Week Three

In the Bag
~Easter Egg Radishes

~Lettuce mix/Spinach

~Bunching Onions

~Herbs (Cilantro)

-Broccoli

~Garlic Scapes (the top of a garlic plant...chop and stir fry—nice garlic flavor).

~Cabbage

The Week in Review...

-The summer solstice spent weeding until dusk, walking up from the garden to a wine red sky…

-Bees swarming from their hives because they were crowded and needed room, an emergency intervention in full bee suits in 90 degree heat with the help of our Wwoofer, Gina, calmed them…

-Spritz the goat with an abcess gone awry…messy, need I say more?

-an explosion of potato beetles.

-all broccoli ripening at once…filling every nook and cranny of the produce fridge (anyone have an old fridge they want to get rid of?)

-strawberries!!!

-serious, non-stop weeding—it’s like this every year and I swear every year it’s just too hard, but then I do it all over again…

-snap peas are coming, cauliflower I can’t even believe I grew is coming, tons more broccoli, summer squash are even beginning to form, tomatoes are turning into a jungle, potatoes are flowering, garlic is nearly ready for harvest…everything is growing, growing, growing—holy smokes, summer is here!


Creamy Broccoli Salad with Raisins and Bacon

1 head broccoli
½ cup green onion, chopped
1 cup roasted sunflower seeds or walnuts
½ cup raisins
8 strips bacon, fried crisp, drained and crumbled
1 cup chopped apple

Dressing
1 cup mayonnaise
½ cup sugar
2 tbsp. vinegar

Wash and cut up broccoli into bite size florets. Peel and cut stems into bite-size pieces as well. Add onion, sunflower seeds, raisins, and crumbled bacon. In a small bowl, mix dressing, add toss with salad. (You can blanche the broccoli briefly if you like it slightly cooked, then rinse in cold water).


Asian Cabbage Slaw

2 cups shredded cabbage
1/3 cup grated carrot
½ cup minced onion
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 tablespoon rice wine
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
salt, pepper

Combine dressing ingredients and toss with vegetable ingredients.