Potatoes!!

Vicky mentioned she was making chicken marsala with Rousedale farm chicken breasts, of course, and wanted me to check on our potatoes out in the field as she wanted to make mashed potatoes. We've been suffering with store bought potatoes ever since our stash from last summer ran out. Let me tell you, there is a difference. Once you have fresh organic potatoes even the store bought organics just don't cut it. Well, the potato plants have been starting to die back a bit, which is a sure sign that the spuds in the ground are about ready, so with shovel in hand I headed up to check. The first plant I dug up was loaded with beautiful Prairie Blush potatoes. These are our personal favorite, a cross between a red and Yukon gold. These were developed at Wood Prairie Farm, an organic potato farm in Maine. When the Prairie Blush was first entered in the new potato category at a potato convention at the convention center in, believe it or not, Baltimore a few years ago, it won first place!! They are really good. Anyway, she was thrilled when I came back with a basket full of potatoes and I was thrilled eating them for dinner.

Available now:

Prairie Blush Potatoes

Beets (both "cylindra" shaped like a log and regular)

Zucchini

Yellow Squash

Cucumbers

Turnips

Garlic

Arugula

I think we may have blueberries again by the weekend, green beans in about a week, and tomatoes in a week to ten days.

Vicky and Steve