This Week's Veggies

clockwise from 12 o'clock:

acorn squash, kale, a cabbage (Savoy, I think), a scarlet ono turnip, sweet potatoes, mizuna and more sweet potatoes. 

This Week's Veggies

(Clockwise from 12 o'clock) sweet potatoes, arugula, zucchini, Roma green beans, green peppers and collard greens, from Orchard Pond Organics.

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

In our bag this week from Orchard Pond Organics: (clockwise from top left) baby mustard greens, sweet potato greens, basil (with a bonus Gerbera daisy bloom!), baby arugula, okra and grapes. 

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

from Orchard Pond Organics: basil, muscadine grapes, a Florida avocado, eggplant, okra and sweet potatoes. This is the last of our summer share. Fall season at the farm starts September 1st!

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

Every other Wednesday, we pick up a produce bag as part of our share in Orchard Pond Organic, a local farm.

This week the haul included mini sweet bell peppers, heirloom tomatoes, yellow squash, two types of eggplant, basil and (not shown) a Florida avocado.

I'm behind in sharing - the goodies from the previous pick-up are shown here: eggplant, a watermelon, a mango, a Florida avocado, tomatoes, basil and honey. 

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

pear-shaped golden cherry tomatoes, an eggplant, slicing tomatoes, potatoes, basil

and new this quarter, bread from Three Sons Bakery

(and in the background, a cherry tomato and a banana pepper from our garden)

Friday night we made Caprese salad (tomato, mozzarella & basil) with the
fun zebra-striped heirloom tomatoes. Yum!

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

Nothing exotic this week. 

Clockwise from top - green beans, zucchini and yellow squash, cucumbers, 

red potatoes and strawberries

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

butter lettuce, strawberries, red onions, cucumbers, yellow squash and zucchini, pole beans and baby potatoes

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

bok choy, lettuce, parsley, carrots, zucchini, snap peas and strawberries 

from our CSA farm

Visiting an Organic Educational Farm

Thursday, Abe, T and I ventured out to Monticello to visit the North Florida Community College Green Industries Organic Farm. Claire Mitchell, the heart of the farm, raises organic vegetables, gives short classes and long-term vocational training in sustainable agriculture and organic gardening, and educates the public about local food. We really enjoyed meeting her and seeing the farm - and if you've eaten at Sweet Pea Cafe, Miccosukee Root Cellar, Tupelo Cafe (or other places too numerous to mention), it's likely you've enjoyed some of the produce from the farm.

Claire is especially excited about the vocational training NFCC will offer next school year as it is appropriate for anyone with a ninth-grade education who wants to have hands-on training in all aspects of organic farming, from preparing the soil to getting product to market.

Vegetable garden, mostly lettuces and greens for now. Baby tomatoes, peppers, etc. were in one of the three green houses.

T said, "That's a lot of collards!"

Thanks, Abe, for this picture! (source)

We each came home with a beautiful, delicious head of this lettuce.

Claire also gave us these golden cherry tomato plants. Thank you!! 

NFCC Green Industries Institute
2729 West Washington Street
Monticello, FL 32344
850-973-1702
www.nfcc.edu/green-industries

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

2 colors Swiss chard, baby spinach, lettuce, beets (with tops), strawberries, Valencia oranges and scallions from our CSA

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

green beans, beets, green Swiss chard, strawberries, curly parsley and kale from our CSA.

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

Look at those gigantic Collard greens in the center! Also pineapple oranges, golden beets (with tops on, yum), cherry tomatoes, a beautiful head of butter lettuce, watercress and green peppers.

(All from our CSA, Orchard Pond Organics)

This Week's Veggies and Fruit

 LOTS of great stuff this week: (clockwise from upper left corner) two kinds of lettuce, Napa cabbage, carrots, sweet potatoes, grapefruit and baby butternut squash.

look at that gorgeous Napa cabbage!