Garden Patch Farm CSA Newsletter #5

 

 

Greetings Members!

 

The harvest is starting to come in an abundance now with some things! I have some recipe ideas for you later in the newsletter...

 

Did You Know?

In the conventional food system, food travels 1,500 or more miles on average from farm to table. It "travels" about 750 feet or less here at Garden Patch Farm! That's fresh!!

 

This Week's Picks

~Broccoli~

~Cabbages~

~Cauliflower~

~Cherry Tomatoes~

~Collard Greens~

~Cucumbers~

~Kale~

~Lemon Cucumbers~

~Potatoes~

~Tomatoes~ (Not large quantities)

~Zucchini~

 

You-Cut Herbs

Anise Hyssop (has a licorice flavor)

Ashway (medicinal)

Basil

Chives

Holy Basil (not as pungent as basil)

Mint

Oregano (found in the back yard behind the left back of the house)

Peppermint

Sage

Savory

Spearmint

St. John's Wort (medicinal)

Tarragon

Thyme

Wormwood

 

**For some green and/or scent, use the following herbs in flower bouquets:

Anise hyssop, basil, holy basil, mint, oregano, peppermint, spearmint, or wormwood

 

You-Cut Flowers

Black-Eyed Susan

Cosmos

Sunflowers

Zinnias

 

Recipes

New hard copy recipe from one of our members...

Tzadziki is a sauce or dip for bread which features ingredients such as plain yogurt, mint and chives. A great way to use the many cucumbers you are getting each week!

 

Check out the many recipes in Robin's hard copy recipe book that has top-loading pages where you can pull out the recipe you want. Some of the recipes are:

-Fresh Tomato Special (sandwich)

-Robin's Homemade Tomato Sauce for Cabbage Rolls (refer to Tomato Pasta Sauce)

-Tomato Pasta Sauce

-Sautéed-Braised Greens

-Collards & Rice

-Kale Stir-Fry

-Chunky Tomato Sauce With Fresh Basil

-Oven-Baked Potato Chips

-Kelly's Zucchini Sauce (from Member Bonnie)

-Kale With Pine Nuts & Raisins (from Member Bonnie)

-One-Loaf Bread (made with applesauce)

 

 

Available to Purchase

*Honey

*Chicken (the monthly order weekend for pick up is 8/19 and 8/21)

*Turkey

 

Available to Order

*Turkey

*Beef (requires a $50.00 non-refundable deposit to hold; front quarters only left)

 

I am sending out the order for "One United Harvest" CSA cookbook today. So for those of you that ordered them, they will be in shortly. I have ordered extras to have on hand for anyone who would like to purchase one or more. They are $16.00 each.

 

 

 

Help on the farm--if you would like to help, the flower bed could use weeding. If you weed a bit while you are picking the flowers, even this will help them grow better. All members benefit, including you.

 

Please be careful and drive slowly on our driveway. Be prepared to stop. Watch for pedestrians and other vehicles as you enter and leave. Thank you.

 

To have a garden

is to live in a kaleidoscope

of light and shade,

of myriad leaves,

of breeze-touched blossom,

that changes

form minute to minute

and never remains the same.

 

PAM BROWN, b. 1928

 

Robin Leonard
~Garden Patch Farm~

 

 

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