*Boadacious BEETS!!! (in Chiogga, Detroit Dark Red, and the coveted Cylindrical!!!)
*TURNIPS!!! (in Ruby Red, Gold Ball, and Oasis!!)
*Fresh Dug GARLIC (this week's grand-prize winner)
*Summer Squash (this week's runner-up)
*Red Russian KALE, Dino KALE, Red Bore, Winter Bore, and Rainbow Lacinato
*Florence Fennel (last week for this licorice flavored bulb of insanity!!!)
*RAINBOW CHARD (oooh my God....what else can I say?)
*BRONZE FENNEL (heavenly)
*Chives, Oregano, Chocolate Mint, Savory, and Edible Flowers!!
*Heirloom Transplants (a lingering selection of flowers, herbs, and companion crops to protect your beloved veggies)
Herb"N"Gardener, Lew Edmister (Westside, KCMO)
From the lips of Lew:
"i love it when the titanic forces of sun and rain and heat make a mockery of my futile and less than optimistic predictions. this week is another example -
This a.m. i was surveying my guinotte garden and found a couple of beds of salad mix that had miraculously rebloomed enough to harvest this week. wow! then a quick peek at the heirloom tomato patch showed a heavy smattering ofreddish/orange clutches of rutgers just daring me to pick them. i did and will return for another small amount on friday. but, i'll have some bloody damned heirloom 'maters this friday!!! from the same garden i'll bring you hakurei radishes as well. don't expect bushels of tomatoes yet, but they are starting to come on. yeah, tomatoes!!!
i'll have another basket of filet beans, both russian and starbor kale and some nice sizedcollard leaves. speaking of leaves, how about a little more flat leaf parsley. you arugula freaks will have to keep praying to the green gods, or whatever you do, but maybe, maybe, maybe...
and then i reached my perspiration saturation point and went scurrying back to my a/c."
*Steve will be busy planting sweet potatoes!! Catch him next time around.
Bigg Blue Farm, Stan & Carmen Biggs (Mosby, MO)
*Zucchini and Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash
*Spring Onions in red, white and yellow
*New Potatoes in Yukon Gold and Red Viking
*Pickling Cucumbers!! (first of the season)
*Succulent Shell Peas, Snow Peas, and tender Snap Peas!!! (creamed peas and potatoes anyone???)
*Tomatoes!! (early varieties like Siberian,Glacier, and Early Girl)
PJ's Mushroom Farm, Paul & Judy Miller (Warrensburg, MO)
*A whole lotta' Shitake Mushrooms!!
*Oyster Mushrooms
*Farm-Fresh Brown Eggs
*Hand-made rugs & stained glass items (from 100% recycled materials)
*Free-range Chickens (100% pastured) available this week.
*A variety of 100% grassfed beef and all natural pork including:
*Pork Chops & Brats
*Chipotle brats with cheese or cranberries
*Pre-cooked franks
*Chili Cheese Brats & Links
*T-Bones
*Sirloins
*Stew meat
*Ground Beef and a fresh supply of hamburger patties for the grill!!
*Homemade soy based candles and gourd birdhouses (compliments of their lovely girls who grew the gourds on the farm!!) as well as embroidered Tea Towels and homegrown Mint Teas!!!!
*sandwich breads
*savory breads
*sweet breads
*specialty treats (vegan as well)
**ALL MADE FROM 100% Locally Grown, Organic Wheat!!!!
*Only the BEST fair-trade/organic/micro-roasted coffee in town!!
Get yourself some beans or grab yourself a mug.
COFFEE BY THE MUG IS ONLY $1.00!!!!
....and thats not all!!! Other "Liquid Elixirs" will include WHEAT GRASS SHOTS & TRAYSfrom the lovely Angela Hoffman. This is hard red winter wheat and it is oh so sweet and oh so good for you. Take a shot and feel groovy.
Other goodies will include:
Aged & Fresh varieties including Prairie Bloom(a bloom-rind crotin style cheese with a rich and creamy center), Taum Sauk (a distinguished and nutty, appropriately aged, raw milk cheese),Osage Orange (a European-style muenster with a beautiful washed rind), Herb Crusted Chevre (delightful fresh cheese in a flavorful herb crust) ,Marinated Chevre (fresh cheese relaxing in scrumptious olive oil, red pepper, and herbal goodness) and Greek-style Feta (residing in a salty brine that will make your head spin....sooo good)
An impressive selection will be available each week including all purpose, whole wheat, whole wheat pastry, golden buffalo, malted (for peak crust coloration), and blue cornmeal!! An artisan bakers dream.
RAW HONEY!!!....maybe?? If Les Miller (our wicked honey man) has any in stock, he will be buzzin'.
and, of course, Kombucha Mushroom Tea(Brooke's home brew)
Sip while you shop!
