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News From Outer Aisle
Highlights for the middle of August
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What You'll Find at the Markets this week
The perfume scented elixir of late August has arrived! Melons, in our opinion, are the quintessential complement to summertime eating.  Cooling, refreshing, full of vitamins and natural isotopes, they are not only tasty but highly nutritious. As the parade of fruits and vegetables pass by our palates on a weekly basis, there is nothing quite like the arrival of melons on the scene. This year we are growing over twelve varieties; the Black Tail Mountain watermelon, developed to grow at 7000 feet in Idaho; a French dessert melon, "Chair Verte" with a green interior so luscious that it has inspired poems; and the honeydew melon with its soft delectable green flesh, and the popular but little known cousin, the orange fleshed honeydew, crisp and super sweet. Goodbye to the Faye Elberta peach that stole the show the last of weeks and welcome to the classic O'Henry peach. Grapes have appeared on the scene, the green Himrod and the large purple Fantasy grape. Time to make a peach and plum pie!
Stop
by one of the Farmers Markets this week! And don't forget our Indoor
Farmers Market Thursdays, noon to 6pm and Saturdays, 10 to 4pm at Outer
Aisle in Douglas Flat!
Arnold
Farmers Market, Sunday 10 am to 1:30pm at the Cedar
Center, Arnold (behind Tallahans Cafe). Val Du Vino Farmers Market on Friday evenings, 4 - dusk, Murphys. Can't make it to our store or farmers markets and want to get in on all these great items weekly, then join in on our CSA deliveries |
RECIPES of the Week!
ROASTED RED BELL PEPPERS All peppers have very thin skins...this can be removed by charring. Using a gas stove or barbeque is the easiest way. Place peppers directly over full flame, turning frequently until they are blackened all over. Place them in a paper sack to sweat for ten minutes. Remove skins with fingers while running under cold water. Core and de-seed, chop or slice. They are ready to add to pasta, or marinate with garlic and a splash or two of balsamic vinegar. If using electric heat... cut into halves, place peppers on a tray under broiler to blacken...cover with a damp towel and let sweat. Remove skins under water. Excellent as a topping in a salad, in pasta, or antipasto dishes. Heirloom Tomato PlatterFrequented on our tables this time of year is a beautiful platter of sliced tomatoes, all colors and sizes, slices of peppers, wedges of lemon cucumbers. We crumble feta cheese, or slice mozzarella, scatter black Kalamata olives, drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar and sprinkle lime basil leaves. A feast that needs little accompaniment albeit family and friends to enjoy. Come check out our INDOOR FARMERS MARKET .... a cool place
to get your weekly needs. Every Thursday, noon to 6pm, all summer long!
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Producer Profile: Taylor Mountain Gardens, Douglas Flat
We get to feature ourselves this week! This is our 18th year growing vegetables. From small beginnings in 1993 we broke ground on a plot of land on Penn Gulch in Murphys and never looked back. That same year we began the Arnold Farmers Market with six feet of table and a handful of supporters. In that same year we began a CSA with less than a handful of folks. Over the years we have put together harvest festivals where we cooked for 200 people, garlic festivals drawing over 500 folks, farm to table dinners, inspired apprentices to take up farming professionally, hosted WOOFERS, saved and collected rare seeds, made compost, conducted workshops, introduced Brandywine tomatoes, called ourselves organic before it became a household word and moved beyond organic as soon as it became a wholesale word. We moved our farm at age 15 to a new location and expanded our CSA to a year round operation. We co-created a non-profit around self-reliance and community. Through our past endeavors and the community support received over the years, our final project in creating Outer Aisle represents the culmination of all these things and more. The chapter might be over, but the story continues.
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What's Up In The Garden
Last Saturday we had a successful workshop on Fall Gardening: the Second Spring. Twent y folks showed up and spent three hours learning all there is to know about fall plantings, successions, timings and pests. We hope you can join us for the next workshop, Saturday, September 18th. More about Fall gardens to come.
Fall Vegetable seedlings are available on a weekly basis at our store only. We'll have a broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, chard and lettuce available at $1 per plant or $5 per 6 pack. Time to plant seeds...we'll have these available at our Store as well as essential gardening supplies, cover crops and much more.
Announcing farm tours every Saturday. Eric will be leading a guided tour of the farm from 10:30 to 11:30. No sign up required. Meet at Outer Aisle, Douglas Flat and walk five minutes to our farm. Eric's tours encompass cooking and nutrition, gardening and growing, history and botany, techniques and trade secrets!!
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 Outer Aisle FOODS & GOODS "Essentials for the 21st Century".
Our mission is to facilitate a speedy transition to a sustainable
economy by offering the essential tools, ingredients and knowledge to
prepare us for the 21st century.
Behind the scenes of Outer Aisle is Taylor
Mountain Gardens. Located just around the corner on Main Street in
Douglas Flat, our nearly two acre "beyond organic" farm produces a large
variety of seasonal vegetables including these seasonal highlights:
summer heirloom tomatoes, fall cauliflower, winter carrots and spring
potatoes to name just a few!
OuterAisle FOODS operates a year round CSA (Community
Supported Agriculture) program. We distribute the highest
quality, local, seasonal and regional produce and products to members
all over Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties. We only purchase product from
farms and producers who are committed to ecologically sustainable
practices and go beyond the National "Organic" standards.
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