Thank you for a great season!

Thanks to all of you who got produce from us this year! Its been a great year for us, we have been blessed this year with fantastic yields and many gorgeous weeks. It has been a pleasure to share all of this with all of you. We are looking forward to next year, though our plans are still a bit up in the air. We're going to figure out what makes sense for us, whether that's doing a similar CSA or finding a good way to sell our produce on or near the farm. We'll keep you all informed about what we're doing as plans solidify. Thanks again, and we look forward to seeing you all next season!

Produce for October 24

This week we have broccoli (for real), collards, beets, grey ghost/hubba hubba squash, cilantro and arugula.

No, those white tubers aren't a rare strain of broccoli

They are, in fact, an unfairly overlooked root crop. Thanks to our surprisingly rainy September, the broccoli that we were hoping to provide for you all has not yet fully matured. So instead, we've provided you with these tubers which are called sunchokes or jerusalem artichokes. Sunchokes are not actually an artichoke, they are actually a type of sunflower that is cultivated for these tubers. While they have a delicious nutty flavor, these tubers haven not enjoyed the success of the potato, or even the notoriety of the rutabaga. One of the factors holding back the sunchoke is its propensity to produce potent flatulence if it is undercooked. We recommend using the sunchoke in a soup, and baking it in the oven first. We recommend using onion, leek, garlic, potato, herbs, spices, white wine, cream or sour cream, and mushrooms, in a stock, and in a combination and concentration that suits the taste of you and your family.

Produce for October 17

Hi everyone! Hope you're out enjoying these beautiful fall days. We're happy to have a little reprieve from the rain and get some of these waning rays of sunshine on our plants. This week we've got broccoli, carrots, spinach, chard, leeks, and hubba hubba squash. We'll see y'all Thursday!

Produce for October 10

Hi all!
For this Thursday, we have head lettuce, scallions (green onions), kale, beets, rutabaga, and delicata. We've been getting asked how long this will go until, and from the looks of the field we've still got some good shares in the future. We are planning on going through Halloween, which is a Thursday. We've still got broccoli, cauliflower, and turnips which haven't yet matured, so y'all have that to look forward to in the coming weeks!

Produce for October 3

Sorry we've been away from our computers,  but we're still doing produce for all y'all tomorrow. In your bag: salad mix, cherry tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, maris piper potatoes, grey ghost winter squash, and swiss chard.

Produce for 9/26

This week we have head lettuce, carrots, kale, our last hurrah of sugar snap peas, scallions, and hubba hubba winter squash. The hubba hubba is an orange hubbard squash that needs to be baked whole before it can be cut into pieces. You can use it to make a squash soup (which is the best!) or as a pumpkin substitute in a bread, pie or cookie, or you can cut it up and eat it like the delicata squash.

Produce for September 19

Black Coco Beans

Hi Guys! Produce for this week is delicata squash, tomatoes, beets, collards, black coco shelling beans, and fennel. We're excited to have some fall veggies! For those of you who have not encountered delicata, they are a winter squash which means they have rich orange flavorful flesh and need to be cooked for a while in the oven before they are ready. They can be cooked whole or chopped into chunks. The other new item this week is black coco shelling beans. These are a type of black bean, and they will come to you in the pod still so you will need to shell them before cooking the beans. The beans need to be soaked and boiled for a while before they will be ready to eat, but they are quicker to cook than the dried beans you get in the grocery store because they are fresher. Once shelled, they can be stored for weeks or even longer, so long as they are not moist. Use them like you would a black bean. As usual, sign up before Thursday to reserve you share. Can't wait to see y'all!

Delicata ripening on the vine at Ebb Tide

Veggies for September 12

 This week's share is jalapeño, arugula, fennel, scallions (also known as green onions), cucumbers, radishes, and cilantro. 

Produce for September 5th

Hi all,
It's only the beginning of September but it's already feeling like fall. The turkeys fattening up for fall and they are after our crops! We are trying our hardest to keep them from eating up all the produce. This week the bag will have carrots, kale, radishes, tomatoes, basil, and snow peas. Please email before Thursday if you want a bag.

Produce Bag for August 29

Hi All! The produce bag for this week is corn, beets, swiss chard, dill, cucumbers and (drumroll) melons! We are so happy to have melons, grown and ripened out in the open air (if you can believe it!) and they are so sweet and flavorful. Also, Bobbie will have her gorgeous flower bouquets available Thursday afternoon for the incredibly reasonable price of $5, and she will have them available for the upcoming Thursdays as well.

Produce Share for 8/22

Howdy, everybody!
We have been very excited to hear so much positive feedback from all of our members.  We're so glad to hear when you folks are enjoying the vegetables, and we've also been honored to hear that some of you are recommending our weekly share to friends and neighbors!  We have been trying to put together the nicest share we can for you every week...at the same time, we didn't know we'd be offering the weekly bags of produce, so we're flying by the seat of our pants.  Some farmers spend tons of time planning everything out; we've been scrambling to put a good variety of vegetables in the share each week and we're happy to hear so many of you are enjoying it.   That said, if you have any criticism, suggestions, or things you'd love to see in future shares then we'd love to hear about it.  Most of our crops for this Fall and Winter are already planted now, amazingly, but we will take any suggestions into account for next year.
The share for Thursday, August 22 will be tomatoes, carrots, arugula, snow peas, fennel, basil, and jalapeno peppers. Please email us by Wednesday night for Thursday pickup

Cucumber Soup

Blake and I were just treated to this wonderful cucumber soup, made by a friend of ours, and we wanted to pass along the recipe. It's a nice cool summer soup, from Deborah Madison's book Vegetable Soups.

