November 30th, 2010 by Margie

recognize the glowing red in these hives? All I can think is cough syrup red!!

Well as I am catching up from the holiday, I came across this article.  It looks like one more obvious mark our industrialized food products are leaving on natural resources.  Enjoy your fresh local honey when you can and remember these bees fly quite a distant so even a few miles from the bees is too close!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30bigcity.html?_r=2&hp

November 23rd, 2010 by Margie

November 17th, 2010 by admin

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

This is a bountiful harvest this week as we gather a huge bunch of beets from Riverview Farms.  Remember to eat the greens from your beets early in the week, as they do not last long out of the ground like I other greens.  Maybe mix the beet greens with your turnip greens for a nice side dish for lunch one day.  As many of you know, I am a big fan of greens with my eggs.  You have a beautiful lime-colored green and that is your Tokyo Benaka.  It can be eaten raw or sautéed lightly much like your Chinese cabbage.  Between this and our lettuce, tomatoes and dandelions from Woodland Gardens, we have possibilities for incredible salads.  If you are curious about the dandelions, I am adding a recipe to the website.  It should post by tomorrow morning.

This might be the last of the Georgia apples so enjoy them – maybe cook a pie or some jam.  I am making apple butter with the ugly fruit.  You just might get a chance to taste some this winter if my cooking day goes well…This is probably the last time we will see a ripe tomato too.  Celia had a sudden burst of the last plantings this week so we are fortunate to share in the bounty.  Maybe we will get another harvest of the green tomatoes though.  Those were great, weren’t they?!  Below is your list of goodies for this week:

White turnips with greens – Moonbeam Farm

Green Onions – Moonbeam Farm

Collards – Woodland Gardens

Tomatoes – Woodland Gardens

Lettuce – Woodland Gardens

Dandelion Greens – Woodland Gardens

Beets with greens – Riverview Farm

Tokyo Benaka Greens – The Funny Farm

Yates Apples – Govus Orchard

I am working hard to gather all possible vegetables and spices available for our Thanksgiving harvest.  I will send the complete list to you Friday morning.  Please look for this because many items will be very limited in the amount and available to the first that reserves.  Remember if you need more than your basket value, we are fine with getting it.  You will receive a confirmation and a note telling you the additional amount due.  We will also be offering chicken, beef and pork for Tuesday’s deliveries from Moonshine Meats so look out for that information in your extras email.  I hope you all enjoy your custom baskets – it is a lot of extra work but I feel like it makes the basket so much more useful for all of us when planning for holiday meals.  We will also deliver on Tuesday, Nov 23^rd that week instead of Wednesday since that is Thanksgiving eve.  Until next week have a blissful one and please remember, I am always happy to TALK   FOOD!

Namaste,

Margie Thorpe

November 10th, 2010 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

It is a beautiful fall day to travel and harvest our food this week.  I feel really lucky to be out here.  We have gorgeous food from some nearby farmers too.  This week you have a tall Chinese cabbage from Serenbe Farm.  One of my favorite recipes is the Chinese cabbage salad on the website.  It uses bok choy and chicken but you could always use your kamatsuna greens to replace the bok and leave out the chicken for a vegetarian version.  It is really tasty and I have made it several times.

We also have lovely green tomatoes and green peppers this week, ideal for some sort of warm curry dish.  Please remember that unless your tomatoes have some red spot on them, they will not ripen to red on the counter.  The weather is now to cold for them to ripen.  Cooking with green tomatoes is a treat or using them raw.  Let me know what you do with them.  This week the arugula came from inside the Perimeter at Gaia Gardens so we are getting even more local.  We will definitely be getting beets for next week so get ready.  Beets are one of my favorite fall veggies.  We are still getting some Yates apples this week but we are approaching the end of the harvest.  I am going back up for one more harvest.  If any of you would like a large amount of these for cooking or making apple butter (that is my Xmas gift to friends…), let me know.  I will be happy to sell them to you like an extra.  I have made pies and cobblers three times this week, without most of the sugar.  Pie for breakfast!  Below is your list of goodies for this week:

White doll turnips with greens – Love is Love Farm

Arugula – Gaia Gardens

Collards – Serenbe Farm

Green tomatoes – Serenbe Farm

Kamatsuna Asian Greens – Moonbeam Farm

Chinese Cabbage – Serenbe Farm

Green sweet corno di toro peppers – Love is Love Farm

Yates Apples – Govus Orchard

We are only two weeks from Thanksgiving and I want to remind everyone that I will be doing a custom service that week so we all have what we need from the local farms.  We will send out a list of farm veggies available and how to choose.  If you choose to go over your basket amount, I will just tell you how much extra to pay as I am sure you will all be ordering for your holiday menu plans.  We will also deliver on Tuesday, Nov 23^rd that week instead of Wednesday since that is Thanksgiving eve.  Until next week have a blissful one and please remember, I am always happy to TALK   FOOD!

Namaste,

Margie Thorpe

November 3rd, 2010 by Margie

Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,

I feel like the veggie delivery duck this month since it only seems to rain on Wednesday but it really hits hard when Wednesday comes.  At least your greens won’t be dried out this evening (smiles).  If you see your driver I hope you gave ‘em an extra big smile.  The good news is the farms look better than ever!  The moisture has given them a lushness that we have not seen in quite some time.  I think we can all look forward to a table of plenty over the next month or two with fall goodness is full swing.  I am hoping for a crop of beets next week.  For this week, we are enjoying several items from Woodland Gardens including the baby kale and the luscious lettuce.  Woodland Gardens also harvested one large Daikon radish for each of us this week.  You can grate this for salad, or slice and cook them like a turnip.  I used them shredded in salad a lot.

Full Moon Farm provided us with some potatoes and one more butternut squash before they disappear for the season.  I drove back to Ellijay for a fresh harvest of the apples this week and we all have the small Yates now.  They should be even better since they stayed on the tree for a cooler temperature before being picked.  The ones I ate for breakfast on the way back from the farm were great!  Farm Burger restaurant also has some this week so if you are a fan, look for an apple something-somethin’ on the menu-it will be your very same apples.  Our weekly recipe is a very easy apple cobbler so if you still have one or two from last week, I say bake them up!  I used a lot less sugar than the recipe called for because I substituted some honey.  Below is your list of goodies for this week:

Baby kale – Woodland Gardens

Arugula – Woodland Gardens

Green onions – Woodland Gardens

Daikon radish – Woodland Gardens

Head of lettuce – Woodland Gardens

Butternut Squash – Full Moon Farm

Potatoes – Full Moon Farm

Yates Apples – Govus Orchard

I am busy taking in all your thoughts from the survey.  If anyone did not get the link to this in an email, please contact me and I will send it to you.  You are helping me make some good decisions for all of us in 2011.  Also, I want to tell you that Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we will be doing a custom basket just like last year.  This will mean that you will receive a list of items available for the week and be able to tell us what you want for your holiday week.  It really helps when cooking for a large group.  Have a great start to November and, remember, I am always happy to TALK   FOOD!

Namaste,

Margie Thorpe