Well this has been one challenging week! I know you all are as sick of this rain as I am, but this past weekend was just ridiculous! I’ll give a non-so-fun update on farm happenings after we talk about what’s in the box this week:

-Zucchini

-Squash

-Patty-pan Squash

-Cucumbers

-1 Head Lollo Lettuce

-Mini Cauliflower

I seem to be in the business of growing giant heads of lettuce this year, so expect a few more of those in the following weeks! Someone joked last week I must have magic compost!

I'll send you into your week with a recipe for baked buffalo cauliflower bites, which are an awesome side for a BBQ or any weeknight meal!

Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Bites

Ingredients:

-Cauliflower, cut into small florets

-1/2 cup Frank's Red Hot sauce

-1 tbsp butter, melted

-1 tbsp olive oil

-1 tbsp lemon juice

-1/2 tsp garlic powder

-1 tsp salt

Directions:

-Preheat oven to 425 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

-In a mixing bowl, whisk together the hot sauce, butter, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt.

-In another large bowl, place the florets. Pour the mixed buffalo sauce over the cauliflower and toss to coat.

-Spread the florets on the baking sheet in a single layer. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until the florets are tender and slightly browned.

So on to the current farm goings-on:

As many of you know, I utilize a high tunnel to grow some of our veggies in. When we first built it three years ago, we had issues with flooding. We corrected those issues and have been flood free for several seasons, until this past weekend. We had such a deluge of rain in such a short time, I ended up with 4-5 inches of standing water in the tunnel. Many of my rows of crops outside were also flooded over the black plastic mulch, which is raised about 8 inches off of the ground. It’s a good thing the tomato plants and cucumber vines were trellised off of the ground!

This means that this week has been spent playing catch-up, but luckily the growing practices in place mean that we can mitigate some of our risk with Mother Nature. I might be mid-calf in mud, but the squash is plenty clean and dry on the plastic!

Most of the crops still look great and weren't affected by the flooding at all, so not to worry! The only crop that took a hit was the Pac Choi, but hopefully enough will pull through that I can at least have it available for one week.

That's all for this week! Reach out if you need any more recipes or tips, and remember, always wash your produce! Have a great week!