Wild Hare Weekly, Winter #9/10: Sowing Seeds & Savoring Overwintered Greens
How’s your Monday going? Ours finds us trying to make sense of the time change, planting seeds, and getting our greenhouses in gear to hold a whole lot of life in the coming weeks. Kelly and Claire are pictured seeding two of the seventy trays of Snap Peas that we’ll start this year. Yep, it is happening! We’re weaving propagation work into our harvest duties, and working up an appetite all the while. Luckily, this is a great week for hashes, mashes and stews. St. Patrick’s Day is great fodder for showcasing (and using up) the root vegetables that are still late Winter/early Spring staples.Mark is deeply sad that our great big field of Green Cabbages froze all the way through their cores earlier this Winter. The plants should eventually flower out into some tasty “Cabbage Raab” this Spring, but if we were to harvest the heads at this point, they’d likely rot from the inside out if we tried to store them, even in the short term. Fortunately, we have a solid alternate this week. Claire, Kelly and Mark are assembling a lovely blend of overwintered kales, some baby leaves from the greenhouse and a bit of Lacinato that is just starting to bud up into “Kale Raab’ in the field. Colcannon, and its variations that incorporate Rutabagas and Celery Root, is a perennial favorite. Or, you could whip up a Friday night Cheesy Charred Kale Pizza With Garlic for Pi Day (or a Caesar for the Ides of March!)
Have a great week,
Katie
IN THIS WEEK’S FARMSHARES:
Baby Kale & Raab Mix
Leeks
Potatoes
Celery Root or Rutabaga
Tokyo Turnips (Large Shares)
Apples
KALE & RUTABAGA COLCANNON - Rad Foodie
LEFTOVER CORNED BEEF HASH WITH ROOT VEGETABLES- Marie Bostwick
POTATO, LEEK & GRUYERE PIZZA - Fred Hutch Cook for your Life
CARAMELIZED LEEK VEGGIE DIP - Vegetarian Ventures (thank you, Melissa!)
KALE WALDORF SALAD WITH CELERY ROOT - Green Evi
DAIRY FREE POTATO-LEEK SOUP - Love & Lemons
CELERY ROOT SOUP - David Lebovitz
APPLE RUTABAGA SOUP - Hapa Nom Nom
BEEF & GUINNESS STEW - John Mitzewich (thank you, Shannon!)
AUTHENTIC IRISH APPLE CAKE - The View from Great Island
