These cooler days and chilly nights make for perfect greens- romaine, red leaf lettuce, cabbage, and kale are the stars of the show this week! The new school year has begun, the air is palpably crisper, and the intensity of summertime energy is mellowing. As the season is shifting we're flipping our hoop house beds, retiring cucumber plants to make space for hearty kale and spinach that will endure the fall and winter. Tomatoes have only a few more weeks. The propagation greenhouse house is half filled with curing onions and half with our last seeding of winter spinach, lettuce, and scallions. We're in that sweet time in between when the tomatoes and peppers are still ripe and abundant but our winter storage spaces are filling up and we're starting to harvest the first varieties of winter squash and pumpkins. Fall is just around the corner.
In celebration of summer fruits, tomatoes and fresh herbs, we're loving recipes like this tomato-watermelon salad. If you're in a pinch or looking for a quick dish, this simple but delightful "picnic tomato" recipe will satisfy your tastebuds and give you an excuse to spend more time outside.
