First Harvest Day!!

Yesterday was Father's day and it was also harvest day for all the members of the Wendell Phillips Veggie Farm. We didnt do much at the garden club but harvested, we did a little hoeing and watering. For those of you who dont know what harvesting mean it means the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. Here at wendell phillips we harvest every sunday between the hours of 1-3 p.m. We give it away to the community, people who is in need, and also our very own members of the garden club. We set up 10 boxes and put vegetables that were grown and ready to be eaten inside the boxes. Each box contained Kohlrabi, broccoli, radishes, beets, baby onions, serrano peppers, anise, ans savory. With the exception of the radish greens, all the other greens can be eaten. In fact, you could make a batch of mixed greens with all of them (broccoli, kohlrabi, beets)

 The best way to use the peppers is about half a pepper at a time; slice them very thinly, and then fry them in a tiny bit of high-smoke point oil (like peanut or canola). Once you smell the pepper smell, that's enough to know the capsaicin has been released. Now you can turn the heat off the stove, let it cool for a minute, and then add a bit of a tastier, low-smoke point oil (like a cold-pressed olive oil). The liquid you've just made is a potent spice-sauce, enough to hotten up the whole pot of whatever you're making (pasta sauce, etc.).