Crooked Carrot Update - June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007
Number 35

Hello Everyone!

It's melon season and nothing tastes better on a hot summer day than a cool melon. We've got some great varieties to choose from....be adventurous and try something new.

This Week In The Farmstand

• Green Beans
• Tomatoes
• Melons (see descriptions below)
• Mixed Squash
• Eggplant
• Garlic
• Green Onions
• Carrots
• Bell peppers
• Hand Made Vegetable Herb Soap
  Lavender Mint

French Charentais Melon - Edonis
This well known French melon variety is considered by many to be the most divine and flavorful melons in the world. It is famous for its dark orange, sweet and fragrant flesh.

Earliqueen Cantaloupe
This is the superstar of muskmelons (cantaloupes)!
Medium-sized melon with thick, sweet, orange flesh.

Honey Orange Melon
This is a unique, orange flesh honeydew. Honey-sweet and tender with pale salmon-orange flesh that is thick and delicious to the rind. Melons are oval-round with smooth, ivory skin.



Passport Melon
These melons look like a cantaloupe outside and honeydew inside. Sometimes called a Middle Eastern Melon, an Israeli Melon, a Galia Melon, or a Mediterranean Melon, they are sweet and juicy with a more delicate flavor than cantaloupe and a sweet aroma.

Golden Beauty Melon
This Spanish (canary/casaba) melon has a sweet, juicy, pale green flesh that is very aromatic and spicy. The melons are large, distinctive and oblong with a somewhat wrinkled, bright yellow rind. If you are buying ahead of time, these melons have a good shelf life.



We also have potted herbs for sale in our hoop house. Not every herb comes in every size but there are 2" pots, 4" pots and six paks available.

• lemon balm
• parsley
• mini basil
• thyme
• epazote
• lavender
• oregano
• chives
• sage
• Mexican mint marigold
• Alpine strawberries (6 pk only)
  
  Alpine strawberries produce small but extremely tasty berries. These plants are easy to control and are everbearing. They produce no runners, which makes them neat and tidy for indoor growing. Plants bloom with white flowers, then produce fruit within a couple of months and will continue this cycle for about three years. Though berries are small, they are packed with flavor and freeze well.
  

Fresh From The Garden Recipe

Green Beans Sautéed with Tomatoes and Garlic

1 pound green beans (ends trimmed)
2 Tbls olive oil
1/2 small onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, diced
3 tomatoes, diced
1 Tbls fresh parsley, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

Lightly steam green beans until tender. Rinse under cold water to set the color and stop the cooking process.

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.

Add onion, cover and cook until soft (about 5 minutes). Stir in garlic.

Add the green beans, tomatoes, parsley and salt/pepper.

Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are hot and flavors are combined (about 8 - 10 minutes).

Serve hot.

Serves 4.

Farmstand Details

We harvest most morning to help keep our farmstand supplied with all the freshest veggies we have available. We do our best our best to keep all the produce available but sometimes we don run out.

Most produce is weighed and bagged or bunched and in the refrigerator at the farmstand. Prices will be posted (or in the case of melons, written right on the melon). Everything is priced in 25 cent increments.

Our farmstand is self-serve and on the honor system. There is a wooden lock box where you can deposit you money. No change will be given but checks are accepted. You can make your check payable to Crooked Carrot Farm.

The stand is open from dawn until dusk every day.

Thank you for supporting our farm.


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