YOUR BOX THIS WEEK HAS ALL OR A SMALL BOX SOME OF THE FOLLOWING VEG…CARROTS,CHIOGGIA BEETS,RADICCHIO,FRISEE,3 KINDS OF LETTUCE,FRENCH SPARKLER RADISH,ITALIAN BUTTERBEANS,STRAWBERRIES, 2 KINDS OF SUMMER SQUASH, CUCUMBERS,ARUGULA,AND DRY-FARM TOMATOES AND CHEROKEE PURPLE HEIRLOOMS…SO LOVELY .BASIL,PARSLEY,PURPLE ONIONS FRESH….GRILL THEM!  OH AND LEMON BASIL…MAKE A BASTE FOR POULTRY,CHOP OVER FRESH SAUTED SUMMER SQUASH..OR MAKE A COOL SUMMER ICED TEA…SEEP PLANT LEAVES,STEMS IN HOT WATER…SIMPLE …..ENJOY

..I AM SURE YOU ARE ALL UP TO YOUR HEARTS IN BITTER GREENS BUT THAT IS WHAT GROWS IN THE WINTER. BUT..DO NOT DESPAIR  ….BEANS THIS WEEK…YES! EITHER ROMANO OR FRENCH FILET…MOTHER NATURE TRIES SO HARD EVEN IN THIS CRAZY FOG!  SHE WANTS YOU TO BE HAPPY FOR THE SUMMER. SO THIS WEEKS BOX…  ROMAINE AND THE BACK UP LETTUCES ..CARROTS ,BEETS ALL KINDS,ONION,CUKES,HERBS,RADICCHIO,DANDY ,CHARD,ARUGULA AND SPINACH….BERRIES ARE SLOWING DOWN  BUT WE HAVE BLACKBERRIES THIS WEEK. FLOWERS….SUNFLOWERS OR MIXED BUNCHES…OH AND I AM HOPING TURNIPS…BABIES.  BUT MAYBE NEXT WEEK.  LOVE TO ALL AND  STAY ON THE SUNNYSIDE OF LIFE!

SPARKLER RADISHES!!!!   DO NOT LIGHT THEM…PLACE ON A PLATE DRIZZLE WITH GRASSY OLIVE OIL AND SALT!

GREENS GALORE…SALAD CITY!   SO MANY AMAZING VARIETIES YOU WILL NEVER SEE AT THE MARKET…HAVE YOU NOTICED!   THIS IS THE BEAUTY OF THE VEGGIE BOX!

DANDIES,RADICCHIO  YES I AM THE BITTER BITCH…I LOVE THEM

CARROTS

BEETS CHIOGGIA OR RED OR BOTH….

HERBS   CHIVES THIS WEEK!

CHERVIL….CHOP AND EAT WITH CARROTS OR EGGS OR SPRINKLE ON SALAD…OH I LOVE IT

OPPS THE PARSLEY WAS PARSLEYROOT TOPS……SORRY ANYBODY NOTICE!

CUCUMBERS…OH SO REFRESHING…RICE VINEGAR AND SALT!   OY VAY SOOO GOOD..

FLOWERS

STRAWBERRIES,RAZZLES AND BLACKBERRIES… ALL OR A COMBO…FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY CRISP!

HAVE FUN ,PLAY FAIR, AND CHIN UP ,AMERICA IS LOVING…JUST SOMETIMES LOSSES ITS WAY!   JANE

WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY…I LOVE BITTER GREENS….AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED..DANDYLION GREENS,TREVISO RADICCHIO  (A TALL ROMAINE SHAPED RADICCHIO, FABULOUS!) FRISEE,ESCAROLES ETC…THEY ARE GREAT COOKED OR RAW …I HOPE YOU EXPLORE THERE BEAUTY….IF THEY ARE TO HOT FOR YOU , USE A SWEET DRESSING OR AS I SAID ABOVE, USE FRUIT…

…WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE CUCUMBERS AND BEANS…THE SQUASH IS  ANOTHER FEW WEEKS AWAY,SORRY IT IS A LATE SUMMER FOR US.

..YOU CAN LOOK FOR MORE BERRIES ALL KINDS BLACK OR RED RAZZELS… STRAWBERRIES,MIXED LETTUCES..I HOPE YOU GET THE AMAZINGNESS OF THE BUTTERHEAD LETTUCE…SOOOO DARN SWEET.FENNEL,BEETS,BROC,SHALLOTS,HERBS….I KNOW THE BASIL LOOKED WEIRD …..TOO COLD FOR WHEN IT GOT SOWED AND IT SAT IDLE…WAHHH…CARROTS….FRISEE,DANDYLION,RADICCHIO MY TRUE LOVE..TREVISO VARIETY…

I KNOW I AM GIVING YOU ALOT OF DILL AND CILANTRO…ONE THING I LOVE TO DO IS MAKE A PESTO WITH THE CILANTRO ..I USE BRAZIL NUTS,FLAX OIL A BIT..  MOSTLY OLIVE OIL …SALT,LEMON JUICE,SALT. MY NEW FAVORITE SALT IS FROM REDMOND UTAH…CALLED REAL SALT..TOTALLY UNREFINED AND RELATIVELY LOCAL….

