~Gourmet Garden~

The gourmet in all of us are set free as the harvest of local produce arrives. Have some fun and take some chances
with your culinary skills. Embrace your creative side with a
bountiful salad, grilled marinated vegetables
or create a signature dish.
Look for our e-mail and see each weeks selection.

 

Beans ~ Filet

Elegant beans you will find in european restaurants. Stringless, slender and flavorful a graceful addition to any entree'

Beans ~ Provider

The classic sweet tender green bean. The dark green pods and white beans are so tasty you can
eat then raw.

Beans ~ Roma II

Referred to as Italian bean. A green flat tender pod bean with a delicate flavor.One of our personal favorites

Beans ~ Soleil

Extraordinary, yellow French/filet bean has an unparalleled, exquisite flavor that makes a wonderful addition to any
gourmet meal

Celery ~ Utah

Stalks are tender and crisp with a divine, sweet, rich, nutty flavor. If you never had farm fresh celery you are in for a treat! The taste is unbeatable.

Cucumber ~ Diva

Distinctly tender, crisp and sweet It's bitter-free, and seedless, especially flavorful variety with a smooth thin no-peel skin

Cucumber
Market More

Bitter-free and burpless to boot! a great slicing cucumber

Cucumber ~ Pickling

White-spined fruits have classic pickle look, deep green with paler stripes.

Cucumber
Sweeter Yet

Sweet, scrumptious, slender salad-loving fruits.
Cucumbers don't come any sweeter than these
glossy, deep green,
extra-sweet fruits

Eggplant
Black Beauty

Deep purple fruit are appealing to the eye
as well as the palate Purple eggplants may help reduce the risk of heart disease and protect against cancer causing agents.

Eggplant
Fairy Tale

Tender and sweet, this thin skinned miniature is delicious and lovely. Decorative fruit is rich lavender with streaks
and stripes of white.
Fruits are 2"-4"

Eggplant
Louisiana Green

This Heirloom variety Eggplant has white flesh and are very delicious with nutty flavor and no bitter taste.

Okra ~ Burgundy

Burgundy colored okra pods are tender, sweet tasting and really quite lovely. Offering a unique flavor and texture, the fresh taste is somewhere between eggplant and asparagus.

Okra
North & South

Naturally juicy and sticky, okra fans especially love this vegetable's slippery culinary personality. Used in stew for flavor and to
thicken the stock.

Squash
Crooked Neck

This old-time variety is also an all-time favorite. It wins hands down when it comes to sweet buttery flavor and firm texture

Squash Gadzukes

Cool green, striped and with deep ridges, this prolific zuke is a pleasure to see, touch and taste. Cut it into unique star shapes ready to steam, or use fresh in a quiche. Deliciously nutty, creamy taste.

Squash
Sunray

Lemon yellow, straightneck squash are succulent. The delicious creamy white flesh has a buttery quality.

Squash Zucchini

The squash for any
summer fare. Steamed
with dill, sauteed with onions & peppers or baked in bread you are sure to love this squash.

Squash Zucchini
Tiger Stripe

This hybrid is the best-looking, best tasting zucchini we’ve seen or tasted. The 8" cylindrical fruits are beautifully and boldly striped.

Swiss chard
ford hook

Succulent celery-like stalks support large, dark green, very savoyed, fleshy leaves. Cut up fresh leaves like confetti for salads or saute' as a side dish

Swiss chard
Brite lights

The most intense colors of chard. The eye-appealing stalk colors of deep gold, snow white, deep red and magenta, all with shiny, medium green colored leaves.

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