Soak your Brassicas

Now that you have started receiving produce from the brassica family ie. cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and eventually brussels sprouts and chinese cabbage, I would like to remind you that it is a good idea to soak them in tepid salt water before cooking or eating them raw. Because we are organic we have not  sprayed them with the types of insecticides that eliminate all of mother natures creations. So soaking them in salt water is effective in driving out the occasional little green hitchhiker.
This is also a good time to remind you to wash and inspect all of your produce when you get it. We do inspect everything before we package and you may have noticed we wash some things if they have had sand or dirt blown on them from the garden, but it is still our recommendation that you re-wash all the produce befor eating it. Not because you are washing off harmful chemicals but just to check for the stray insect or like I said sand or soil.
You may have noted that not all the produce is picture perfect like you would find in the supermarket or in a magazine. The occasional imperfections you see on your food are reminders that your food has been locally grown and may have had a bite or two taken out by an insect that is only doing what it was created to do. {We sometimes wonder why they were created but I guess we will have the answer to that at a later date}.
So celebrate the imperfections and I hope you are all enjoying what we have been growing for you.

If anyone would like to come and do one of their free u-pics of beets we have an abundance that is perfect for picking right now. Just give me a call or email me when you would like to come.

The raspberries are ready and waiting for someone to come and pick them. You will be receiving a pint in your food packages every week from now on until they are done but if you would like to purchase additional berries and come out and pick them, they will be available for $24/gallon or $4/pint.