Pawtuxet Village Farmer’s Market – August 22nd

This week we will be bringing the following items to market:

Fortex Green Beans*
Asian Eggplant
Caraflex Cabbage
Purple Potatoes
Skyphos Butterhead Lettuce
Jalapeno & Serrano Hot Peppers
Patty Pan Summer Squash
Golden Zuchini
Tomatoes
Tomatillos
Lacinato Kale
Blackberries (from our friend Manny)

* Fortex Green Beans are dark green, firm-textured beans that are completely stringless and delicious at all lengths, even after seeds enlarge.  (source:  Johnny’s Seeds)  See below for some recipes. 

and from Scratch Farm:

Garlic
White Onions
Carrots
Italian Eggplant
Leeks

Flowers include:

Sunflowers
Celosia
Sylphid
Lizianthus
Statice
Zinias (red and yellow)

Dried Herbs and Teas include:

Dream Pillows (Mugwart & Lavender)
Spearmint
Catnip
Nettle
Lavender
Spearmint & Lavender Tea

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New from the farm:

It is very busy in our drying room.  Today we harvested Spearmint, Red Ruben Basil, Tulsi Basil and Lemon Balm.  The addition of the drying room has really accelerated the time in which we can go from harvest to processing the dried product.  Well done Christina for being awarded a USDA grant to have the drying room built!

A view from the drying room.  Here you see the Red Ruben Basil and Lemon Balm.

Beautiful bunches of dried lavender.  This year we have two colors of lavender, as you can see here.

Last week I spoke about harvesting onions and setting them out to cure.  Here are some photos of our onions placed in a single layer to dry.

Cipollini Onions

Red Bull Onions

Red Shallots

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Green Bean Recipes

Caramelized Spicy Green Beans 
Mediterranean Green Beans 
Paprika Shrimp & Green Bean Saute 

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Thanks and hope to see you at the market!

Farmer Kim