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What's happening on the farm right now?
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The flowers are blooming! With this heat, all the tulips and ranunculus and snapdragons and anemones are going off! We could harvest twice a day and not be able to keep up. We're also doing alot of greenhouse work, sowing more seeds and stepping up more peppers, flowers and tomatoes. We also had pretty much a full day on Monday of putting things back together after Saturday's crazy winds. We were very lucky and were safe and with our electricity. And we didn't out right lose any of the plastic off our high tunnels and greenhouse or the row cover off of our early plantings outside .Everything just needed to be put back on and re-attached, either with ropes or weight bags.
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What's available in the store and at market this week?
The North Asheville Tailgate Market opened it's 2023 market season this past Saturday. Market hours are 8am until 12pm.
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This week we'll have some watercress, wild-crafted for alovely spring above our house. Also radishes and bags of baby mixed kale, as well as bunches of tulips, ranunculus, snapdragons, and anemones and mixed bouquets. We'll also have some garden starts, kales and mixed lettuces.
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The forecast is for rain this Saturday and we have LOTS and LOTS of flowers. Please come out and support us and all the other great NATM vendors if you can. The flowers will be lovely for Easter celebrations and for days after.
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All the produce, flowers and plants are also available to order on line so you can be sure you don't miss out. Supplies are limited.
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Sandy Mush is alaze with yellow wild mustard at this time of year. Its' scent is the smell of spring to me. The bees and all the pollinators adore it. The tender top shoots are good to eat, just like broccoli raab.
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John's Recipe of the Week
| John Loyd is our dear friend, neighbor, CSA worker member and a gourmet Southern cook. His delightful observations on gardening and cooking appear here each week. |
We are looking forward to sharing recipes and cooking ideas with you and invite comments, and recipes you love as well. It is always great to hear what you think.
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Each year we list the food with the highest levels or chemicals that are harmful. Here’s the 2023 list in order of how toxic they are. These fruits and vegetables test positive for residues of two or more pesticides. Please note that all the produce, fruit and flowers from Full Sun Farm are grown without the use of these harmful chemicals!
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Some summer corn and yellow squash are from GMO seeds.
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Here is a list of the cleanest food. You’ll note that most have a tough outer peel, husk, or shell that you remove prior to eating. The list is also in order of the best on down.
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Your farmers, Vanessa and Alex
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Love the flowers. Honor the vegetables. Let the weeds go!
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- Cheri Huber and Ashwini Narayanan
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