It Is Beginning to Look Like Summer

     Strawberry season appears to be over.  It's been a short season this year, but I expect with all the rainy weather we've had earlier in the Spring.  Although it has been wet this Spring, these last few weeks have been extra dry.  It rained last night and they were glad it did .  Tomatoes are just starting to ripen up in the greenhouse, so hopefully they will have plenty for us in the weeks to come.  These tomatoes are grown in the soil in the greenhouse.  The reason for growing them in the greenhouse is to extend the season.  They can harvest them a lot earlier that way.  They also have quite a few planted in the field, which they will harvest for us later this Summer.
    The Chinese cabbage has been doing really well this year, so that's why it has been showing up in our boxes nearly every week.  Some of you may not be familiar with it, but be encouraged to try new recipes and use it.  See the recipe that they have  provided below.  What is nice about the recipe is that it  can accommodate whatever vegetables that are in season.  Sometimes you can add kale or chard, and you could probably use lettuce.  If you don't have any broccoli or zucchini you might omit it.  It's a very flexible recipe that you can use on whatever is in our boxes. The long curly things in our boxes this week are garlic scapes.  They can be stir fired with other vegetables.  Basically they can be prepared like you would  green beans, they just have a mild garlic taste to them.  These grow on the top of the garlic plant and need to be removed so that the garlic bulb grows bigger.  A lot of people throw them away, but why throw them away when they are perfectly fine to eat.  Some green tomatoes this week. The best way to prepare them is to slice them, egg and flour them and fry them.  Also they have will have whole chickens available next week.  They average 3-5 pounds and are $2.75 per pound.  They tend to go pretty quick, so email us if you are interested. 

My mouth is watering for the tomatoes!  Tomorrow night fried green tomatoes with dinner for sure!

If this salsa tastes and good as it smells i will never buy store bought again!

As always if you need any information about anything...the farm, the CSA,,,,please email

cedarmorefarm@tdisp.com