2009, Week 8

What delicious organic veggies are available this week at Valley Dream Farm?

In Your CSA Bag

Lettuce
Cabbage
Peas
Radishes
Swiss Chard
Peppers (purple or green)
Tomato
Blueberries
Herbs
Annuals

Free Flowers!!
All annuals in the cold frame need to go!

Also at the Farm Stand

grown at Valley Dream Farm...
Green Beans, Carrots, Broccoli
Strawberries (get them while they last)

produced locally...*
Boyden Farm ~ beef
Green Top Farm ~ lamb & pork
Maple shade Farm ~ maple syrup
Essex ~ Sweet Corn, Summer Squash and Zucchini (non-organic)
Red Hen Baking Co. ~ organic breads
Jericho Settlers Farm ~ free range eggs

* These items are brought into our farm stand to give you a larger selection.

Recipe of the Week

Grilled Rainbow Chard with Fava Beans and Oregano

News from the Field

We've had sun and humidity; now we are asking for three consecutive days of sun without rain so we can make hay. I keep hoping August will be sunny, warm and drier.

Rain and wet ground has brought some plant disease issues. Plant roots need air and we love to find earthworms tunneling around them. Rain and wet ground drive the worms to the surface and rot the roots. A water mold called potato blight, which caused the great famine in Ireland, was recently found as close to us as Burlington. The blight also affects tomatoes. If your plants suddenly die, dispose of them in tied trash bags; do NOT compost them as the disease will overwinter. We have 8 acres in potatoes, so I hope it stays away from here!

Combating slugs? Sprinkle wood ashes around the base of your plants or place jar lids filled with beer to drown them.

Enjoy our fresh organic produce!
~ Anne Tisbert