Week of
October 23, 2008
Last
of Harvest Days of the Year
Friday, 24th
9:00-11:00am
Tuesday,
28th
5:00-7:30pm
Last call for fresh Veggies!
The garden is still
producing but our market demand for our produce has
decreased significantly. So, we'll be selling the last of
our produce on Tuesday, October 28th. That
gives you two more opportunities to have garden fresh
produce; Friday 9:00-11:00 a.m. and Tuesday 5:00-7:00 p.m.
We’ve had some
beautiful heads of Romaine lettuce and will also be cutting
the red and green leaf lettuces for the final markets. Some
of the Napa cabbages will be ready if you like tender babies
and the Pak Choi has been great.
I made a Tortellini,
Greens and Tomato Soup with the Pak Choi this past week and
the blend of flavors with chicken broth and garlic was
awesome! We have the recipe available if you would like to
try it. Depending on the first freeze we should still have
some of the climbing spinach that can also be used in the
same recipe. Fresh carrots are available along with the
baby beets and sell quickly so come early if you want either
of these. Our Gourmet Greens mix makes a delicious salad
with the mixture of flavors from baby lettuce varieties, Red
Russian Kale, beet greens and arugula. Add a light
dressing, some grilled chicken and a bit of blue or feta
cheese and you have a delicious meal!
Fried green tomatoes
are a good use for the ones we’re picking now that won’t
have time to ripen. Does anyone have a good recipe for
green tomato relish? I have one for green tomato mince meat
that I enjoy with cream cheese on bagels or English
muffins. We still have some red tomatoes, chilies and
peppers that will be available but the okra is a goner. The
large red Italian frying pepper bushes are loaded with large
green fruits that would be good stuffed like bells. They
are thinner walled so wouldn’t require much, if any,
precooking before stuffing and baking. The hardest thing
for me to let go of at this time of year are the pimiento
peppers. The bushes are always loaded with fruits that
won’t ripen and there’s just nothing better in my mind than
a fresh, red, ripe pimiento….what a bummer!
Last Laugh Farms had
some darling gift baskets filled with their goat milk soaps
and some soft, cuddly, stuffed goats that were very
fashionable with tutus and jewelry…too cute. We’re trying
to talk Shelley into bringing some of their wonderful fudge
that they sampled at the Fall Harvest Fest for our closeout
markets! She is taking orders for holiday gifts now so it’s
a good opportunity to get something neat for that special
person on your gift list.
Melinda with Wagon
Creek Creamery has been a delight to have with us. Her
winning ways have encouraged a lot of you to try their
products and find out how good they are. She was sampling
both Colby and Cheddar Cheese at market this past Tuesday
and asking people for their favorite. I think the final
vote was pretty near a split as they were both winners!
We want
to thank you for your support this year. We made many new
friends and was very glad to see our "old" friends, too,
during market. So, even if you’re not in the market for
produce, we’d certainly love to have you come by so we can
personally thank you. Also, if you could give us your ideas
on how we might make make our harvest more successful in the
community, everyone will benefit next year. If you had
favorite varieties or some that you really didn’t care for
please let us know about it. That would also help with next
year’s planning.
Dress
warm and come say goodbye to the 2008 garden season with us,
we’d love to see you!
Gardening for God,
Kate Morrison,
Faith Farm Coordinator
PS:
Would you or your group like to have a
personal tour or program about Faith Farm? Call Kate at
237-4800 to schedule a time.
