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Fresh and Hot for Week of Jan 17 2011

Fresh List Availablity January 17 through February

Beginning the new year with a Chef Tour – Chef Perry tours the farm and gets ideas for new dishes. Examining the different flavor and qualities of the same plants grown to different sizes and in different environments, we experience new and surprising variations and shatter expectations. We hope to bring you more video tours of of farm by our chefs – so you can get ideas too! If you are one of our chefs and would like to set up your personal video tour cantact us on the order line.

This week:

  • Wonderful green and tender chervil – a few chervil flowers available too.

    Chervil

  • Arugula in 8×8 clamshells to be cut fresh Monday and Wednesday, a few arugula flowers from the larger arugula sets.

    Arugula Flowers

  • Baby cucumbers with blossoms.

    Baby Cucumber

  • Red Jalapenos from the greenhouse – Fresnos

    Jalapeno red fresno

  • Rosemary top garnish

    Rosemary Tops

  • Baby red kale

    Baby Kale

  • Baby Mizuna

    Baby Mizuna

  • Watercress micro and full size

    Watercress

  • Micro amaranth, nano amaranth, and big leaf amaranth

    Nano AmaranthMicro Amaranth

  • Shiso tops

    Shiso

  • Micro Red Mustard

    Micro Red Mustard

  • Micro Collards
  • Micro Tatsoi
  • Micro Celery

    Micro Celery

  • Micro Red Basil

    Micro Opal Basil

  • Micro Green Basil
  • Baby Beet leaf

    Bulls Blood Micro Beet Leaf

  • Red Vein Sorrel

    Red Vein Sorrel

  • Green Sorrel

    Sorrel

  • Basil  Bow Tie Tops

    Basil Bow Tie Tops

  • Lemongrass

    Lemongrass

  • Fresh bay leaf or stems

    Fresh Bay

  • Pineapple sage and a few flowers

    Pineapple Sage

  • Nasturtium leaf and edible flowers

    Nasturtium Leaf and Flower

  • Pea Shoots and tendrils!

    Pea Shoots and Tendrils

  • Thai Basil Flowers

    Thai Basil

  • Video of the tour with above items featured: uploading available soon…..

Planting in the Hoop House

It is still frozen outside and a frigid wind is blowing, but we are planting carrots, greens, chard, kohlrabi, and many others. 

Planting Chard plugs

Planting Chard plugs in the beds

Walkin Greens Hoop House

Walkin Greens Hoop House

We are still growing our salad mix and baby arugula watercress tatsoi lettuce and sorrels in the heated greenhouses, but now we have expanded our high tunnel greens production to bring you more vegetables and greens even earlier this season.

Check here for our most recent ‘Fresh Specials’ sheet -highlighting the freshest new items available in the coming week, and our full product listing. We are working at this very moment on new photos and tips for our entire line of ‘year round’ production . We will be working in our test kitchen producing videos with Chefs using our produce, herbs, and products. Got an idea?