White Peaches, Green Beans & Summer Squash

Welcome to the mid-June Newsletter, 2011

New hours and new days: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with Tuesdays starting July 5th.
11 am to 7pm Thursdays and Fridays and 11am to 4pm Tuesdays and Saturdays.

First farm tour of the year! Come and see how beautiful it looks. Meet at Outer Aisle 9:45 on Saturday 18th June. One hour duration. Bring a hat and water. Stop by Milfiori Vintage home and garden and check out their antique sale going on that day also.

Sadly the Arnold Farmers Market which has run for the past 18 years will not be happening this year. We will miss the regular Sunday mornings and all the bright faces coming to get their produce for the week. We hope that you'll make it down to the store or join the summer CSA and receive our weekly deliveries to Arnold.

Can't make it to the store, live too far away or just busy living life, we can accommodate you. Our weekly summer deliveries, beginning July 7th service many locations in Tuolumne and Calaveras County. Log into the sign-up wizard for more details of drop off locations, bag sizes and prices.

Vegetable Highlights at Outer Aisle

FRUIT SEASON HAS ARRIVED! Rainier Cherries, White Peaches, June Flame freestone yellow peach, plums, blackberries and blueberries.

Summer has arrived in the fields. Summer squash is producing grandly, lime, lemon, thai and sweet basil have arrived on the scene. Green beans are in, so are sweet red spring onions, fresh garlic and the list goes on.

A parade of great tasting veggies to choose from this week! Sweet green cabbage which prompted an Asian inspired salad with sesame oil, lemon juice, garlic, cilantro and lime basil.

Recipes (Customer recommended):

Trumpet Mushroom Linguine

- recipe from the New York Times, adapted from

"A passion for Mushrooms" by Antonio Carluccio

Serves 4, 15 minutes

Salt

1/2 pound fresh trumpet mushrooms, chopped

6 Tbsp. butter

12 ounces linguine - try the Quinoa linguine from our store

freshly grated nutmeg

freshly ground white pepper

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

3-4 Tbsp. chopped fresh chives

Heat 2 Tbsp. butter in a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and sprinkle with salt. Cook, stirring until well wilted and tender, about 10 minutes.

When mushrooms are nearly done, cook pasta until al dente. Remove about 1/4 cup cooking water and set aside. Drain pasta and transfer to a warm serving bowl. Add remaining butter, mushrooms, grated nutmeg and white pepper. Toss to mix, adding reserved water as needed. Add cheese, and toss until pasta is coated and ingredients are integrated. Sprinkle with chives and serve with additional cheese if desired.

Outer Aisle Summer Event's Calendar Preview:

We are excited to share with you a preview of our Summer Event's Calendar. Here's a snippet of what's to come - Farm tours (3rd Saturday June - September), Fall gardening workshop (September 24th), Garlic tasting (July 29th) and Heirloom Tomato Tasting & Pairing (September 22nd), Meet the Producer Days (July 21 and October 13), and

Taste tour & Foraging Foray (August 27th).

The first event will be our popular Farm Tour led by Eric. Our farm is a 5 minute walk from Outer Aisle down historic Main Street, Douglas Flat. The third Saturday of each month, starting:

June 18th. Meet at Outer Aisle around 9:45am - we'll be done by 11am.

Interested in hilling potatoes? The 2nd Potato Patch hosted this year at the Dambachers' Ranch on Peaceful Valley Road (behind Subaru dealership) in Sonora this coming Saturday. Get out there early...plenty of hands make light work!

We've got two events on the books: Green Drinks, Tuesday July 12th 6pm: a social get together hosted by the Sierra Business Council and held here at Outer Aisle. We're providing snacks and drinks and celebrating our new summer schedule. Hope to see you there. We are sponsoring the film, Redwoods: Anatomy of a Giant to be shown at our local Douglas Flat winery, Chatom Vineyards on September 22nd. Hosted by the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. www.sierrafilmfest.org

Gardening News:

If you haven't planted yet, waiting for the weather, or just too busy until now. No worries, it's not too late to get in a crop of tomatoes, melons, cucumbers, peppers, basil and eggplant.

We still have plenty of tomatoes, peppers, basil and eggplant seedlings left for sale. $1.25 each or $1 each for 6 or more.

Compost is available through Brice Station between Murphys and Avery. You must call ahead: Stuart Mast 768-7262.

Plenty of irrigation supplies at the store and check out the amazing gopher traps that are revolutionizing our operation. Eric will be available on Thursdays to answer your questions.

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.