Braeburn Apple

Braeburn apples are cris-p! A sweet and tart apple with yellow flesh and an orange to red skin so thin it melts in your mouth.

Fuji Apple

Bred in Japan in the 1930s, the Fuji was grafted from Virginian apple royalty Rawls Jennet and Iowa’s Red Delicious. Extremely popular in Japan and the USA. About the size of a baseball (yakyuu no booru), this apple is sweet and delicious.

Goldrush Apple

Who’s yer ma? Hoosier pa? People from Indiana call themselves Hoosiers. Goldrush apples are Hoosiers. They’ve got a pedigree as long as yer arm from Purdue University going way back to Rome, the Rome Apple that is. This apple is sweet and resilient just like its great aunt, Golden Delicious.

Autumn Gold Potato

Classic Gold. A dinner plate hit if you spin it into a smashed, mashed, chopped, fried or steamed potato for the Side B to your popular entrée.

Storage: Potatoes should be stored in a cool, dark place, not the refrigerator. If they are organic, they have not been treated with any sprout retardants.

Preparation: Boil in skins, cool, and use in salads or glaze them in butter with a sprinkling of chopped parsley. Also excellent quartered and roasted with skins on with olive oil, garlic, a dash of salt, and herbs, such as rosemary.

Watermelon Radish

A zesty heirloom radish type, this daikon has a colorful surprise inside!

Cremini Mushroom

Brown or white, and often called Baby Bellas or Button Mushrooms, Creminis are a mini version of the Portobello, a variety that grows only in a controlled environment. Creminis are an excellent source of selenium, B vitamins, copper, potassium and phosphorus.

Fresh Rolled Oats

Roll 'em, roll 'em, roll 'em -- real oats! Unparalleled to anything that has been inside a cardboard box, fresh rolled oats are a flavor and nutrition powerhouse. You already know the heart healthy benefits of oatmeal - now enjoy the genuine article.

Preparation: To make oatmeal, slowly pour 1-cup rolled oats slowly into 2
cups of lightly salted boiling water. Cook uncovered for 10–12 minutes. Add
apples, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, honey, etc.

Storage: Store raw oatmeal in freezer to retain freshness.

Green Kale

Kale is a super-food, which grows well in cool conditions and thrives in frost, which sweetens it. Kale’s ancestral roots are in the Nordic lands, where folk make winter feasts of potatoes and kale.  You also may find the combination a handsome couple.

Living Pea Shoots

Cowabunga! You don't need green mascots to bust through the kitchen window to advertise the mighty nutritional heft that pea shoots have - the peas themselves can do the talking. Tasty and fresh upgrade to green pea.

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Lavender or Rosemary Infused Honey

Honey infused with herbs such as lavender or rosemary is done via herbal sachet steeped (as you might tea) in the honey over a matter of weeks to imbue honey with herbal essence. Blue rockets flare up/honey bees dive to the rescue/lavender bush hums -Janice Windle.