Fresh Produce PIcs

Zinnia

This wonderful Tomato has wings!

Pattison Panache Squash

Slicing Cucumber



Bell Peppers



Anaheim Chili Peppers



Poblano Peppers



Culinary Sage

Genovese Basil

Recipes 1

Here are a few simple recipes to sample:

Quick Cucumber Pickles

2 cucumbers (with rinds)
1 large or 2 small onions
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup white vinegar
3 tsp. salt
3 tsp. dill (if using fresh chop finely.

Cut cucumbers into 1/4 inch slices.
Boil water, vinegar, sugar & salt & dill.
Pour over cucumbers and let stand overnight with a light covering.
Place in refrigerator the next morning.

Steamed Summer Squash

Wash Squash and dry with towel or let air dry. Cut in half and remove seeds. Cook squash in a dish with 1/4 inch of water at 400 degrees F., for about 35 minutes-or until tender. Next, dice the squash and add a little butter and salt. Toss with basil leaves. Serve when butter is melted thoroughly.

(Don't have any basil? Try this recipe with out the basil and use some brown sugar.)

Buckwheat Mowing

Buckwheat is a short season crop which germinates in as little as 4 days. It is used here to quickly cover the ground and to prevent weed seeds from germinating. As the buckwheat flowers it is cut to prevent it from adding unintentional seeds to the soil and becoming a sort of weed itself. The buckwheat is scythed after allowed to flower for a short period-for the bees! This stand of buckwheat is mixed with annual ryegrass and sweet clover. After the first cutting, the sweet clover takes advantage of the extra light, and begins to mix with the grass.

One pass with the scythe in a clockwise direction.

The second pass completed.

The third pass around completes the scythe job.



Next we collect the straw for use as mulch.

Farm Happenings

This week brings summer squash to our table. When over-ripe, these squash become more green and yellow, however for edibility we harvest before they are in the ornamental stage.
More peppers varieties are ripening, and the melon patch is spreading all over the place.

Pattison Panache Summer Squash, Juane et Verte

Marigolds

Candytuft