Tomatoes - $2 per pound -  Tomatoes are here but will be gone soon.  The early varieties (Tigerella, Oregon Spring, Cosmonaut Volkov, and Black Prince) are over for the season.  Current varieties include Amish Paste, Moonglow, Green Zebra, Striped Cavern (a stuffing tomato), and Wapsinicon Peach - a luscious small fruity tomato that many people mistake for a peach!

Spaghetti Squash - $1 per pound - The squash you can sauce!  Split the spaghetti squash in half and bake until tender.  Fork out the tender strands and serve with your favorite tomato sauce!

Potatoes - $3 per pound - You've never really had potatoes until you've had potatoes that have been freshly dug!  Currently available are Cranberry - pink on the outside and pink on the inside - a creamy mildly sweet potato that is great for baking or frying, Desiree is a pale pink skinned potato with a pale gold interior, flaky but still a bit creamy and tender, this is a greater baker and perfect in potato salads.  Huckleberry is a beautiful dark pink with a marbled pink and white interior a tad sweeter than Cranberry. Carola is a creamy buff potato with a beautiful gold interior.  All Blue is exactly what it sounds like - blue inside and out.  All Blue is creamy but not quite as sweet as the pink potatoes.  It is also the highest in phytonutrients.  Elba is the best ever potato for mashing - these large white potatoes mash up flaky and tender.  And don't forget to try some mashed with roasted garlic! Price is $2.50 per pound for 10 or more pounds. Sorry - Yukon Gold and Dark Red Norland are sold out.

Mixed Radishes - $1.50 per bag- Pink Beauty, a mild radish and two hotter types, Helios (yellow) and Plum Purple are back!  The fall crop is coming in beautifully thanks to the cooler weather. 

Basil - $1 per bag - Sweet tender basil is perfect for sandwiches, salads, making pesto, or adding at the last minute to sauces and sautees.  Sold by special order only.

Carrots - $2 per pound - Sweet orange Danvers and Chantenay carrots are ready now.  Check out the carrots with ginger glaze recipe on the recipe page.  White Satin carrots are also available.

 Apples - $2 per pound - These great apples are grown by my  neighbor in Richmond.  The orchard produces a wide variety of apples but I can't tell you the names because the trees aren't labeled!  These apples have not been sprayed or treated with any chemicals at all so you may notice blemishes - but the great taste is what provides the real beauty here! 

Beets - $2 per pound - A beautiful and flavorful mix of Red Detroit, Golden Detroit, Albino, and Cylindra beets.   I used to think I hated beets until I tried these beauties!  Red Detroit is a classic round red beat, Cylindra is a fruity cylindrical shaped beet (surprise!), Golden Detroit is a mild deep gold beet, and Albino is a tender and candy sweet white sugar beet.  Try grilling the baby beets - simply place the beets on a skewer and grill over indirect heat - peel off the skin before eating. These beets are so good you can simply steam them and eat them warm or chilled but check out the Recipes page for other great ways to enjoy beets!

Leeks - $2 per bundle - Leeks are a mild relative of the onion (and asparagus!).  Look for the Creamy Potato Leek soup recipe on the Recipes page.  We also love leeks split in half lengthwise, brushed with olive oil and lightly salted and then either grilled or roasted.  Leeks can be used in any dish that calls for onions.  Sold by special order only.

Garlic - $2 per Premium Sized Bulb - $1.50 per Large Sized Bulb - This is most definitely NOT the garlic you can buy in the grocery store!  This hard neck garlic packs incredible flavor into large easy to peel cloves.  Available in 6 varieties - Georgian Crystal, is the mildest garlic, suited to eating fresh in a salad dressing, dip, or simply mashed fresh into potatoes!  Stronger varieties include Polish Jenn, Northern White, German Extra-Hardy, and Gary's, a truly local variety - the seed came from my farm mentor Gary Gauger who has been growing this for years).  Gary's is the strongest variety and is well suited for cooking.  All varieties will hold through at least December if stored in a cool, dark, dry location. 

Cabbage - $2 per pound - Red Express cabbage is a deep purple with that unique red cabbage taste.  Perfect for adding crunch and color to a salad or slaw.  Crinkly Savoy cabbage is now available - great for use in cooking.  The small heads of all these cabbages are the perfect size a meal or two. 

