WELLSPRING CHARITABLE GARDENS

Fresh Today… Tomatoes, Peppers, Potatoes or Eggplant, Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Carrots, Chives, Garlic, Basil, Pluots, Grapes, Peaches, Plums & Melons (Due to weather, Melon ripeness is variable, hard to determine w/o cutting) Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno Today’s recipe is my favorite salsa. It’s perfect when we have so many tomatoes available. I char the tomatoes and vegetables, then blend everything in a food processor or blender. I like to remove the tomato skins

Fresh Today… Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Bell Peppers, Baby Carrots, Garlic, Basil, Rosemary, Oregano, Lemon Basil, Grapes, Plums & Peaches Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno When our summer produce features tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers, a Greek Salad is a natural combination to use up the weekly harvest. The dressing recipes can be doubled to have on hand for marinating grilled squash and eggplant. Add in some grilled chicken, steak or tofu to

Fresh Today… Tomatoes, Green Beans, Summer Squash, New Potatoes, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Green Onions, Rosemary, Basil, Dill & Dill Heads, Zinnias, Plums & Valencia Oranges Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno Summer is all about tomatoes and basil. I mix the two together with salt, balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and put it on crostini, on pizza, on grilled eggplant or squash, or as a salad by itself. The two even grow well together. In the pasta salad recipe today

Fresh Today… Garlic, Summer Squash, Green Onions, Lemon & Slicing Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Green Beans, Beets, Carrots, Salad Mix, Chives, Basil, Cilantro, Pluots, Apples & Flowers Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno My favorite way to cook in the summer is to grill. It keeps the heat outside and it reduces the number of dishes to clean up. When you start grilling turn the heat on high and then clean the grill when it is very hot. For summer squash use high heat and cook them q

Fresh Today… Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Green Beans, Carrots, Summer Squash, Lettuce, Potatoes, Cilantro, Chives, Basil, Parsley, Valencia Oranges, Plums & Flowers Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno This week our first peppers and tomatoes appear in the baskets. Tomatoes should be stored on the counter until they are fully ripe. Use them or freeze the raw tomatoes to make sauce later. This week we should just have a few, so I included a recipe to make bruschetta. M

Fresh Today… Potatoes, Carrots, Tomatoes, Slicing & Lemon Cucumbers, Lettuce Mix, Summer Squash, Celery, Onion, Garlic, Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Parsley, Oranges, Nectarines & Lavender Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno This week we have fresh herbs coming. Dill seed heads are the flowers of the dill plant and the seeds that will form the next generation of plants. The seeds have more intense flavor that the leafy dill weed that we have sent for a few weeks now. The dill s

Fresh Today… Artichokes, Summer Squash, Green Beans, Cucumbers, Beets, Lettuce, Kale, Potatoes, Garlic, Onions, Basil, Cilantro & Santa Rosa Plums Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno This week the weather is making a 90-degree turn from spring to summer, and the produce is following right behind. My favorite potatoes, garlic and onions are joining squash, green beans and cucumbers. Just a reminder, the best way to store basil is on the counter in a jar of water, just like y