July 14, 2017
Week 8
Here are some of the items you may be
receiving in your delivery this week:
Strawberries, Nasturtium Flowers
(Edible), Garlic Scapes, Red Russian and Scarlet Kale, Tatsoi, Mesclun, Purple
Dark Opal and Genovese Basil.
Hello Everyone,
A very pretty delivery this week.
It’s wonderful to have the peppery flowers decorating the salad. Anthony was
very proud to harvest all of the nasturtiums this week. He ran up to the field
when we realized it was about to shower and I was stuck in a phone meeting. He
and his brother are both proving to be awesome junior farmers.
Try the mixed basil in the salad too,
maybe even some of the strawberries. Tatsoi and the purple kale make gorgeous
sautes. We are hoping for one more week of garlic scapes after this so make
sure you freeze them so they can be enjoyed in a pesto or something later.
This week brought a lot of concern in
the barn. The heat was nearly overwhelming to our meat birds. Thankfully the
shade and fans were able to keep the air temperature down somewhat. We were
giving them fresh cool water every few hours and at the peak of the day I was
adding ice. The little chicks are just getting used to the larger water dishes
and are now happy to be checking out their new larger area.
All meat birds for July 18th
are now preordered. We have started taking preorders for the next batch which
will be in a couple months. Thank you!
I hope all of you have a wonderful
week!
Your Farmer,
Amber
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