March 25th, 2009 by Margie
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
It is a rainy day and our farmers were out in the mud harvesting for us this morning so wash those veggies. Some come complete with a little extra earth. I am hopeful once again to see the Spring veggies begin to emerge. This week we are eating some beautiful spinach from the Scharko Farm as well as Full Moon’s green garlic once again. This will probably be the last time he will harvest this spring garlic. Enjoy it. I certainly did last week. I think the green garlic butter recipe must be added to the website this week.
I would love to hear from some of you if you have done something simple and delicious with your veggies. You are welcome to send me an email and I will share your tips with everyone. There will be a place to do this on the new website (coming soon I promise!).
Last week was the Georgia Organics Conference and some amazing people were in town to give us guidance and support as our community grows. It is very exciting to see such a collaborative movement working so hard so all of us, rich and poor and in between, can access healthy food. Below is your list of goodies for this week:
Arugula
Rainbow chard
Heirloom head of lettuce
Cilantro
Green garlic
Green Onions
Spinach
I hope your food brings a smile to your face this week. I am always happy to see the precious vegetables (and soon fruits) that I am privileged to eat. The wonderful farmers are so proud of the crops that you eat. Well, that’s it for this week. Remember, if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail or call me. I am always happy to talk FOOD!
Namaste,
Margie Thorpe
March 18th, 2009 by Margie
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
Every time I think I am getting the hang of this, I get hit with a new challenge. This week the food was scarce once again. I arrived at Full Moon in Athens to find that one of our veggies I ordered just did not grow enough this week. Ya can’t push nature. We quickly switched to another salad green so instead of lettuce you have fine baby arugula this week. Keep your fingers crossed for next week to be bountiful. The rain and today’s sunshine is certainly going to help.
You also have green garlic this week and believe me, it will be the first thing you smell! My car will smell like garlic all week, which is fine by me. This is my first time having this and I am so thankful to Full Moon Farm for harvesting this young plant. It is the plant before it forms the garlic bulb as I understand it. You can chop the lower portion of the stalk and use it as garlic. I am so excited about this that I can’t wait to get to a knife and a cast iron skillet! The taste of garlic without peeling…ahhhhh.
I noticed that the recipe for last week did not post until the other night. Thank you for pointing this out to me. Anytime something is not on the website, please let me know. We are changing over to a new website in the next week or two and I am sure there will be a few glitches.
Spring is here and the spring crops will be here any day now. Take good care of yourself and enjoy your fresh picked food. I so enjoy gathering it for you. Below is your list of goodies for this week:
Collards
Arugula
Rainbow chard
Cilantro
parsley
Green garlic
Carrots
Onions
And remember, if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail or call me. I am always happy to talk FOOD!
Namaste,
Margie Thorpe
March 11th, 2009 by Margie
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
Well life never gets dull when you can always be hit with an element of surprise, and staring out at a city full of thick snow on a Sunday afternoon was just that – a surprise! I know they forecasted snow but those of you who are from Atlanta know they have forecasted snow before. This was full-on “Midwest gets buried” snow and that is what it did to our farms. In Athens, they dealt with over 8 inches of snow and one of the plastic domed houses that protect our beautiful lettuce and herbs was destroyed. I am sincerely sorry for missing the opportunity to provide you with veggies last week.
The good news is they are back. This week the crops seem to be ready to produce. We have a couple of new things and plenty of our winter friends. I picked up a little extra this week because Full Moon needed to harvest, so enjoy! I have been told that we will be adding new spring vegetables in 2-3 weeks so look out. I feel like patting myself on the back. I have eaten all local vegetables all thru the winter season. Whehoo! I love greens but even I was getting a little tired of sautéed greens and whatever else I wanted for protein. By the way, I am loading a dee-lish recipe for pasta stuffed w/ greens & goat cheese. For those of you who don’t get Mary’s goat cheese you can always substitute a cream cheese or ricotta (and for my vegan friends, a tofu non-dairy cheese substitute). It is easy to make and so good!
We are also getting loads of great press for what we are doing. Thanks for being a part of a wonderful food community! Below is your list of goodies for this week:
Collards
Arugula
Russian Red kale
Rainbow chard
Cilantro
Leeks
Carrots
Onions
Bok choy
And remember, if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail or call me. I am always happy to talk FOOD!
Namaste,
Margie Thorpe
