March 31st, 2010 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

I am so happy to say that your money is back in the hands of our local farmers and our bellies will rejoice with food this week harvested this morning for us.  We have heirloom lettuces from Whippoorwill Hollow Farm along with their spring onions.  I have missed the flavor of onions so much I am stealing onion grass from my yard.  We should be able to get onions for a few weeks.  We also have the first harvest of Taylor Organics’ beets.  They might be small bunches but they will get more plentiful.  Please use the beet greens as you would your swiss chard.  They are a cousin to the chard and great for you.  They are also great for juicing.

Your carrots are not the larger ones from Roots Farm but they are tasty treats and the tops are great for soup.  You each have a bag of white turnips that are young and tender.  These can be roasted or eaten raw.  Since our spice is dill, I am adding a simple spring salad recipe to the website tonight using your lettuce, dill, and onions so check it out.  I love this salad and it’s easy!  Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Heirloom Lettuce

Rainbow chard

White Japanese turnips

Carrots w tops

Young beets w tops

Kale

Spring onions

Dill

The day was beautiful as I drove from farm to farm this morning.  I felt truly grateful to be this close to my source of food and honored to be the person you trust to procure food for all of us.  The farmers seem so happy to finally have something to sell.  They have all lost so much money in failed crops over the last six months with our severe weather.  As I sit down tonight to my salad made of all local food, I will be overwhelmed with gratitude.  Let me know if you have other questions about your produce or the farms and remember, I am always happy to talk food!

Gratefully,

Margie Thorpe