SORRY - ALL OF THE ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF SEASON!  SOME ITEMS MAY BE BACK LATER THIS YEAR

Edamame - $3 per bundle - These sweet tender soybeans are sold on the stem.  Just pick them off, boil for 5 minutes, and enjoy straight out of the pod!  OUT  OF SEASON 

Early Jersey is a tender and sweet green cabbage that is also perfect for salads and slaws as well as for sauteeing with onions (and later with sweet peppers).  Currently unavailable.  Try green Savoy cabbage.

Zucchini - $2 per pound For a limited time - on sale for $1 per pound. - Available in extremely limited quantities but more bushes are on their way and their should be more in August.  Returning varieties in include Costata Romanesca. a buttery smooth and nutty flavored squash that is my personal favorite and Cocozelle, another luscious zucchini.  New to the line up this year are Zephyr, a bicolor summer squash with a sweetness not usually found in summer squash; Coosa, a pale green Lebanese squash - this squash cooks up tender and has a mild citrusy tang; Raven, the favorite of my farmer friend Shawnee is a stunning dark green and cooks up tender and sweet; and Ronde de Nice, a round zucchini.  Be sure to check the recipes page at http://www.reverencegardens.com/recipe for the Zucchini with Almonds and Caramelized Onions recipe.

Cucumbers - Specialty Varieities - $2 per pound - Miniature White, White Wonder, Lemon, and Boothby Blonde - Sweet with skins so tender they do not need peeling!  These great cucumbers are wonderful for snacking or use in salads, gazpacho, or cucumber soup.  You won't find these anywhere else!

Cucumbers - Pickling - $1 per pound -  These sweet crispy smaller size cukes are great for pickling or eating out of hand.

Specialty Onions - $3 per pound - Tropea - These pungent, football-shaped onions hail from the Italian town of Tropea, where they were introduced by the Phoenicians more than 2,000 years ago.  Check the Recipes page for some great ways to serve these great onions!  Cipollini - Cipollini are distinct, flattened flying saucer-shaped onions from Italy. They are unusually rich and sweet when cooked and often served braised, roasted, or caramelized.  Do make sure to try to the recipe for Balsamic Glazed Cipollini - just awesome!  SOLD OUT

Green Beans - $1.50 for 4 ounces - Purple Dragon Tongue, my personal favorite, is a cream colored bean with purple stripes.  This bean is crisp, juicy, and sweet.  I usually eat them fresh but if you do cook them steam them only for a minute or so.  Purple Dragon Tongue is out of season but a limited amount will be back in late August. Tender and tasty, Provider bush green beans are a garden standard for good reason. While they can be cooked, why bother?  The juicy fresh snap of these beans is a great treat eaten out of hand.  Provider is out of season but a limited amount will be back in late August.  Royalty Purple bush beans are purple fresh but turn green cooked.  Eaten fresh, these beans have a buttery nutty flavor. Royalty Purple is out of season but a limited amount will be back in late August.

Be sure to try the recipe for Andrea's Green Beans on the recipe page at http://www.reverencegardens.com/recipe.  I didn't have any mint when I made these so I substituted Anise Hyssop - absolutely divine!  A refreshing and savory summer treat!  (4 oz is about one large handful of beans)

Lettuces - $4 per gallon bag - These lettuces offer a mix of textures, tastes, and colors and make a gorgeous salad.  I like mine with just a bit of balsamic vinegar and olive oil and topped with a few raisins and walnuts!  Or add a sprinkling of chopped green onions or garlic scapes!  Lettuces havel retired for the summer but plans are to see their return in September!   OUT OF SEASON - BACK AGAIN IN LATE SEPTEMBER

Daikon Radish - $2.00 per bundle - The long white Japanese radish.  Try some of the recipes from Worden Farm in Florida: http://www.wordenfarm.com/recipesdaikon.html.  According to Worden Farm, a 3 
ounce serving contains only 18 calories, and packs in 34% of your recommended daily allowance of vitamin C. Its spicy kick is a bit more intense than your average radish. While great raw in salads and slaws, daikon can also be pickled, grated and brewed as a tea, steamed, sautéed, baked, or boiled and mashed with an equal amount of your favorite variety of potato.  Check out the recipes from Angelic Organics on the Recipes page.  OUT OF SEASON  - BACK IN LATE SEPTEMBER