First fruits!
Here on the farm, May is a vibrant month full of work and wonder. May is one part spring and one part summer, making for a varied experience that is always beautiful and lovely. May is a time for:
The first of the strawberries (Hoods! — see above!)
Strawberry tummy aches (hard to restrain ourselves at first)
New green growth all around
Butterflies and wildflowers
Arugula blossoms
Planting, planting, planting
Setting up the irrigation and moving pipe
Clover
Eating dinner outside at the picnic table
Wearing rain jackets and sandals (at the same time!)
Washing woolens and putting them away for the summer
Lettuce! Kale! Chard! Greens! Oh my!
Refreshing rains
Earthworm hunting
Slugs (I will spare you a photo — ha!)
The final rapini and winter leeks
Thunder, lightning, and hail (occasionally)
Grass! (and shedding!)
Bird songs everywhere
Sweet onion omelets for dinner
Outdoor adventures of all kinds
Fruit growing everywhere
Building rope swings
Trellising (and eating) snap peas
Mud puddles for playing
Green garlic
… and so much more.
May is a month to savor. Enjoy this week’s vegetables!
Your farmers, Katie & Casey Kulla
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Hey you! Yes, you — sneaky blog reader who wants to sign up for our CSA but hasn’t yet! It’s time! Yes, we’re still taking members for both the McMinnville and Newberg vegetable CSA drop sites. Send in your forms! No more procastinating! Do it today! We want to meet you and feed you delicious vegetables all summer and fall! Thanks!
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Meet this week’s vegetables:
- Strawberries!!!! Yes, they’re here! That photo wasn’t just a teaser. These are Hoods — which we humbly think are The Best Strawberry Ever Anywhere.
- Salad mix — As Rusty would say: “Attention everybody!” There are no more chicories in the salad mix! Some tasty sweet kale and such, but mostly just good tender spring lettuce. Ooh la la.
- Snap peas — Oh yes, how good is May? It just gets better! The first of the snap peas are here. Earlier than normal (for us), but we are not going to complain about that! Even better, I (Katie) got to help pick them this week while the kids played in the fields. That was one of the highlights of my week, by far. Besides eating tummies full of strawberries of course.
- Bok choy — Chop it, saute it with green garlic. Boom — it’s delicious.
- Chard
- Leeks
- Green garlic
