Purple Rain Vineyard

Week of June 29th, 2009

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Arugula

Escarole

Fennel 

Radishes

Spinach

Swiss Chard

Fennel:  Sweet, with a mild licorice flavor. A very popular European vegetable, especially in Italy and France. 

Swiss Chard:  Bionda Di Lyon, is on of the two varieties that we will be growing this season. Excellent mild flavor with less fiber texture resulting in a very tender leaf. 

For recipes that include this week's vegetable harvest, visit our website, http://www.purplerainvineyard.com/recipes.php.

Herbs for this Week

Lemon Thyme

Spearmint

Rosemary

A sample  of one of the bouquets for this week.

Week of June 22nd, 2009

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Asian Greens

Cress

Escarole

Mix Lettuce

Peas

Spinach

Strawberries

Herbs for this week

Chives

Parsley

Sage

Flowers for this Week

A sample of a flower bouquet for this week

Week of June 15th, 2009

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Beets Escarole Garlic Scapes Lettuce Strawberries

Escarole:  This variety has a delicate crunchy texture, with a mildy bitter sweet taste; the base for Italian salads.

Garlic Scapes:  The beauty of eating with the seasons, is the anticpation of waiting for the vegetables we dearly enjoy.  Garlic scapes only come once a year and we take the opportunity to make a delicious garlic pesto that can be used as a spread on crostini, for a pasta dish, with stir fry or sandwiches.  Check our website for the garlic pesto recipe, http://www.purplerainvineyard.com/recipes.php?letter=G.

Herbs for this Week:

 Chocolate Mint, Spearmint and Parsley 

Flowers for this Week:

  A sample of two of the flower bouquets for this week.

Week of June 8, 2009

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Beets

Lettuce Mix

Salad Mix: Endive and Green Wave

Salad Mix: Asian and European Greens

Green Onions

Beets: Our first beets of the year, and they are tender and sweet.  To fully appreciate the taste of beets they are best roasted. 

Green Onions:  This week's onions were sown last fall for spring harvest.  Since they have not been cured, stored them in the refrigerator.

Herbs for this Week:

Chives

Licorice

Italian Oregano

Apple Mint

Flower Share:

For this week, our members will enjoy bouquets or salvia, delphinium and red roses.

Week of June 1, 2009

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Cress

Lettuce Salad Mix

Mustard Green: Pizzo

Scallions

Pizzo:  Serrated leaves with a mild mustard green.  Enjoy it in your salad or braised it.

Persian Cress:  One of the three varieties of cress we will be growing this season.  Persian cress has strap leaves with small teeth around the edges.  Mild with a peppery taste goes well as a salad mix or in a sandwiches.

Lettuce Salad Mix:  During the season our members will be enjoying a variety of baby lettuces.  This week the combination of our lettuce mix includes varieties of green oakleaf, green and red lollo, redleaf, red oakleaf and romaine. 

This weeks Herb Share:

Cilantro , Oregano and Parsley.