THE SOUP
2 pounds cucumbers
1 cup buttermilk, whole milk yogurt, sour cream, or a mixture
1/2 cup coarsely chopped herbs, including basil, dill, cilantro, and/or lovage
Sea salt and ground pepper to taste
Zest and juice of 2 lemons
THE RELISH
2 tbs minced scallions
1 tbs minced dill
2 tbs finely chopped basil
2 tbs finely chopped dill
2 tsp olive oil

1. Peel and seed the cucumbers. Use one to make a cup of small dice and set it aside., then coarsely chop the rest. Puree in a blender or food processor with the buttermilk, chopped herbs, salt, and the zest and juice from 1 lemon. Chill.
2. Just before serving, toss the reserved diced cucumber with the herbs, a few pinches of salt, olive oil, and the remaining lemon juice and zest.
3. Taste the soup for salt, pepper, and acidity, adding more if needed, then serve in chillled bowls with the cucumber-herb relish.

Produce Share For 8/15

Corn is here! This week's share will be beets, napa cabbage,  kale, summer squash, cucumbers, and our first pick of corn. Order by Wednesday evening for Thursday pickup.

Scarlet Runner Beans

This week, some of you are receiving scarlet runner beans in your produce shares, and you may be wondering what exactly they are. The beans are from the vining plants pictured here, with the pretty red blossoms that they get their name from. The scarlet runner bean is an incredible plant because it serves as a gorgeous decoration, and the beans can be eaten when they are young in the pod or as fully mature beans out of the pod. Our runner beans are still to be eaten whole, in the pod, and we have a few weeks before we will have beans that are mature enough to shell. If you've never seen a scarlet runner bean before and are wondering how to prepare them, we recommend cooking them as you would a green bean. They are best either steamed or cooked in the oven, where they can be cut up and put in an oven roast or be included in a casserole. If you missed the runner beans this week, don't worry, you will certainly have a chance to try them, in one form or another.

Produce Bag for August 8

Hi folks! Hope you all are enjoying the summer yields as much as we are. In this week's bag we will have cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, swiss chard, carrots, cucumbers, and one item that has yet to be determined (probably scallions and head lettuce, we were going to put in snap peas, but it looks like we're all out). We are eager to hear about how you all are preparing our veggies and would love for you to share recipes in the comments section if you would so please. You just might inspire us.

Produce Bag for August 1

Wow it's already going to be August this week! We've done much of our fall and winter planting, which means that from here on out our focus is on bringing in the big harvests. This week's share will include beets, cauliflower, arugula, cilantro, summer squash, and fresh green beans. It is $15 as always. Please let us know by Wednesday evening if you want a share for Thursday. Looking forward to seeing y'all!

Produce bag for July 25

Hi all,
It has been really nice to visit with all of you who have come by for a bag of produce. It makes us very happy to get to meet the people who are eating the food we grow! We're watching our crops soak up all of this sunny weather and doing our best to keep them wet. Boy are they growing! This week's bag will include carrots, Napa cabbage, spinach, summer squash, fennel, and sugar snap peas.

Produce bag for July 18

Salutations! This week's bag will include our salad mix, summer squash, cucumbers, green beans (our first of the season!), cauliflower, and cilantro. Our salad mix combines baby leaf lettuce and spinach, with a hint of spice from upland cress and mustard greens. If you have any questions you can always reach us through email. Please order by Wednesday if you haven't already placed your order. We'll see you Thursday!

Produce basket for July 11

Howdy! The cukes are on! First week of July, we can hardly believe it! This week's basket will include snow peas, cucumbers, spinach, basil, and summer squash. Order by Wednesday for Thursday evening pick-up. We're always accepting new customers!

Produce bag for the week of July 1

Hello all! Happy 4th! The summer crop is coming on strong and we're doing all we can to keep up. This week's produce basket will include fat bulbs of fennel, a colorful mix of summer squash, baby heads of lettuce, snow peas, and the first cutting of basil leaves. Because Thursday is the 4th we'll be doing pick-up on Friday morning instead, from 9 until noon. Please sign up by Wednesday evening if you want produce this week!

 

Blake and Jack immersed in a field of peas

Introducing Ebb Tide's weekly bag of produce!

This Thursday (June 27th) will be the first harvest for  Ebb Tide's "Garden Grocery" produce shares.  Each week we will create a bag of produce with five or six vegetables grown in our field at Bayview corner.  If you are interested in receiving a bag of produce, all you have to do is email us at ebbtideproduce@gmail.com and let us know.  This week's bag includes:
Sugar snap peas- super sweet and tasty
Zucchini- just beginning to produce the first squash of summer
Spinach- very nice bunch of beautiful green spinach
Arugula- in a half pound bag
and Basil- freshly picked
Here's how it works: We ask that emails be sent by 5 pm wednesday, as we can't check email when we're out in the field harvesting.  Beginning Thursday morning, we will harvest to order for the folks who have signed up to receive a bag.  Between 3 and 6 pm on Thursday you can swing by the farm to pay and pick up your bag of veggies.  You can drive down the paved driveway next to the white house directly opposite Good Cheer on Bayview Road.  Park at the bottom of the driveway.  Your bag will be all made up with your name on it at the entrance of the big white barn.  There will be a spot to leave cash or a local check.  Blake and Jack will be out in the field working; feel free to come out and say hi!  Just please avoid walking in the beds of vegetables, and be aware that there are lots of tripping hazards and holes out in the field.  Also, PLEASE  leave dogs in the car.  One more thing:  if you sign up to receive a bag, we will harvest and pack it especially for you so don't forget to come get it!  We will have to close up the barn and head home, so please don't sign up to receive a bag if you will not be able to make it by 6 pm.  If you have any more questions, feel free to email us at ebbtideproduce@gmail.com.