DILL…I ALSO BLEND UP WITH SOAKED ALMONDS ETC…I LOVE A QUICK DIP FOR ROASTED POTATOES OR CRACKERS…YOU CAN FREEZE IT AS WELL.. CHOP, SPREAD ON COOKIE SHEET ,FLASH FREEZE ..THEN PLACE IN JAR IN FREEZER….WORTH IT…WHO KNOWS?       BE WELL AND HAVE FUN THIS SUMMER!

JUST TO REMIND YOU …THE BLACK CRATES  COLLAPSE..SQUEEZE BY THE TOP OF THE ENDS ON THE OUTSIDE AND PUSH THE END IN AND VIOLA…FITS PERFECTLY IN YOUR CAR!

BUT THIS SPRING HAS BEEN A DOOZIE….FEBRUARY IN MAY! WHILE YESTERDAYS MONSOON WAS A BOON TO THE ROW VEGGIE CROPS LIKE BROCCOLI ,CHARD, AND RADICCHIO….IT CAUSES TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO THE UNRIPE BERRIES …NOT TO MENTION THE FIRST SIGNS OF BLIGHT ON THE TOMATOES…AHHHHH!

ON A LIGHTER NOTE WE ATE OUR FIRST SALAD LAST WEEK…DEER TONGUE LETTUCE,ARUGULA,AND ROMAINE…DIVINE, WITH A MILD GARLICY DRESSING FROM THIS YEARS GARLIC CROP!….THE RAINBOW CHARD IS HAVING A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE THESE DAYS…IT IS HOLY!   I HAVE TAKEN UP EVENING PRAYER RECITATION TO KEEP INSPIRED AMIST THE PROLIFIC INSECT ACTION WE WITNESS EACH PASSING DAY.

I BROKE MY TIB AND FIB THIS MARCH… I AM HAVING TO APPLY MY NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH PATIENCE, AN OVERRATED VIRTUE, TO THIS YEARS CUCUMBERS ,BEANS AND EVEN FLOWERS…SO IF ANYONE OUT THEIR IN VEGGIE BOX LAND IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT…SO ARE WE…KNOW YOU ARE NOT ALONE..!   WE PLAN ON STARTING BOXES UP JUNE…SECOND WEEK…

THANKS …BE WELL…JANE,JP AND MS BELLA

       THIS WEEKS PICK.

 RED PEPPERS,LETTUCES ,RASPBERRIES,STRAWBERRIES,DRY-FARMED TOMS,WIERD ONIONS,CARROTS ,GOLDEN BEETS…EAT THE GREENS, BASIL PARSLEY,FLOWERS,CHARD,DANDYLION,CHERVIL,WINTERSQUASH  THAT YOU SHOULD HOLD FOR A WEEK OR TWO!MAYBE RADICCHIO..I NEED TO CHECK IT IN THE FIELD.

..ANYHOOTIE   BE WELL!  EAT YOUR VEGGIES….LOVE JANE

 MY LIFE IS REDUCED TO A DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE PLACE.. I DO NOT USUALLY DRINK COFFEE BUT WAS SO TIRED AND IN A HURRY ONE DAY LAST WEEK THAT I PULLED UP, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF ,LEFT THE CAT POWER CD PLAYING AND TOLD THE WOMAN I HAD NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE ..WHAT DO YOU HAVE TODAY? AND WHAT IS IT LIKE DOING WHAT YOU DO? WHO COMES  TO YOUR DRIVE THROUGH COFFEE CART? I ENDED UP WITH AN ICED FRESH DRIP CUP OF JOE TO GO WITH CREAM! AND AN EAR FULL ABOUT THE MOMS WITH KIDS, ,THE LATE PERSON TO WORK , THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTERS WHO ROLL OUT OF BED AND DRIVE OVER BEFORE HITTING UP 17…..HMMM… .ALL THE SUDDEN I WAS SO PERKY AND STOKED TO BE WHO I WAS, AS TIRED AND BURNT AS I WAS AT THAT MOMENT!  I COULD GO BACK TO THE FARM AND FROLIC WITH THE ZINNIAS AND SUNFLOWERS.,SEE IF THE BROCCOLI IS READY TO PLANT,.BE OUTSIDE ….MAYBE THIS  WAS ALL THE JOE..BUT I DO NOT THINK SO!

  THIS WEEKS PICK:   DRY FARMS, TURNIPS BABY, EASTER EGG RADISH…ROMANO BEANS ,SQUASHES,BEETS,BASIL DILL CHERVIL,CARROTS,ROMAINE,BUTTERHEAD,CHARD RAINBOW,FRISEE,FLOWERS,FENNEL….STRAWBERRIES!