Collards, French Grey shallots, Yukon Gold potatoes, green beans, lettuce. A relatively small, simple share today, but full of good stuff. There weren’t quite enough summer squash to put in the shares yet so those were on the farm stand along with kale, kohlrabi and extra green beans and lettuce. Thursday might get summer squash instead of the green beans in the share depending on how the harvests go.
The French Grey shallots have become a favorite of mine in the kitchen, used in smaller quantities than onions, more like garlic, but with a wonderful sweet flavor, especially when fried or roasted, but also minced in a salad dressing. They go great with the potatoes and green beans. The outer skin can be difficult to remove because it’s not thin like the skin of onions or garlic so it doesn’t peel away. Instead, I trim off the root end first then cut them in half lengthwise and pop the half out of its shell of skin.
It was a very warm day in the field but we managed to get most of the harvest and field work done in the morning before it got too hot and to stick to the shade for the afternoon. In the morning we finally got the cucumbers clipped to their trellis. The first fruits are sizing up and with a little luck we might have some on the farm stand on Thursday.
Cully Neighborhood Farm 