Its Harvest Season!!! time to get picken...

Posted by farmfresh

Posted: August 22, 2008 - 10:40 am

For those of you who don't have a garden of your own, do you ever want the experience harvesting vegetables yourself, or would like to show your kids how different vegetables and fruits grow? Maybe you're the type who wants to can and freeze bulk vegetables. If you live in Southcentral, you're close enough to travel out to Palmer and experience Pyrah's Pioneers Peak U-pick Farm. LINK

The farm sits at the base of Pioneer Peak and spans over one hundred acres. The farm is beautiful, as is the family who operates it.

If you head out this weekend to pick your own veg. bring rubber boots, tote bags, and gardening gloves. The experience, I am sure, will be a highlight of your summer memories.

Happy Harvesting!

What's fresh this week?

Lettuce @$1.00 / lb ****Over picked. Closed until 8-22**** Red and green leaf lettuce and baby romaine are currently ready for making fresh salads and adding to wraps and sandwiches.

Bokchoi/Nappa @$1.50 / lb These Chinese cabbages add a crisp, wonderful flavor to egg rolls, stir frys, and casseroles.

Spinach @$1.00 / lb Vitamin and nutrient rich, this powerhouse green speaks for itself as a health boosting disease prizefighter. Not only does it fulfill many of your daily requirements, but this mild vegetable has wonderful taste and texture in every leaf.

Collard Greens @$1.00 / lb While we have been told that the best collards are picked right after the first frost, the younger greens are currently available. And really, who can wait?

Turnip Greens @$1.00 / lb The tender turnip tops are big enough to pick, and delicious enough to eat.

Peas @$ .50 / lb English pod peas, also known as the "shelling" kind are ready. The cooler weather has helped these plants thrive and the few days of sun has started filling out the pods.

Snow Peas @$3.00 / lb ****Over picked. Closed until 8-22****Picked as edible flat pea pods, snow peas are a wonderful addition to any meal, cooked or raw.

Kohlrabi @$ .75 - 1.00 / lb ****Over picked. Closed until 8-29****Hard to read, wonderful to eat. One of our favorites round these parts. If you can imagine a mix between a mild radish, sweet cabbage, juicy turnip, and touch of apple - you still would not be able to understand this vegetable. Perfect raw in salads and veggie trays or added to any casserole or dish. Can 100's of moose be wrong? Come get em before they do.

New Potatoes, No, your eyes did not deceive you, new potatoes are ready to be picked. Apparently they didn't get the memo about the cool summer and grew anyway. White, red, and some Yukon Gold are available.

Cabbage @$ .50 / lb Anyone have a cow tag? Another moose delicacy. Tender, sweet heads are just starting to gain size and firmness. Full of natural vitamins - don't forget to eat your daily green leafys.

Raspberries @$3.00 / lb Great for jamming, freezing, or just plain eating. They are on in full force, boughs bending over from fruiting. Come get them and don't forget to look up underneath the branches to have the most picking success.

Strawberries @$5.00 /pint Strawberries in August? Yep. Nothing can beat a handpicked strawberry. Picked by us off of our hydroponic towers, you will have the opportunity to eat a strawberry that actually tastes like a berry and has a keeping life long past the 6.3 hours that store berries do.

Radishes @$ .80 / lb Been, a long time comin'. Typically one of our earlier vegetables, radishes are just now ready. Due to the long, cool summer we have a great crop without "pithiness" (the hollow, hot, undesirable effect).

Broccoli @$1.00 / lb We have been picking this green headed beauty for about a week or so and bringing up to the front counter. Thought we should probably officially put it on here.

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