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What are Salad Turnips & How to Eat Them

Something I never saw until I started growing in a local community garden was a salad turnip. It was white, round, and tender with the greens sticking out of it like a radish or beet…and I didn’t know what to do with it or when to harvest it. A few of them stayed in theContinue reading “What are Salad Turnips & How to Eat Them”

How to Make: Dandelion Meatloaf

Dandelions are a bitter spring green that you might find at the farmers market & in your CSA share. This recipe is a great way to introduce this highly nutritious green into your diet.

What is Raab & How to Use it

The flush of spring brings “raab” or “rabe” to the farmer’s market. Maybe you’ve seen this weird looking green at the farmer’s market table and thought about trying it. But then talked yourself out of it… It did say “Kale Rabe” or “Arugula Raab” on the sign…and it kind of looked like kale, but whatContinue reading “What is Raab & How to Use it”

What are Microgreens & How to Use them

Microgreens, sprouts, shoots. These are names that often are tossed around for the same or similar tiny greens that you’ll find at the farmers market and in your CSA shares. Our farm grows what are botanically known as microgreens – tiny, sprouting plants. What are microgreens? Microgreens are the tiny, edible cotyledon leaves (first leaves)Continue reading “What are Microgreens & How to Use them”