Beet and Spinach Salad

·       2-3 Beets
·       Spinach
·       Goat or Blue Cheese
·       1-2 Apples
·       Bacon (half to whole package)

1.     Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2.     De-stem and clean beets
3.     Place beets on foil (on the tray) and coat with dressing (below)
4.     Wrap beets in foil and roast in for 60 minutes at 350 degrees
5.     Microwave bacon, cool so can handle, and snip into small bite sizes with kitchen scissors
6.     Cut apple in to small chunk pieces.
7.     Slice roasted beats thinly
8.     On chilled dinner plates, layer spinach, sliced beets, apple chunks, cheese and bacon
9.     Drizzle with Honey Mustard Balsamic Vinegar and Oil dressing and enjoy

Honey Mustard Balsamic Vinegar and Oil Dressing:
- ¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1.      Wisk mustard and vinegar briefly
2.     Place the mustard-vinegar mixture along the with oil, honey and seasonings in a blender and mix for about 10 seconds (or fully combined)
3.     Transfer to a glass container and let stand for 30 minutes to let the flavor meld
4.     Give the dressing a good shake immediately before servings
5.     Makes a 1 cup batch of dressing, will keep for one month

 

Swiss Chard Juicer

•2 Pears
•1 Apple
•30 Green Grapes
•1 Banana
•3 Carrots
•1 Lemon (peeled)
• Big bunch of Swiss chard

Put all ingredients through the juicer whole (complete with peelings except for lemon). Makes 2 servings. This is a Schroeder favorite.  

Garden Calendar

These long hot days are causing our America Spinach to bolt (flower) early; Meaning we need to pull the whole plant so not to let her leaves become bitter. Given they have started to bolt; we may only have the America Spinach for another week or two. No worry as the Red Malabar Spinach should be ready to harvest mid-July and then came fall, we will have our second crop of America Spinach.

As for greens, we will have plenty of Swiss chards all summer long. So send me your Swiss Chard recipes (with a picture) and I will get it posted. Putting this chart out here for your reference. Note picture from this morning. The beets will soon be ready :)

Category	Est. First Harvest Date
America Spinach	5/23
Five Color Silverbeet Swiss Chard	5/23
Gold Rush Lettuce	5/23
Gulley’s Favorite Preservation Gardens Lettuce	5/23
Seed Savers Lettuce Mixture	5/23
Detroit Dark Red Beets	6/16
A & C Pickling Cucumbers	6/20
Black Beauty Zucchini	6/30
Danvers Carrots	7/8
Grandpa Admire’s Lettuce	7/11
Sunflower	7/11
Dragon Carrots	7/22
Kale	7/25
Red Malabar Spinach	7/26
Yukon Gold Potatoes-Batch 1	7/29
Buran Red Peppers	7/31
German Pink Tomatoes	7/31
Italian Heirloom Tomatoes	7/31
Jalapeno Peppers	7/31
John Baer Tomato	7/31
Martino’s Roma Tomato	7/31
Maule’s Red Peppers	7/31
Redfield Beauty Tomatoes	7/31
Riesentraube Cherry Tomatoes	7/31
Rosso Sicilian Tomatoes	7/31
Yellow of Parma Onions	7/31
Mammoth Red Rock Cabbage	8/2
De Cicco Broccoli	8/5
Yukon Gold Potatoes-Batch 2	8/19
Spaghetti Squash (Burbe, not Seed Savers)	8/22
Amish Melons	8/24
Blue Solaise Leeks	8/24
Christmas Lima Beans	8/25
Hidatsa Red Beans	8/25
Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts	8/25
Rattlesnake Snap Beans	8/25
True Red Cranberry Beans	8/25
Moon and Stars Cherokee Watermelons	8/27
Table Queen Squash	8/29
Cheyenne Bush Pumpkins	9/8
Sweet Potatoe  (Burbe, not Seed Savers)	9/8

Sunset

“I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden.” 

– Ruth Stout, American Author, 1884-1980

John Deer Run for Sweet Corn Fun

Farmer friend and neighbor Dennis planted .2 acres of sweet corn tonight between our homes. We should see the sweet corn sprouting next week. 

 

Love to see a John Deer run.