June 23rd, 2011 by Margie
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
Life is full of saying good-bye to loved ones and saying hello to new friends. Our food supply is no different when we are eating seasonally and locally. This week I think we are eating the very last of dark leafy greens in the fields so enjoy your rainbow chard. There was so little that we had to split the harvest between two farms. I know last week I had to change the way i cooked my kale because it was an entirely different crop this late in the season. It make tasty kale chips, though! If you have not tried this, it is an easy and delicious snack. The newcomers in the basket are summer basil and beautiful tomatoes! They are so heavy that while each of you has a pound, it might come in the form of one of two tomatoes. As the season continues, hopefully the price will drop and we can get loads of tomatoes for cooking. For now, slice one up with a little basil and some balsamic and call it SUMMER!
We also have another harvest of potatoes and onions. These are items that you can put away if stored properly. Always ask if you have questions on how to store a particular veggie. The green beans are an aded treat coming to us from Serenbe. These can be steamed and are perfect all on their own but the basket selection lends itself to creating a veggie stew of some sort with potatoes, onions, squash, and green beans.
Below is your list of goodies:
Rainbow Chard – Serenbe Farm or Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Green Beans – Serenbe Farm
Mixed Potatoes (Gold and Red) – Full Moon Farm
Mixed Cucumbers – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Sweet Yellow Onions – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Mixed Squash – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Tomatoes – Woodland Gardens
Basil – Serenbe Farm
I want to say how much I appreciate each and every one of you for taking this journey with me each week. I have learned so much about my own region and what will and won’t grow around us over the years, but I am also so incredibly attached to all of our farmers and all of you. We are a unique community and when one of you moves on, it is like saying goodbye to family. This week I am saying goodbye to one of you that has been with Vegetable Husband since our first week on the streets and I wish you well. We are also congratulating one of you for your new addition to the family.
Speaking of new members we have added a new member to Vegetale Husband headquarters too, and her name is Laura. She will be filling Fatimah’s shoes so look for her notes in your email box. For now, enjoy the first week of summer and remember, I am always happy to talk food!
June 18th, 2011 by Lynn
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
This is mid-June and we are still harvesting from the spring plantings but the summer items are coming in one by one. Someone asked me today when the winter greens will end, which I would like to discuss. They are disappearing everyday with the hotter and drier climate. You might want to cook your kale just a minute longer than you would a month ago because it has less moisture in it now. I noticed that even the chard was a little dry and it is usually like butter on a plate. Each basket this week has kale but you will have either the lacinato (darker thick) or the red russian kale. This week we do have the first harvest for us of golden and red potatoes coming from Full Moon in Athens, freshly harvested yesterday and this morning for us. I for one cannot wait to cover them in a bit of olive oil, course salt and maybe some garlic and prep them for the grill. We also have our first bunch of seasonal basil, which is all you can smell here as we sort the baskets. Of course the basil makes me want the July tomatoes that much more! Patience is a virtue as they say…
We have green onions from Serenbe one more time as we slowly transition to the full-grown onions in our harvest each week. Maybe they should be cooked with our taties!? You also have more carrots and turnips this week. We each have a small cabbage from Serenbe too. It seems that several farms were harvesting cabbage this week but we love our veggies from Paige and Justin! I hate it when we can’t gather all the food! (lol) Speaking of all the food, we ran into one of our farmers from the west side of Georgia in our pick-ups this morning and there is a rumor that we will have blueberries next Wednesday. I will do everything in my power to make that not just a rumor but reality!
Below is your list of goodies:
White turnips with tops – Serenbe Farm
Green Onions – Serenbe Farm
Cabbage – Serenbe Farm
Carrots – Serenbe Farm
Lacinato or Red Russian Kale – Serenbe Farm
Mixed potatoes (gold and red) – Full Moon Farm
Mixed cucumbers – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Basil – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
We will be introducing a new member of Vegetable Husband in the next week or so as we work to replace Fatimah. Please let me know if something gets mixed up for you. I am wearing both hats right now so accept my apologies if it has affected your service. I do my very best for us all to have a great relationship with our farmers and our fresh organic food grown by them. This is all part of that so speak up if I can help you and remember, I am always happy to TALK FOOD!
June 10th, 2011 by Lynn
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
We are all hoping for a bit of rain soon to cool down our neck of the woods and give some moisture to our soil. Regardless, the crops are coming in! This week Serenbe harvested tasty carrots and promises to have more over the coming weeks. They also provided us with the beautiful beets and turnips. All of these veggies have great greens on them, including the carrots. Be sure to check out the carrot top and walnut pesto recipe on the website. I will highlight it for you this week and I promise if you have not had it before, you will not be disappointed! I love it for sandwiches or added to my weekend eggs.
Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm came in with all the lovely mixed cucumbers. If you are wondering about the slightly hairy striped ones, those are Armenian cucumbers. It is really summer time now! I have been told we will have corn this year in time for our 4th of July menus. Let me know if you would like me to offer corn as an extra that week too for those of you that want more than 3 or 4 ears for the holiday. We also have a different onion this week, the candy red onions. I can’t wait to taste these since they are supposed to be even more desirable than last weeks! I cannot imagine. The sweet yellows last week have made everything I eat taste better.
Below is your list of goodies:
White turnips with tops – Serenbe Farm
Beets with greens – Serenbe Farm
kohlrabi – Serenbe Farm
Carrots – Serenbe Farm
Rainbow Chard – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Mixed cucumbers – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Candy Red onions – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
Parsley – Jenny-Jack-Sun Farm
As we come in to more traditional warm weather veggies like cucumbers and tomatoes, oddly enough, this is when lettuce goes away. I will try to get a lettuce or arugula one week when we have these tasty treats but the salad that we know as “standard” with lettuce and tomato is actually not in season at the same time – lol. No worries, though, since things like melons, blueberries, and tomatoes are around the corner! I think I can handle the loss. We will also be seeing less and less greens in general. They just cannot survive the heat so think of all the iron you have provided your body from these over the winter and spring baskets and now rejoice in some watery (and sugary) goodness of warm weather crops in Georgia. I am also planning to visit the closest farm for organic peaches we have, which is in South Carolina, (don’t get me started!).. so look out for those in the coming weeks… and remember, I am always happy to TALK FOOD!
April 20th, 2011 by Margie
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
And here we go… with the first Georgia fruit of the year! It is strawberry time and they are harvesting daily right now. We each have a fragrant pint from Taylor Organics and next week we are already signed up for more from another farm. Enjoy the candy of our own fields. I added a strawberry salad recipe to the website for you too. It is easy and uses a couple of your items this week. You also have spring onions and green garlic in your basket so Read the rest of this entry »
February 9th, 2011 by Margie
Our Valentine’s Week Baskets
Dear Vegetable Husband Customer,
As we prepare for more rain and snow today, the first crops of lettuces and radishes get harvested for us. Woodland Gardens has shifted our menus to think Read the rest of this entry »
