The Weblog
This page contains news, event information, and other items added by Ian and Adam, the resident farmers at Old 99. We send out a message every week, but most are set with a delete date about two weeks later. I archive some of the posts if they have content other than weekly availability of produce and meat.
You can send me questions too, which if they are of a general nature, I can post to this Old99 blog.
Old 99 farm week of sept 12 2022
We have lovely vegetables, why not come try them out? I will have a limited number of winter harvest basket shares available for a season starting Oct 12. See the writeup in the Market.
We do have lots of crops ready to harvest. Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.
Vegetable crops now ready to harvest:
Basil
Celery
Collards
Fennel
Green Chard
Herbs
Rainbow chard
Kale, Frilly green
Kale, Russian Red
Kale, Nero di Toscano
Leek, Young
Onions, Green Bunching
Onions, Sweet Utah, fresh
Hot Peppers, yellow banana, Szechuan style (hot 10K to 50K SHU), Thai style (50K to 100K SHU)
Rhubarb stalks
Tomatoes: red slicing types, cherry type and Yellow Brandywine heirloom
Cucumbers, slicing
Zucchini: yellow, green and striped.
About Celery
Celery has been a very successful crop for us this year but seems no one knows how to eat it, other than a stem to munch on. Well have I got news for you! Just in my inbox: a whole expose on celery. Here are some clips on it’s nutritional value.
Celery contains a welcome dose of some important vitamins and minerals. For example, a mere stalk of green celery can provide 25% of your daily vitamin K needs and 5% of your daily needs for vitamin A, folate, and potassium. In lesser amounts, you’ll find calcium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and B vitamins. Celery is also full of fiber — around 1 gram per stalk. You’ve probably noticed if you’ve ever gotten fibrous celery strings stuck in your teeth. (Dental floss, anyone?!)
Not only is celery a good source of antioxidants and other healthy, disease-fighting plant compounds like phytonutrients and flavonoids, it’s also high in electrolytes. Electrolytes are chemicals in water that are essential for bodily functions like hydration, maintaining healthy blood pressure, repairing tissue damage, and helping your muscles and nerves work correctly.
There are many other ways to enjoy this unique and crunchy stalk vegetable, too.Some of these include:
Chopping it up to use in warm soups Dicing it for use in an organic tofu scramble Slicing it thinly for salads and wraps Chopping it for chickpea salad sandwiches or potato salad Adding it to stir-fries Snacking on raw celery with almond, peanut, or cashew butter and sprinkling it with raisins or hemp seeds Adding it to smoothiesThere are recipes too.
Farmers Market Smoothie
Cucumber, celery, squash, romaine lettuce, pineapple, and mint transform into a beautiful, bright green smoothie that is a delight for all your senses. Celery is fantastic for its electrolyte activity, making this an ideal beverage to hydrate and nourish your body. Also rich in vitamin K, vitamin A, folate, and potassium (thanks again, celery) this is a refreshing and wholesome plant-based smoothie option.
Eggs are on special, three dozen for price of two, while they last. For LG that works out to $5/dozen.
Healthy eating,
Ian and Cami and now Lauren too!