Oh My Gosh!!!!
#359370 - 06/20/10 02:41 PM
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Gerikat
Reged: 06/21/09
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Veggie eating is so easy with great summer produce. I stopped by a local farmer's market and was able to get tomatoes (most likely from the Carolinas), cantaloupe, zucchini squash, new potatoes, half-runner string beans, pickling cucumbers, and all of this was a GREAT dinner. Most was local, except for the tomatoes.
I grilled the squash along with some grilled garlic bread, cooked the green beans with new potatoes on top, made some macaroni salad with the tomatoes, ate one of the cukes, and had cantaloupe for dessert. My gosh, with this kind of bounty, who the heck needs meat? All the veggies were misshapen, a bit dirty, some had some spots, but they were REAL. They did not look like the "perfect" veggies in the supermarket, all clean and waxed to hell.
I love veggies and I love summer. Can't wait until the corn comes in. Yeehaw!!
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Hey maybe next year you should get a CSA membership.
My little farm has produced baby lettuce, scallions, spinach, radishes, turnips, peas, green garlic and leeks so far. This week broc and cabbages are ready and beans should be in a week or two. We have had a lot of rain to make some of the crops grow really fast.
My favorite thing about summer food is fresh herbs, especially basil. I bring a lot of fresh herbs to market and talk people into trying them. It is funny they would rather buy dried herbs than fresh (which they could dry if they wanted to), but once they start, there is no going back.
Has anyone ever used lovage? I am amazed by the scent! I need to try some. I hate celery but lovage has more lemon and curry notes to the scent. 
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"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!
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Hey Minnie! I do belong to a CSA. The only problem is it is about 1 hr from my home. I drive up quite frequently in the summer, but haven't gotten up there yet this year. I used to get boxes of veggies shipped out to me, but I now go and buy early on Saturday mornings, and help out at the same time.
I just happened to see this new roadside farmer's market and decided to give it a try. The man said he was getting ready to go back to North Carolina for more tomatoes, and hopefully some corn. The produce was just delicious! I love to find and try out new markets, even if I do use the CSA. I have found and made some wonderful friends this way.
I do plant myself, also. Some years are better than others, if you know what I mean.
I also have an herb garden. My friends come over a bit too much in the spring/summer and I know why. I find them scavaging my herb garden. 
Your farm sounds great. I have never heard of lovage, but am pretty much game for anything. Happy eating!
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