Happy Summer Solstice to you, Farm-ily!
It seems fitting that today, when we harvested juicy tomatoes and abundant zucchini, is the first official day of summer. It is the longest day of the year, giving us extra hours of daylight not just to work, but to appreciate this new season. Summer is the time of "fruiting vegetables". Tomatoes are a well-known example of this dichotomy between culture and botany. Eggplants, cucumbers, peppers, peas, beans, okra, and squashes are also all born from blossoms, and the flavorful parts we love to eat are their seed-bearing structures.
Fruiting vegetables are a particular crowd, needing longer to grow then leafy greens and warmer temperatures to ripen. Their presence on our plates is a reward for well-managed nutrient profiles in soil, careful calibration of irrigation, and patience. They are a far more reliable indicator of summer than a date on a calendar. This week, the soft scarlet and crimson of our heirloom tomatoes heralds true summer.
Coming Up at the Farm Stand:
- Two Smooth Dudes Food Truck Saturday 6/22 from 10 AM - 2PM at the Farm Stand: Come hungry to your CSA pickup and treat yourself to gourmet loaded tater tots, wraps, and salads!
- Outdoor Vinyasa Yoga in the Farm Garden Sunday 6/23 from 9:30 -10:30 with instructors from Treehouse Fit
- Freezer Sale Wednesday 6/26 from 2 PM - 7 PM: Shop straight from our walk-in freezer for a 10% discount on pastured meats from both Willowsford and our partner livestock farms
- Twilight Farm Tour meets at the Farm Stand Wednesday 6/26 at 6 PM
Eat well, be well, and revel in your fruits AND vegetables, Farm-ily!
Ashley, Collin, John, Lex, Rory, Nate, James, Alexandra, Julia, Michelle, the smiling black dog squad, the glamorous Farm Stand hens and their cousins the laying flock, and the future WSF Tamalitsas growing in Delaplane
