Your vegetable harvest this week.........
arugula
fresh rosemary
bulk carrots
romano beans
fennel
field tomatoes
sungold cherry tomatoes
lettuce heads
french fingerling potatoes
Your fruit harvest this week.........
fall red raspberries
(yes, Fall! Mick says they are two weeks early but still have a great flavor)
(yes, Fall! Mick says they are two weeks early but still have a great flavor)
paula red apples
cantaloupe
plums
All fruit is grown in Michigan by Mick Klug Farm!
The farm in your kitchen............
The farm in your kitchen............
Italian Romano Beans are broad and flat in shape. They do require more cooking time than your traditional green bean but will sure promise a sweet crisp flavor. Chris's favorite and simple way of enjoying these beans is by blanching them for 1 to 2 minutes in salted boiling water, then toss them right into ice water to stop the cooking. They make a great snack especially for kids that hover in the kitchen wailing for dinner to be ready. Add them to a salad of tomatoes, those juicy white onions of ours and a handful of parsley, toss with olive oil and lemon juice!
Another way of cooking them would be to slow braise them. They really soak up any flavor you cook with them. Try them with garlic or fresh tomatoes!
Try this recipe and enjoy!
braised romano beans
Wow! French fingerling potatoes, one of my favorite potato varieties. It's versatile and are perfect no matter how you prepare them. It's rosy pink skin and creamy white flesh (don't peel the skin!) will please you with it's buttery rich and robust flavor.
Because of the drought and heat we had this summer the yeild on our potatoes is half of what we should have harvested. We're happy to say that we did manage to dig up enough to give you 2 pounds, enjoy!
roasted rosemary fingerling potatoes
Duncan running the tractor with the potato digger
Here you can see the potatoes (not many) being dug and rolled from the ground.
Pictures of the farm this week......
feeding chickens over ripe tomatoes!
Joe harvesting tomatoes: do you see the resemblance?
Charles checking out how much the asparagus has grown!
Chris checking out the organic feed corn.
Broom corn!
Child labor, we've got to get rid of the weeds!
Organic pest control. Here Duncan drops sand bags to hold the row cover down.
Onion harvest or nap time? Has anyone seen Joe?
Sunset on Monday evening.
Here we go.....cultivating brasicas.
A new variety of sunflowers!
Tania having fun with flowers.
Farm Market Stand Hours:
At this time we are still open on Thursdays between 4 and 7pm.
We don't mind if you come early but please wait patiently until we are all set up.
We have only a few farmers on our crew and we're working hard
to get everything set up so that you can enjoy our harvest, thank you!
We will be closed on Saturdays until further notice.
Eat Well!
Your farmers,
Tania and Chris Cubberly along with our crew, Duncan, Joe, Keegan, Danny, Tomas and Michelle.
Another way of cooking them would be to slow braise them. They really soak up any flavor you cook with them. Try them with garlic or fresh tomatoes!
Try this recipe and enjoy!
braised romano beans
romano bean harvest tuesday morning
roasted rosemary fingerling potatoes
Pictures of the farm this week......
Sunset last Thursday evening.
Chris seeding for the fall: arugula, hakurei turnips, spinach and lettuce mix.
Farm Market Stand Hours:
At this time we are still open on Thursdays between 4 and 7pm.
We don't mind if you come early but please wait patiently until we are all set up.
We have only a few farmers on our crew and we're working hard
to get everything set up so that you can enjoy our harvest, thank you!
We will be closed on Saturdays until further notice.
Eat Well!
Your farmers,
Tania and Chris Cubberly along with our crew, Duncan, Joe, Keegan, Danny, Tomas and Michelle.
