The CSA’s been finished for a few weeks, and I don’t know about you, but I’ve been craving those veggies and salads! The fruitful bounty of summer helps compensate – I get so distracted with the juicy tropical fruits, and soon the avocados, that I almost forget what I’ll be missing until the fall. Another windfall of summer is that there’s EGGS available! We’ve been eating them in omelets, quiches, sandwiches…finally, getting our fill.
Bee Heaven Farm has officially started the summer season offerings, coinciding with the first lychees and mangoes. The new on-line web store will let you order until Thursday June 8th at 3pm for Friday’s harvest. You’ll be able to choose from 2 places to pick up your order on Saturday- the farm, or Joanna’s Marketplace in Dadeland. There’s a pretty good assortment of goodies, including Rachel’s Eggs (certified organic), Tilapia, Hani’s cheese, hommos, baba ghanoush and tabbouleh. You’ll also find local raw honey, callaloo, herbs , carrots, parsnips, Black Spanish radishes (spicy!), and other yummy things. Fruits include several varieties of mangoes, mamey sapote, white sapote, two kinds of lychees, and a great deal on a 10-pound box of certified organic lychees from BHF’s Green Groves – plenty to indulge, share, freeze, make lychee syrup (pancakes!), and even wine. According to Kathy, longtime CSA member and home vintner, you need about 5 pounds of lychees per gallon of wine.
The link to the store is not published on the website, but you can get to it from here: www.redlandorganics.com/BHFwebStore.htm When you place your first order, you’ll need to set up an account (no charge), then you can order every time there’s an offering. The summer web store will only be ‘open’ on weeks when we have something to sell. We might not have something every week, but when we do, the store will be open from Tuesday morning through Thursday 3pm.
So, locavores, go get some goodies before the store closes!
Redland Rambles 