What delicious organic veggies are available this week at Valley Dream Farm?
In Your CSA Bag
Corn
Zucchini
Carrots
Onions
Green Beans
Cucumber
Radish
Lettuce
Peppers
Tomatoes
Garlic
Also at the Farm Stand
produced locally...*
Boyden Farm ~ beef
Does' Leap Farm ~ organic goat cheese
Maple Shade Farm ~ maple syrup
Twiss Hill Farm ~ frozen whole organic chicken
* These items are brought into our farm stand to give you a larger selection.
Recipes of the Week
Quinoa and Green Bean Tabbouleh
Radish Tea Sandwiches
News from the Field
Green Beans are here! The anticipation of such tender succulent beans is a sure sign of summer. When shopping look for firm green or colored beans and stay away from rusty spotted or old leathery beans. A fresh bean will snap crisply and is velvety to the touch. Skip the beans that you can feel a bean seed bulging inside as they are past their prime and moving on into the seed stage instead of the green vegetable stage you are looking for.
Have you ever purchased green beans brought them home, washed them and put them in the refrigerator only to notice that your green beans developed rusting or browning spots? What could be causing this problem? Usually green beans will get rusty looking if they have been picked in the early morning, when the dew is still on the bushes. This is a fungus that will appear after the beans get wet. Therefore store them in your refrigerator in plastic but do not wash them until just before you are ready to eat the beans or prepare them for cooking.
There are many kinds of beans available. Green or string (which refers to older varieties that required you to pull a string down the length of the bean before eating), yellow often referred to as wax beans as they are not always as velvety as the green, and now there are purple beans that are easy to find on the plant and turn green when cooked.
Whatever you name green beans, I hope you enjoy them frequently in the summer when they're at their peak. When they're seasonal and regional, there's nothing as tasty as boiled beans.
Please enjoy our fresh organic vegetables!- Anne Tisbert
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