Harnessing the power of green

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The mild fall weather has meant an seemingly unending supply of cold weather greens such as kale, spinach, swiss chard and lettuce. 

Besides eating them fresh daily, we prepare for winter by drying them and making green powder to use through those cold months when getting your greens is difficult. #harnessthegreen 

Week #2 - 2015 FFF CSA - What's in the Box! - Top Notch!

Week two of twelve is upon us and the recent rain was welcomed by the plants but complicates picking by making it very muddy... Yesterday's cooler temps was nice to work in however! 

This time of year you will get lots of greenery in your box... the lettuce, spinach, kale and swiss chard are yummy, nutritious and pretty straightforward. This week however,  I wanted to remind you that you can also use the beet & carrot tops too! 

Yes, both beets and carrot greens can be used in salads, smoothies, in pesto and sauces. 

If you are a fan of pesto, simply replace the basil in your typical pesto recipe with chopped carrot greens and you have a interesting and delicious twist on an old favorite. 

Beet greens while good raw, can be sauteed with some butter or oil and eaten like spinach... throw in some garlic and its pure heaven! 

So in summary... What's in the Box this week?

• Swiss Chard
• Kale
• Rhubarb
• Lettuce (mixed greens in bag)
• Spinach (in bag)
• Zucchini
• Carrots
• Peppers (sweet)
• Beets (remember you can eat the beet greens too!)
• Herbs in the red cup: 
• Oregano
• Chives
• Parsley
• Cilantro
• Rosemary
• Basil (for full shares only)

Notes to our CSA Share holders: 

We pick the vegetables within 24 hours of the box being delivered. We do rinse the produce but it would be important to wash all vegetables before you eat them. Keeping the herbs (ends) in a cup of clean water will keep them fresh longer.

Please return your empty box along with all re-usable containers (pails, cups, bags etc) so that we can reuse them all over again. 

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Tender greens!

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First salad of the season coming from the garden. Spinach and multiple varieties of lettuce. 

Yum! 

Green goodness!

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A box of goodness picked today as I thinned and harvested our spinach next to the house. 

This was planted back in early March and was snowed on several times! Spinach loves cool weather. 

We are drying this batch to grind into green energy powder! 

Happy Spinach

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While the day was dreary without the sun.. we really needed the rain! #happyspinach

Greening up!

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In my walk about the farm today, I couldn't help but notice how things are greening up... (despite how dry everything is). 

I found spinach in the front bed beside the house that I planted a couple of weeks ago as snow was falling! 

Underneath the straw, I found both rhubarb and asparagus starting to emerge. Both of these were moved last fall to a new location so glad to see they survived the winter with very little snow cover to protect them. 

Not impressed!

You can barely see the grain bins in the distance! 

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I'm not impressed. Yesterday was 16C and sunny. Today it's -6C and blowing snow. 

The only positive is I managed to plant some spinach before the snow came...