First Farm Share of the Season!

My husband and I bought a farm share for the season this year. We started with one over the winter that was great, but boy oh boy did it push our creativity to the limits with root veggies! There are three farms involved in the collective. Over the winter we had the share delivered, but I'll be picking up the share all summer. Yesterday was my first visit to the farm and it was so much fun! 

I walked in with my bags to fill up and was walked through the process by one of the organizers. There is a chalkboard listing what items are available and which ones are limited so that each member can get their share. I got a few potatoes from last season, beautiful red radishes, and a few white Hakurei turnips. Then I gathered up some beautiful spring greens, purple kale, collards, and the cutest head of lettuce (see my profile pic!). I also picked up 7 (that was the limit) garlic scapes (see pic in orange colander). I had to do a Google search on these! 

 The most common recipe was for garlic scape pesto so I think I'll try that out tonight and let you know how it goes. I guess the scapes are the growth from hard stem garlic heads and are usually trimmed to encourage further growth in the bulb. 

After filling up my bag with these items, I went out to the fields to pick some of my own food. Each member was allowed to pick up to 1 qt. of strawberries (see pic at the bottom of the blog) and 1 pint of snap peas. I also gathered a few herbs: chives, thyme, and sage.