No April's Fool This Weekend - Just Great Pasta!

R&B Farms and the other North Grand Farmers' Market vendors will be in mall this weekend, April 2 and 3.  We will have plenty of yummy choices!  Here's the list for this weekend so you have plenty of time to plan your upcoming menus!

•Spicy Red Hot Thai Curry Orzo

•Asian Blend Orzo

•Supreme Orzo

•Lemon Garlic Orzo

•Extreme  Habanero Radiatore

•Whole Wheat Chipotle Lime Mafaldine

•Lemon Parsley Mafaldine

•Basil Garlic Penne

•Tomato Basil Penne

•Southwestern Pasta Blend

•Italian Pesto Blend

•Herb Blend Trumpets

•Garlic Chive Seashells

•Mild Spice Red Pepper Fettuccine

•Four Peppercorn Fettuccine

•Lemon Basil Fettuccine

•Spinach Lemon Herb Fettuccine

•Garlic Parsley Fettuccine

•Sun-Dried Tomato Fettuccine

•Whole Wheat Garlic  Fettuccine

•Roasted Garlic Fettuccine

•Spinach Garlic Fettuccine

•Roasted Garlic Herb Fettuccine

•Spinach Lemon Herb Fettuccine

•Chipotle Pepper Fettuccine

•Jalapeno Pepper Fettuccine

• Chipotle Black Bean Tagliatelle

• Dark Chocolate Linguine

• Lemon Pepper Linguine

•Lime Cilantro Linguine

•Orange Szechuan Linguine

•Porcini Mushroom Linguine

•Rosemary Garlic Linguine

•Sweet  Red Onion Linguine

•Venetian Calamari Linguine

•Whole Wheat Herb Trenette

•Sweet Basil Trenette

•Sweet Potato Pappardelle

•Garlic Chive Pappardelle

•Whole Wheat Toasted Onion Pappardelle

•Yellow Bell Pepper Pappardelle

•Plain (No egg) Pappardelle

•Roasted Red Pepper Lasagna

•Spinach Garlic Lasagna

•Peppercorn Trio Lasagna

Tomatoes making progress!

Waiting for true leaves and strong roots before transplanting from the "forest" to the first size single cells. 

The tomato seedlings continue to do well.  We have several different plantings and varieties within a planting, so we have seedlings of all sizes.  The initial cell sizes that the seeds are placed in are pretty small so the first stage looks like a forest.  After the plants get their first true leaves that get moved to the medium-size cell and are allowed to get pretty good roots started before being transplanted to the last large cell size.  Once in the last cell size, they have to wait til after the danger of frost has past before they get to move to their home outside and our eventually enjoyment of fresh tomatoes in a variety of heirloom, hybrid and salad varieties.  We have plenty of plants on their way to being great producers.  Hopefully they stay healthy! 

Earlier seedlings now transplanted to the large size cells for growing and strong root building in anticipation of their final spots in the garden and eventual yummy tomatoes for our table!  Salsa, soups, sandwiches, salads, sauces, scrumptious!

Garden Helpers and first radishes!

Tisdale and Jaxson - Best Friends for a while longer!

First radish seedlings up and growing in the greenhouse!

Today I was able to check the radishes, lettuce, kale and chard planted in the greenhouse last week.  Good news!  The radishes are up.  We have Easter Egg and Cherry Belle sprouts with more to come.  I've also added a picture of my anxious garden helpers, Tisdale - the Australian Shepard, collie mix; and Jaxson, the cocker spaniel.  They both enjoy the outdoors but they also both like fresh veggies.  Last year we could not store radishes or beets on the ground after they were picked and waiting to be washed.  Jaxson loved them and once Tizzy arrived in the fall, Jaxson taught him the joys of fresh veggies too!  We have to put a fence up which is as much for the dogs as for the rabbits.  For now, though we just have sprouts and it will be weeks before we have to fight them for the produce!