Farewell, Summer!
hot weather favorites are here - for now
Our website will be stocked this evening at 6pm for pickup at Perkasie Farmers Market this Saturday. Not all items included in this preview will be available for pre-order and we may have a few extra items at market. As always, you’ll find all the good veggies and location info at wrockhill.com/shop.
We will not be attending Perkasie Farmers Market next weekend, September 4th, so stop by and say Hi this weekend! Our summer crops are signaling that they’re about ready to pack it in and our fall plantings are just getting started, leaving us in a great spot to give everyone a break from picking.
Summer favorites are here for now
We’re bringing a bit of everything with us this week! And a bit of a theme for our recipe-recommendation - it’s all about grilling for us, mostly due to the return of deep summer heat and our a/c-free kitchen. If you’re sticking to cooking indoors, most of these recipes can be taken care of with a broiler or grill pan with just a few timing tweaks.
For the grill we’ve got pattypan summer squash and a variety of Asian and Italian eggplant; pair these with a bit of harissa and beat the heat by cooking outside. Also perfect for charring outdoors are our favorite sweet frying peppers - Jimmy Nardello and sweet banana. Mush like our adored shishitos, these peppers are perfect for blistering on the grill and snacking on their own - or chopping into a grilled corn salad.
Of course we’ll have red and green okra for some fabulous succotash - an oft-forgotten summer favorite. We’ll have rainbow cherry tomatoes to round out that dish, too. Heirloom and saucing tomatoes will be along, too, for your grilling pleasure.
A little less-suited for the grill-grates are green beans and pole beans - they’re at their best right now and perfect for setting aside for the colder, less-green days ahead. The last of our summer lacinato kale crop is coming in this week, but don’t despair if you miss out - cooler days also mean happier greens as the march toward autumn continues on.
Fresh cut herbs and flowers
Summer heat has made our dahlias, celosia and marigolds quite vibrant and we’re bringing the summer color with our fresh cut bouquets. For your plate we’ll have fresh cut herbs and a selection of our favorite microgreens. Of course we’ll be bringing garlic, too, for all your allium needs.
Thank you for your support + feedback.
We appreciate your taking on this season with us and we look forward to seeing you at Market this weekend!
Stay well.
Regards,
Rosemary + Pete