Doorstep Harvest Newsletter 10-20-12
This week in your delivery you will find:
JJSalad mix: Baby Arugula, Encore Salad Mix, Baby Carrot Tops, Baby Radish Tops (Extremely Healthy), Baby Kale, Baby Mustard Greens, and Mizuna.
JJSquash: Spaghetti and Butternut. Very last of the squashes this year. L (Wikifact: Though considered a vegetable in cooking, botanically speaking, squash is a fruit (being the receptacle for the plant’s seeds).)
JJTomatillo: peel off skins, slice, and put into stir-fry. (Wikifact: tomatillos have a high pectin content.)
JJCherry Tomato: they survived the frost, and are still very happy. (Wikifact: Cherry tomatoes are believed to go as far back as Aztec Mexico in at least the 15th century CE)
JJCayenne Pepper: Very hot! (Wikifact: It is also a key ingredient in a variety of hot sauces, particularly those employing vinegar as a preservative… Buffalo-wing sauce contains Cayenne pepper)
JJRadish (Wikifact: The descriptive Greek name of the genus Raphanus means “quickly appearing” and refers to the rapid germination of these plants.)
JJBraising mix: Tatsoi and Kale (Wikifact: Tatsoi can be harvested even from under the snow, Kale, as with broccoliand other brassicas, contains sulforaphane (particularly when chopped or minced), a chemical with potent anti-cancer properties)
JJSpinach: (Wikifact: The Environmental Working Group reported spinach is one of the dozen most heavily pesticide-contaminated produce products.[19]The most common pesticides found on spinach are permethrin, dimethoate, and DDT.[citation needed] Spinach is high in cadmium contamination)
JJGoji Berry
JJStinging Nettle: use as a soothing tea.
J Sunchokes: also called Jerusalem Artichokes, taste good peeled and baked. (Wikifact: Despite its name, the Jerusalem artichoke has no relation to Jerusalem, and it is not a type of artichoke, though both are members of the daisyfamily.)
J Black Walnuts: Enjoy cracking themJ (Wikifact: Black walnut drupes contain juglone (5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone), plumbagin(yellow quinone pigments), and tannin. These compounds cause walnuts to stain cars, sidewalks, porches, and patios, in addition to the hands of anyone attempting to shell them.[3]The brownish-black dye was used by early settlers to dye hair.)
JJCulinary Herbs: Oregano, Lavender, Thyme, Italian Parsley, and Basil.
JJTea Herbs: Comfrey Leaf and Lemon Balm.
JJ= Organically grown in my house in town.
J= grown in my garden at my grandparents farm, or wildcrafted.