snap Peas-1st pick from the patch-A early season treat.

1st picking in the pea patch.

Purple Mustard-A beautiful leaf color. Mildly spicy Asian green-Adds a nice kick to fresh salads.

Purple Mustard after watering.

FULL SHARE

Head lettuce, Spicy mini asian greens blend, arugula, kohlrabi, garlic scapes, broccoli, sugar snap peas, purple mustard green, pink vivid choi

Head lettuce-A jumbo head of summer crisp lettuce.  Sweet, juicy and delicious.  A favorite variety for us.

Washed head lettuce ready to be bagged for shares.

Spicy Mini Asian Greens Mix-mizuna, mustards, kales and choi.  A zippy blend for fresh salads or light saute.

Spicy Mini Asian Greens Blend.

Arugula-A big bag of the peppery favorite.  Fresh or sauteed it’s wonderful.

Arugula ready for harvest.

Kohlrabi- 3 beauties in every share.

Scott cutting the leaves of the kohlrabi after harvest.

Garlic Scapes-We cut the whole patch and a nice big bunch in the Full Shares.  Use as you would the garlic cloves in your cooking.  A mild garlic flavor.  Makes a great pesto for pasta.

Broccoli-the 1st early picking of the season.  Tasty and sweet.

Just picked broccoli.

Sugar Snap Peas-1st picking from the patch.

Peas ready to be bagged.

Purple Mustard Green-A spicy and pretty addition to fresh salads.

Purple mustard ready for harvest.

Pink Vivid Choi-Beautiful and Huge Choi-Juicy leaves and stems-perfect for a crunch in salads or added to stir fry.

Vivid Choi in the wash tub.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-fennel, head lettuce, turnips, leaf lettuce, chinese cabbage?, beets? and more……