We couldn’t be more thankful for a dry Monday—nor can I think of a tastier, more lovely way to start a new season than with flowering “Raab” Mix. Kelly, Maple & Claire harvested a big variety of overwintered greens (Collard, Kale, Cabbage & etc) that are beginning to sprout and form flowers. This is part of these plants’ natural lifecycle, and each Spring we get to enjoy a sweet and tender treat that can be eaten stem, leaf, floret and all.

This is the last week of our Winter CSA, and Winter, it would seem, was saving up plenty of drama for the season finale. Wasn’t Friday something? Kelly and Maple closed out their work week by seeding this year’s Sugar Snap Peas and Tomatoes in the propagation house, and before those seeds even had a chance to think about germinating, Mark was out clearing snowloads from the greenhouses in the dark. Never are we more acutely aware of how important our greenhouse structures are as we are when wind and snow events converge on our farm. Being able to harvest fresh greens only a few days after more than seven inches of snow and slush covered our farm really drives the point home. It may seem a little unusual, but Mark and I will gladly mash some of our delicious Mustard Greens into our St. Patrick’s Day Colcannon this week.

If you’ve ever wondered what it is like to spend your entire Monday harvesting Purple Sprouting Broccoli, you can ask Kelly and Maple. They’re going to have visions of little florets dancing behind their eyelids when they tuck themselves into bed for the night. This year we’ve planted two blocks of PSB with the intention of staggering the harvest. We enjoyed the first round at the outset of Winter, and our second block is starting to pop just before the end. Good stuff!