Dear friends,
Your CSA starts this week with spinach, lettuce, cilantro and lemon balm. Please remember to bring your own bags or cooler to transfer the goodies so we can keep the box with your name for next time. Bob will be at the market in the morning and I will come with the freshly packed boxes at noon and stay until two pm. After that the farm waits with more weeding and planting jobs and if you missed it, your box will go to the walk in cooler and can be picked up there.
Your CSA starts this week with spinach, lettuce, cilantro and lemon balm. Please remember to bring your own bags or cooler to transfer the goodies so we can keep the box with your name for next time. Bob will be at the market in the morning and I will come with the freshly packed boxes at noon and stay until two pm. After that the farm waits with more weeding and planting jobs and if you missed it, your box will go to the walk in cooler and can be picked up there.
 Tomato plant flowering |  Peas |  Red Salad Bowl lettuce |
 Cilantro |  Trellised peas |
The gardens are looking good. The peas are flowering, the tomatoes are flowering and we are just finishing up the last transplanting of basil, parsley and hot peppers. Then we are off to get the fall plantings of carrots, potatoes and beets in. They should be in by the end of June, but I like to stretch them out over two to three weeks, so we don't have to weed them all at once, or if any seeding goes wrong, we have time to seed again.We had some changes in labor, but seem to do o.k. with less hours. It helps that Steve and Kira are in Europe and I can put in extra hours/days.
I hope you have a good summer and get to go places or to relax at home. We actually went swimming the last days of May when it was hot.
Here are some recipes for the lemon balm, I like it as a tea, just brew it in boiling water for a few minutes tastes good hot or cold:
I hope you have a good summer and get to go places or to relax at home. We actually went swimming the last days of May when it was hot.
Here are some recipes for the lemon balm, I like it as a tea, just brew it in boiling water for a few minutes tastes good hot or cold:
- FISH - Add about 1 Tablespoon of minced leaves to about 1/2 cup of mayonnaise or tarter sauce for a mild lemon zing.
- FRUIT - Add about 2 teaspoons fresh, minced leaves per 1 cup of fruit. Great for any type of fruit salad!
- SALSA - Add a teaspoon or 2 to your favorite salsa recipe for something a little different.See you soon,
