it's that time of year

[ceelove]

Thinning the greens from the polyculture (gosh, that sounds strange in the context of my community), I've got several pounds again. Who all wants some bok choi/mustards/kale/etc now? Those who are parenting infants or just moved or somesuch can request that the food arrive prepared, the rest of y'all can come nab yourself (or have a drop-off of) a mound of the fresh-picked.

Comments

[veek.livejournal.com]

I would SO be taking you up on that, if I didn't have half a farm share coming tomorrow. I just don't eat that many greens.

On the other hand, kale is dehydrate-able. On the other-other hand, I have NO TIME in the next few days to dehydrate things. But you have a key! If you wanna come put things in, I can take them out and get them back to you! Feel free to do this pretty much any time I'm not around -- and if I am, holler beforehand.

Unless it's the middle of the night. Clandestine dehydrating would be weird.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Clandestine dehydrating should be a band name!also, thanks for the giggle. :)

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

There's not enough kale to worry about dehydrating - right now, it's the Asian greens going nuts. But if we can do kale chips in your dehydrator instead of running an oven for an hour in the summer, gosh, sign me up! (But I will need lessons in your dehydrator before sneaking in to do it alone.)

[veek.livejournal.com]

The kind of kale chips I've done in the dehydrator is this (http://www.wordsend.org/2012/04/06/like-kale-chips-but-different/) -- no oil, but yes tasty goop. I'm certain it's possible to do plain kale chips, no oil or anything else, perhaps a little salt. Nothing much to teach you: there are trays. Put whatever you're dehydrating on the trays in a single layer. (Because kale is so voluminous at the beginning, I use every other tray and take the rest out.) Set the thing for whatever temperature it says on the top is for veggies. I think it's 125 degrees. Walk away. It takes at least 3-4 hours, 6 with goop, and the whole process is pretty forgiving.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Would love kale in particular, but most any greens are wonderful. Not a big fan of mustard. :) (Our farm share hasn't started yet.)

If a drop-off is possible, that would be super-fab. Thank you in advance for whatever we reap from your garden!

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

Right now it's mostly bok choi; if last year is any roadmap, there will be kale in abundance from next month through, um, next May. (God I love winter harvesting!)

Sure, I'll drop some veg with you sometime in the next few days, possibly today. I'll give a call beforehand.

[beah.livejournal.com]

I would adore some, I devoured the last batch you gave me, and book choi is one of my favorites.

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Me, please! I have to stop off at your place today to bring you back your MOS card--perhaps I could get some then? Thanks, Cee!

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

I'm gone for the next several hours, but you can stop by whenever - take as much as you want out of the huge bowl in the kitchen, but leave the huge purple mustard leaves for me, I'm going to stuff them with something.