Welcome to June and the start of our Summer Share!
Some of you have been with us since the beginning of April, some began in May and for some this week will be your first share. Hooray!
The weather has been all over the place; hey we live (and love) in the Chesapeake region and she's unpredictable. Mother Nature has been keeping us on our toes. Last week all we did was water, water, water. I expressed my gratitude for our new well many times over in the hot and dry of last week. A reprieve from the dry came Sunday and our days are cooling down. The peas, beets and lettuce love the cooler weather. The squash, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and cokes like it hot!
This week we have gorgeous, big heads of romaine lettuce, frilly, light heads of butter and red lettuce, chard, kale, young greens, spring onions, fresh herbs and the first of our yellow summer squash. Don't worry, you'll see more next week, this is just a tease. So much amazing early summer produce on the horizon. Look out next week for the start of snap peas, kohlrabi, beets, more baby greens, curly kale, chard, radishes and yellow squash! Cukes from the high tunnel will be up next and then cherry tomatoes from the high tunnel.
Bread share this week is multigrain bread.
Cheese share will be cheddar.
Fruit share starts this week-strawberries!
There are extra strawberries to order, check out the extras page to order bread, cheese, berries, extra produce and merchandise!
Storage tip of the week:
Eat your strawberries quickly, they will be less than 24hours old when you get them, they're not meant to last. If you must same them but them in a glass bowl and cover. If you want to wash them do it right before serving.
Romaine and other head lettuce can be stored in a plastic bag or damp paper towels. You'll want to wash it again. We dunk once here. I recommend cutting it then washing it before eating.
Romaine has long crisp sweet leaves with a nutty flavor. Great for Caesar or Greek salad or use individual leaves and layer chicken, tuna or egg salad on top. Roll them up or leave them as fun hand held salad fun.
