Now In Season This June at Richmond Country Farms

Richmond Country Farms

Now In Season This June

VEGETABLES

Local carrots

Local Carrots

Sweet local carrots with a good crunch to them. Nice roasted, grated into slaw, chopped into soup, or cut up fresh for the fridge.

Local English peas

Local English Peas

Fresh English peas, sweet and tender. Shell them for supper, stir them into rice or pasta, or warm them up with a little butter.

Local green cabbage

Local Green Cabbage

Good solid cabbage. Makes a proper slaw, cooks down nice in soup, and holds up well in stir fries.

Local rapini

Local Rapini

Rapini has that good bitter bite people look for. Pan it up with garlic, olive oil, and a little salt.

Local radish

Local Radish

Crisp little radishes with some bite. Slice them thin for salads, put them on a snack plate, or serve them with butter and salt.

Local green lettuce

Local Green Lettuce

Fresh green lettuce, soft and easy to use. Good for salads, sandwiches, burgers, and whatever else needs a handful of leaves.

Local red lettuce

Local Red Lettuce

Red lettuce with tender leaves and a nice bit of colour. Good salad lettuce, plain and simple.

Our own grown butter lettuce

Our Own Grown Butter Lettuce

Fresh picked butter lettuce with soft leaves and a gentle crunch.

Local romaine lettuce

Local Romaine Lettuce

Crunchy romaine with sturdy leaves. Good for Caesar salad, sandwiches, lettuce cups, or a big cold bowl with dinner.

Our own grown kale

Our Own Grown Kale

Our own kale from the field. Chop it into soup, cook it with eggs, toss it in a pan, or make a hearty salad with it.

Our own grown zucchini

Our Own Grown Zucchini

Our own zucchini, tender and ready for the pan. Fry it, grill it, roast it, or grate it into baking.

Our own grown Warba nugget potatoes

Our Own Grown Warba Nugget Potatoes

Fresh dug Warba nugget potatoes. Boil them up, add butter and salt, and you’ve got something worth putting on the table.

Asparagus

Asparagus

Tender asparagus, good and simple. Roast it, grill it, or cook it in a pan with butter and a little salt.

Chard

Chard

Big leafy chard with colourful stems. Good cooked down with garlic, added to soup, or stirred into eggs.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Fresh mushrooms with good earthy flavour. Brown them in butter, add them to eggs, pasta, gravy, or burgers.

Local hot house tomatoes

Local Hot House Tomatoes

Local hot house tomatoes, bright and juicy. Slice them for sandwiches, salads, sauces, or a plate with salt.

Cucumbers

Cucumbers

Cool, crisp cucumbers. Good for salads, sandwiches, pickling, or cutting up for the fridge.

Local hot house peppers

Local Hot House Peppers

Local hot house peppers with a sweet crunch. Good raw, roasted, chopped into eggs, or tossed into stir fries.

Organic dandelion

Organic Dandelion

Dandelion greens have that old time bitter bite. Cook them with garlic, add them to soup, or mix a little into salad.

Local spinach

Local Spinach

Tender local spinach. Good fresh in salads or cooked down quick with eggs, pasta, soup, or butter in the pan.

FRUIT

Our own grown strawberries

Our Own Grown Strawberries

Our own strawberries, picked fresh from the field. Sweet, juicy, and good for shortcake, jam, or a bowl on the counter.

Local rhubarb

Local Rhubarb

Local rhubarb with a good tart bite. Bake it into pies and crisps, stew it with sugar, or pair it up with strawberries.

Local Herb Pick

HERBS

Local mint

On the Herb Table

Local Mint

Fresh local mint, cool and bright. Good for tea, lemonade, fruit, dressings, and summer drinks.

Now In Local Mint
Good For Tea & Lemonade
Fresh produce at Richmond Country Farms

Coming Into Season

JULY AT THE MARKET

July brings more fresh picking from the fields as summer settles in. Check back through the month to see what we are harvesting, what is ready in the market, and what is coming in fresh from our own fields.