{"id":749,"date":"2013-09-13T11:58:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T11:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenfreshveggies.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2013-09-13T11:58:30","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T11:58:30","slug":"change-the-spice-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"Change ~ the spice of life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many of you, I’m learning to eat more in tune with the seasons. \u00a0 It’s a real learning curve. \u00a0We’ve become so accustomed to heading to the grocery to find whatever we want, whenever we want it. \u00a0Of course, there has been a trade-off in terms of flavor and nutrition. \u00a0 \u00a0If we want to eat truly fresh, \u00a0locally grown, seasonal produce, we have to adjust our thinking to wanting what we find instead of finding what we want.<\/p>\n

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Baby Red Russian Kale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Right now is the time to find eggplant, okra, tomatoes, and southern peas, melons, peppers and summer greens. \u00a0 \u00a0The Red Russian Kale, pictured above, is coming back now with baby leaves that are tender and mild. \u00a0I’ve been using them to wrap my grain-free “sandwich” at lunch. \u00a0\u00a0 Many other summer plants, however, \u00a0are passing their prime and dying back to make way for fall choices. \u00a0As the heat breaks, the garden choices will change once again. \u00a0 If you want to put tomato sauce or okra in the freezer, now is the time to act. \u00a0They’ll be gone before you know it.<\/p>\n

We have another change to announce at Gopher Knoll.<\/strong> \u00a0We need to make time to take care of family – which means we will only be at Athen’s Farmer’s Market on First Monday weekends<\/strong> for a while. \u00a0We’ll pull out the stops to make those visits fun and productive. \u00a0And we hope you’ll continue to visit the market every week and support all the other local farmers and vendors who are working to bring you local choices.<\/p>\n

The rest of the time, we hope you’ll visit Dana’s Health Foods in Athens<\/strong> to pick up your fresh veggies. \u00a0 \u00a0Speaking of Dana’s – \u00a0I’ll be taking a a few fresh leeks<\/strong> and the first edamame<\/strong> down on Friday morning. \u00a0 We’ve had some beautiful pak choy, arugula, and both kinds of kale this week, as well. \u00a0You’ll find the last of our San Marzano sauce tomatoes and melons. \u00a0 We’ll try to get together some bags of our gourmet summer mixed greens<\/a>, too. \u00a0 Remember the freshest morning picks will be\u00a0there by noon, most of the time.<\/p>\n

Enjoy your end-of-summer veggies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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