Garlic Harvest

This week was the big garlic harvest, family came to help and we have almost all of the crop hanging happily in the barn.  We grow around 1/3  of an acre of garlic, this year we grew 8 different varieties.  When we started our farm in 2007 we planted 19 different kinds of garlic!  We have slowly narrowed it down to the best tasting and most productive of those.  Some of our favorites are Russian Red, Khabar and German Hardy.  We really love garlic and hopefully you do too!  

Since we spent the morning harvesting potatoes here is our dinner-one of our favorite early summer dishes-   Potato Tomato Gratin

• 2# Potatoes sliced thinly
  
• 2 Fresh Onion
• 2 cloves garlic- chopped
• 2 large tomatoes sliced into wedges
• 1/2 bunch of Kale or Swiss Chard
• Feta cheese-crumbled
• Olives or capers (optional)
  

Pre heat oven to 425.  Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, add potatoes and cook until just tender, a few minutes.  Sauté onions & garlic in a little olive oil and butter -we like to add fennel in here also!-  Spread into bottom of a shallow baking dish, In the pan I cooked the onions in I wilt the kale or chard with 1/2 of the tomatoes then add them on top of the onions.  Layer the potatoes over the greens then stuff the remaining tomato wedges, olives and feta crumbles in between potato slices, drizzle with a bit of olive oil.  Cover and bake for 25 min.  Remove cover and bake for 20-25 min more.  Enjoy!

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This week in your share-
Garlic, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Potatoes,
Zucchini, Cucumbers, Hakurei Turnips
 Bunched Onions, Carrots, Eggplant 
Kale or Swiss Chard & Basil or Parsley

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