Hello again Farm Share members. It seems that the hot weather is here to stay. At the farm, this means that things are growing very fast and the water is always on. We are getting our summer crops a month earlier than usual, as evidenced by the first of the season’s heirloom tomatoes in this
1/2 bunch carrots 2 beets 1/2 bunch kale 1 cucumber 3 stalks celery 1 medium apple 1 lemon Run all ingredients through juicer, serve cold and right away. Smoothie Version Chop ingredients into small pieces. Place in high speed blender with one cup of ice and enough liquid to cover one third of blender contents.
Greetings farm share members. We hope you are all getting in some good otdoor time before temperatures climb over 100 degrees this weekend. Be sure to stay hydrated, maybe with some fresh vegetabe juice. This week we will be hard at work doing some transplanting and seeding. We are already seeding crops for fall and
This week’s juice is a refreshing mix of green vegetables with a mild anise flavor from the fennel. This recipe includes celery, which is not in the share, but is a very common item in most fridges. Celery is also alkaline, which helps bring the body in balance. One mini green romaine 1/2 bunch collards
Hello Farm Share members. We hope you enjoyed last weeks vegetables and are ready for more this week. The past few weeks have been busy for us at the farm. We have now begun all of our harvest activities for the main season with the start of the Farm Share. It is pretty exciting to
Welcome to our first week of the Simington Gardens Farm Share. We are excited to be out harvesting fresh produce for our members and enjoying is weather. The heat has really been speeding up the growth of everything at the farm along with some of the longest days of the year. It is a great
Sometimes we get a little busy at the farm. Sometimes our farm share members get a little busy with their jobs, families and lives. We all have this in common. We also have in common tons of fresh produce. Sometimes there is not a lot of time to prepare a healthy meal. Turns out that
Greetings everyone. We are really excited to begin this year’s farm share and get fresh produce to all of our members. We have been having some really good harvests and markets these past few weeks and are ready to provide even more healthy food to more households. Starting Tuesday, June 9, members will go to
At Simington Gardens, we are always trying to find new ways to use vegetables. More likely, we are trying to find ways to use more vegetables in a recipe that already has a lot of vegetables in it. We think this easy frittata recipe does a good job of this. It also lends itself to
The last two weekends have brought our season at Simington Gardens into full swing. May is the time when everything really starts to grow and it begins to look more like summer at the farm. Kale planted outside is large enough for bunching, outdoor beets start to bulge and tomatoes are getting planted outside
Thanks to everyone that has signed up for this year’s Farm Share. Hopefully there are some readers that came to the website after finding a Farm Share flyer at their door after efforts to canvas neighborhoods near pick up sites. Early sign ups really help the farm out in the spring as expenses are kind