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Report from Wendy Montana at Westwind Farm

Wendy grew peppers and eggplant for us last year on her farm in the Cowichan Valley.  This year she will be growing our summer tomatoes as well.

“Tomatoes coming right up! Here’s me playing in my new 70×25′ greenhouse. Thought if I was going to do mixed heirloom tomatoes this summer I better do it up right.  I’ve got some really fun varieties to put in the mix -lots of colours and interest, like ‘banana legs’, Mr Stripey, ‘fuzzy garden peach’, little orange ones, etc. It’s really fun for me doing all this before the eggplants and peppers need me. Then it’s going to be full-on! We’re going to have a big year this year. I’m up for it.”

Meanwhile we are sending the first of the hot house tomatoes from Suntrio out in the boxes this week!  This is the first time we have had organic hothouse growers on the island.

Another first is local lettuce in the first week of May.  Kildara Farm seeded lettuce in the greenhouses and we will be sending out red and green Oak Leaf lettuce in all our boxes!  Progress……

Salmon are Sacred Migration Arriving in Victoria

Rendezvous at Centennial Square

Saturday, May 8, 2010 – 14:00

Location: Centennial Square

(Douglas St and Cormorant St), Victoria
Between 2:00 and 3:00pm,

We will arrive at Centennial Square.

After the festivities there,

@ 3:45pm we will walk the final kilometre to the Legislature for the rally.

Details at:

http://www.salmonaresacred.org/event/rendezvous-centennial-square

Greek Pasta Salad

For those mighty big and delicious cucumbers from the brothers at SunTrio!

Cook al dente:
1/2 LB Organic Veggie Rotini

Rinse under cold running water and shake dry.

Chop into bite size pieces and add to cool pasta:
1/2 red onion
1/2 large english cucumber
1/2 LB cherry tomato (half the large ones)
1/4 LB crumbled feta
1/4 cup pitted chopped black olives

Whisk together:
1/4 cup olive oil
1/8 cup balsamic or apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. dry basil or 1 Tbsp. fresh minced
1 tsp. dry oregano or 1 Tbsp. fresh minced

Pour over pasta and vegetable mixture and refrigerate. This gets better the longer it sits! Serve on a bed of fresh spinach.

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