Week 3 Squash Blossom Food Share

This weeks share includes 2 Heads of Lettuce(Pablo is the red-Grandpa's Admires the Green), 3 Bunches of Early Garlic, 1 Bag Spicy Greens, 1 Head of Northern lights Chard and 2 Bunches of Chives. Next week will likely be the last week of chives. So, if you don't devour this weekly they dry down easily in a dehydrator or laid flat and thinly on brown bags suspended on a cookie rack. This way you'll have optimum air flow over and under the chives.

Sicilia our Buttercup with the Rooster making his rounds

Try the chard with any kind of meat including fish-it likes to be cooked with fatty foods. We ate ours with Salmon Cakes this week and it was delicious. We tried the suggestion by one of our share holders of grilling the garlic whole and nibbled on like they do in Spain and found it absolutely delicious. Thanks for the great grilling idea.

Talus's perspective of the Blue Andalusian

The broccoli got a fresh round of compost today and we started mulching the "straw"berries. The straw serves several purposes of retaining moisture and smothering grass germination. The ground seems warm enough to start doing this most everywhere in the garden. So, the purple Adirondack Potatoes and French Fingerlings were mulched with fresh cut organic hay from our jungle and should add some extra nitrogen for some leaf growth.

I found the first curls in the garlic today! so look for the Garlic scapes next week. Besides adding them to stir fry or making pesto, they make great wrist bands to keep the mosquitoes at bay. Happy 4th!