Dean and his crew have been very hard at work in the Gardens. Lots of great things coming in your CSA! We’ll offer garden tours at pick up in mid-July. It’s always fun to walk out and see where your food is coming from. Tuesday the crew cleaned out the front high tunnel (we had green beans and cucumbers in it last year, the remnants were still “hanging,” literally.) They also planted 10 or 12 varieties of tomato transplants. HUGE accomplishment for the day, but that’s not all. They also planted 8 rows of green beans (second planting – the first ones are thriving) and several rows of peas. Salad greens looking beautiful, and we will have winter squash, more beets and kohlrabi going in yet.

Yes more Kale this week! See the quick recipe below. If you’ve run out of ideas, here are a couple new ones: Use in pesto in place of basil; make Kale chips, freeze for using in soups next winter, bump your smoothie X factor, sauté in olive oil with green onions (or green garlic), kale salad with radishes, chickpeas, avocado and an olive oil/infused vinegar dressing. Need more? go here

I requested more strawberries for this week’s shares, but Miracle Strawberry Farm thought they’d be out by Thursday. If they happen to have more by Thursday morning, you can be sure we’ll go get them for you. They were soooo delicious. What did you do with your strawberries last week? At the Bredlau home, we just ate them. Who’s with me here??? FYI We will have Blueberries in shares in a couple of weeks from Blue Fruit Farm. Working on raspberries and will have apples in the fall.

Keep checking the Farm Store for NEW products! This week we’ve added sparkling waters, cold pressed coffee in cans (gotta try the Vanilla Cinnamon), Baba’s Hummus and Flackers. Samples available.