Tewksbury Grace Farm

We harvested our garlic this past weekend with help from our friends Jude and Elizabeth.  Then we transplanted purple cauliflower into the bed.  We did this Saturday night instead of going to see the Cavalcade of Champions drum and bugle competition.  So we claimed our day to be the Cavalade of Cauliflower.  Sounds like fun, right?   The fresh garlic was wonderful.  We wrapped it in foil, drizzled olive oil on it and then put it on a grill.  After a few minutes we have a delicious treat!

Jude the Garlic Man

Cavalcade of Cauliflower

This week’s share of the harvest included fennel, two types of snap beans, summer squash, parsley, kohlrabi, carrots, sugar snap peas, shell peas and gold beets.  This is the end of the pea harvest and their space on the farm will be filled by pole beans that will be transplanted tomorrow.  My mom is visiting tonight and Leah made a stir-fry dish with lots of our fresh vegetables.  I love the Dragon snap beans; they are tender and sweet when sautéed in a stir-fry.  We have friends who enjoy our fennel by slicing the bulb and grilling it and then topping it with a dressing of mayonnaise and the fronds from the fennel.  How are you fixing your share of the harvest this week?  Click on the comment section below and tell us what you are eating.

Peace,

Johnny

A forest of fennel ……

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Here are some pictures of our farm this season...

 Part of our wildflower field

Purple Pea Flowers

Farm dogs...

Shiloh

Indie

The sun going down after a day of harvest

Hope you enjoyed this week’s share of our farm.  Unfortunately this will be the last salad mix you receive until fall.  During the warmer months, we focus on growing head lettuce instead of the salad mix, which doesn’t do as well during the warm weather.  Here is what the salad mix looks like in the our garden beds…