Happy Spring FARMily!
This week finds us celebrating the first colors of spring with daffodils, hyacinths, blossoms on the trees and adorable baby chicks. We've had the new crew working together and getting into the groove, and traveled to nearby Finksburg, MD for our Employee Retreat! We learned to collaborate and cooperate while puzzling our way out of a dinner-party escape room, and made it out with just a few seconds to spare. It was a great learning experience for everyone, and we followed it up with delicious Thai food and discussion of goals for the year.
This week in your FIRST share of the season, we are excited to offer spring carrots, baby pea shoots, delicious salad mix including lettuce, tatsoi and mizuna for extra flavor! We are also harvesting cilantro and parsley, red beets, adorable "cheriette" radishes, baby spring onions, first cutting of baby arugula, and young kales. The hens have been working hard through this last bit of cold weather and we have colorful, nutritious eggs on offer, too!
We are once again featuring A Friendly Bread's gorgeous, aromatic and naturally leavened loaves alongside our veggies! This week, bread share is a large Simple Country Sourdough loaf, but we are pleased to offer additional Multiseed Loaves and Turmeric Loaves so be sure to try something new!
New this year, Oak Spring Farm is offering logo'd baseball caps and cozy logo'd sweatshirts, and a fresh supply of car magnets, so you can represent your favorite local farm and all we stand for on a daily basis.
Check out our donation-based share this year which allows any member to contribute a one-time payment (multiple options available) to enable community members who would otherwise be unable to purchase a share, to partake in the nutritious food we offer.
Don't forget to join the Oak Spring FARMily Facebook page - a members-only group which enables us to share recipes, storage tips and fun information about the farm life. We hope to have some good conversations going this year as we strive to help everyone get the most out of their shares! Check it out to find this week's awesome first recipe, How to Make Peppery, Nutritious Radish Greens Pesto. USE those beautiful radish greens!
STORAGE TIP-OF-THE-WEEK - Separate the greens from the roots when storing carrots, beets, radishes, turnips, etc., to maximize shelf life.
