Happy Friday! It has been a VERY HOT week, it has definitely been a tough week for the TapRoot team working in this heat. Lots of water and breaks in the shade!
Exciting Update at TapRoot!
We are excited and a little nervous, maybe a lot nervous. At TapRoot we are taking on year round production of greens!! 🙂 This will happen with new technology called Aquaponics, more to come as progress continues. Below are photos of the greenhouse progress!!
Veggie Share:
- Strawberries
- Rainbow carrots
- Yellow fingerlings
- Green onions
- Leaf lettuce
- Radish
- Garlic scapes
- Basil
Combo Share:
- Rainbow carrots
- Green onions
- Leaf lettuce
- Basil
- Strawberries
- Mixed colored cherry tomatoes
- Honeycrisp apples
Meat Share:
- Steak
- Chicken leg
Fruit Share:
- Strawberries
- Mixed colored cherry tomatoes
- Honeycrisp apples
Green Onions
They can be eaten raw or added at the last minute to cooked dishes. They have a much milder flavor than onions.
Storage Tips
- Pat dry and store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator
Culinary Tips
- The white and green parts of the stem are both edible.
- Cut off the root tips and discard.
- Chop into fine pieces and add to salads, dips, and salad dressings
- Sprinkle onto finished stir-fries or soups
- Add to omelets and quiches.
Green Goddess Dressing: https://deliciouslyorganic.net/green-goddess-dressing/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FOQSf+%28Deliciously+Organic%29
Garlic Scapes
Garlic scapes are the round green things you got in the share. They are the flowering part of the garlic and in order for the garlic bulb to get bigger we cut the flowering end and more energy is put into the bulb. If you want to increase a planting of garlic, you can let the scape grow and then you can harvest the bulbils to start a new stock of garlic.
Storage Tips
- Store garlic scapes in a bag in the refrigerator for 1-2 weeks.
- Garlic bulbs should be stored in a cool, dry, and dark place for quite a few months.
- Do not store bulbs in the refrigerator.
Culinary Tips
- Garlic scapes can be chopped up and used just like bulb garlic in any recipe
- Use garlic scapes instead of garlic in Basil Pesto
- One medium clove of garlic is equal to 1 teaspoon of minced garlic.
- Roasting garlic produces a mellower flavor. Cut of tops of garlic bulbs to expose the cloves, brush with olive oil and bake for 1 hour at 350°. Squeeze garlic out of the skins and spread on a good bread.
- For garlic butter use ½ cup of softened butter mashed with four minced cloves of garlic
- Sauté garlic only until translucent as it will burn quickly and produce a bitter flavor.
28 Recipes Using Garlic Scapes: https://www.farmfreshfeasts.com/2014/05/28-recipes-using-garlic-scapes-recipe.html