This morning I spent about 3 hours picking various lettuces and bok choy from the greenhouse, washing everything well, and bagging it up for sale at the farmer's market this afternoon. Besides the greens, we will also be selling honey and maple syrup. It's a beautiful sunny day - not too hot, and not too cold!
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| I had a whole counter full of lettuce drip-drying on towels, even going around the corner of the counter! It is a mix of various lettuces and escarole. |
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| I bagged up the lettuce into gallon plastic bags. |
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| I also bagged up many heads of romaine lettuce. |
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| Plenty of bok choy for the market, too! |
Today the 'market chef' is going to feature salads and various dressings, so we should be able to sell everything. Every week, there is a demonstration cook who prepares foods on site, using produce from the various vendors. This week's dressing will feature honey, so we should do well selling that too!
This will probably be the last week for fresh salad greens from the greenhouse, as the temps are getting quite warm and lettuce is a cool weather crop. I'll wait until late July and plant more in the greenhouse for fall market. Up here in Minnesota, July is probably our hottest month. Things cool down considerably in August. For next week's market I should have some small cabbages and fresh green onions and cilantro and basil. Maybe even some yellow tomatoes!
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