By Sarah
We are excited for the first week of the new season. We have beautiful lettuce and spinach from the tunnels, as well as the last of the winter roots (harvest last fall!). There is a bountiful amount of tea blends as well. While you may not think of hot tea in the summer, you can make a big pot of tea at night and drink it cold throughout the day. It is so refreshing! You are also welcome to give the tea as gifts.
For the next two months, the selection in the barn will be slim, but will start to increase around July 1st. We hope that you can support each other in being creative with the herbs from the pick your own, the abundant eggs, and more. Hopefully, the strawberries will start to come in, bringing spring sweetness with them.
We started tilliing the fields last week, which is always a moment of hope and sadness. To till the fields, we first mow, allowing us to work the green matter into the soil, then we use a spader to bring air and light into the soil. This process breaks down one ecosystem to build another. We look forward to being able to plant the seeds and dream of having a barn full of produce again, while we also give thanks to the grass and cover crop that has covered the soil. I always think of the last line of a Mayan prayer for clearing a field: “With all my heart, I will work you.”
Upcoming Events: Farm Potluck this Friday 5/10 at 5:30 pm!
CSA Barn Hours:
Current Summer hours: 2:30-6:30 PM
(Winter hours: 2:30-6PM)
Pick List:
Eggs
Cabernet onions
Yaya carrots (Last week-limited amounts)
Purple Daikon and Watermelon Radish
Mars Celeriac
Hablange Parsnip
Dazzling Blue Kale
Mei Qing Choi
Spinach
Lettuce Mix
Parsley
Pie Pita Pumpkin (A pie pumpkin with pepita seeds!)
Pick your own herbs, mostly in the herb circle (and maybe a few flowers)
Stoneground cornmeal from our dry corn! FYI: It does have large pieces of the outer skin in it which creates a different texture than the more uniform cornmeal. If you do not enjoy this, you can sift it with the right size screen. (Please BYO jars!)
Sonora Wheat Flour
Tea Blends (Please BYO jars!)
Beef Bone Broth for sale! (Made by Olla Products)
Saltonstall Olive Oil for sale (Please BYO jars!)
Revolution Bread on Tuesday and Friday
Fudgy Maple Syrup Brownies, from thecheerfulagrarian.com
These brownies are our go to dessert on the farm. We have served them at the All Member Meetings for many years. Danny calls them “pastelitos de choclate” amd he loves them with “nieve” (vanilla ice cream).
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup cocoa
2 eggs
1 cup maple syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
3/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
Mix all together, pour into 8x8 pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.