WELLSPRING CHARITABLE GARDENS

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

Fresh Today… Green Beans, Shelling Peas, Potatoes, Summer Squash, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Celery, Beets, Swiss Chard, Radishes, Cilantro, Basil, Valencia Oranges & Flowers Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno The season is changing and we have the first green beans and garlic of the season. Garlic is so much better in the summer when it is freshly harvested. Store the garlic can on the counter. A couple more storage tips: the potatoes should be kept out of plastic and kept in a

Fresh Today… New Potatoes, Artichokes, Summer Squash, Cucumbers, Broccoli, Swiss Chard, Spring Onions, Head Lettuce, Chives, Dill, Basil, Parsley, Apricots & Cherries Using your Produce… by Julie Moreno When potatoes are available at the store every day of the year, we forget how good a freshly harvested potato can taste. This smashed potato recipe highlights the humble potato in a crispy side dish that transforms them into golden, pan-fried delights. After boiling and dryi