Each week we try to offer our farm members as much choice as possible. Usually farm members get to choose which kind of herbs they want and which kind of greens. We also have a "choosing area" and members choose 1, 2, or 3 items, depending on the harvest. This week people chose 2 items so if you look at the share pictures below, you can see two variations. Mini Share folks choose two things from an assortment of veggies. It's a challenge for us to provide a good range of choices for the minis, even for the folks that need to come later in the day. I think we manage to do all right with that. (Sometimes we hold out a couple of things to fill in late in the day. We don't want anyone to be penalized because they have to work until 5:00.)
This week we gave all the big shares Brussels sprouts leaves. We've been trimming our plants so they can focus their energy on growing sprouts. We've all been enjoying the sprout leaves. They taste like the sprouts, but have a variety of possible uses from steaming or sauteing like any green, stuffing like cabbage leaves, or making
cole slaw.
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| Big Share - choices are sweet pepper and tomatoes |
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| Big Share - choices are squash and horseradish |
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| Sample Mini Share - Beets and puntarelle |
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| Sample Mini Share - Mesclun and tomatoes |
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