Hello Rainbow OMGers,
As I type it is sprinkling rain in Rainbow, just a few teasing drops. We had a great day at Turkey Bottom Lake yesterday and highly recommend this secret gem for camping or a day trip.
We are now fully into salad season which we now make in bulk. Jill will slice 3 Butterhead Lettuce and grate or use our mandolin slicer to add Carrots and Beetroots into a large container. This is our base for salads throughout the week. We can now add cherry tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, grated zucchini and soon sliced capsicums, all from the market garden. It is remarkable how good you feel all the time when you regularly eat fresh salad. We keep our salads interesting by varying the dressings we use and add protein in the form of cooked meat, eggs, tuna or feta cheese.
We may be vegetable growers but we recognise the important role of animals in both our diets and the ecosystems we live in. Our chicken flock not only provides us with eggs, they also work for us by preparing our compost. Nothing compares to chicken powered compost, they are built for this task. Permaculture Design teaches us to utilise the inherent characteristics of animals to our advantage, in this case chickens scratching up all our crop waste and adding their potent manure. We periodically muck out their yard and the resultant pile is half finished compost just needing some water and time to finish. Compost is the perfect fertiliser as it feeds the soil which in turn feeds the plants.
Over the last month we trialled 50% shade cloth on our Butterhead Lettuce. This has proven to be too much shade and many have bolted so we switched to 30% shade and the Lettuce will fine for the rest of Summer. We massively overplanted Lettuce this Summer to ensure a constant supply. We can see now that Butterhead Lettuce is a year round crop for us, as are Bok Choi, Beetroots, Carrots and I am sure many more as we continue to learn to grow in this climate.
As we scale up our CSA it is great to know what we can provide our Members all year.
This week we have a lot of Zucchini’s, Beefsteak Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes. Basil, Bok Choi, Cucumbers, Beetroots, Butterhead Lettuce and Parsley .
Crops currently growing but not ready this week are Green Beans, Carrots and Capsicums.
We will start fermenting a new Gardenkraut today.
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Life is busy, we get it, so in order to make life easier we have launched our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Monthly Subscription.
Save over 25% off retail and receive 4 different vegetables and 1 herb bunch
Never miss out and let us do the hard work for you by purchasing a 4 week CSA Share which purchases deliveries for the next 4 weeks and we will choose the best range of available vegetables for you. If you wish you can specify your order each week, otherwise we will take care of everything.
Large Families can purchase 2 shares if necessary and we will increase the variety in your share.
We look forward to serving all of our CSA members .
Some of our crops may be a little different to what customers are used to so we will be providing Vegetable Profiles in our Weekly Post and in a dedicated page on our website. This will provide recipe ideas and nutritional information for all of the vegetables we grow.
Vegetable Focus: Turmeric
Turmeric is an extraordinary plant and is one the most potent herbs in terms of its ability to prevent and even reverse disease. Nutritionally it contains:
- Vitamin C and B6.
- Manganese, Potassium, Magnesium and Iron.
- Cucurmin.
The place where Turmeric really shines is in its health benefits due mostly to Cucurmin including:
- Slowing or preventing blood clots.
- Reducing Depression symptoms.
- Very Powerful Anti-Inflammatory in fact one of the most powerful on Earth.
- Improving and Nourish Skin Health.
- Scabies Treatment.
- Treating Arthritis pain.
- Preventing colds (Corona Viruses).
- Preventing Cancer.
- Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
- Assists in Balancing Cholesterol
- Pain Management
We are currently growing our seed root stock of Turmeric and Ginger and will be offering these fresh in the future as the farm develops.
In the meantime we source Organic Turmeric in bulk and make supplements in capsules as a simple remedy for daily consumption. We combine Turmeric Powder with freshly ground Black Pepper to further increases the health benefits.
We offer Turmeric Capsules year round in our webstore.
This weeks available produce:
- Butterhead Lettuce $7.50
- Zucchini $7.50
- Cherry Tomatoes $7.50
- Beefsteak Tomatoes $7.50
- Cucumbers $7.50
- Basil $7.50
- Beetroots $7.50
- Bok Choi $7.50
- Parsley $5.00
All items listed for $7.50 are discounted at 3 for $20 when paying with cash or cryptocurrency.
Please head to www.rainbowomg.com to finalise your orders by 5:00 am Friday morning. All Rainbow orders will be delivered from 3:00 pm Friday. For all clients who do not live in Rainbow, Local Pickup times can be arranged by contacting us.
We look forward to serving you,
Evan and Jill Young
