Garden Veggies/Fruits
Tomatoes are our specialty. We have grown as few as 13 varieties up to last year we has 32. basil, beans, beets, bokchoy, Brandywine, broccoli, butternut, cabbage, carrots, chard, cilantro, collards, corn, cucumbers, delicata, dill, edible flowers, eggplant, fennel, herbs, Hubbard, lavender, leafy greens, leeks, lettuce, onions, oregano, pole beans, melons, mint, parsley, parsnips, peas, peppers, pickling cucumbers, pumpkin, radishes, rosemary, sage, shallots, slicing cucumbers, spinach, summers squash, thyme, tomatoes, turnips, winter squash, zucchini.
Midway Farms runs the community table at Albany Farmer’s Market.
When I saw the Zucchini & Snap Peas special — ten pounds of tasty local produce — I had to “help out” and get some. The fact that I never get away from work before 6:30 p.m. could not be a deterrent. The fact that I commute by bicycle would also not be a deterrent. With the timely help of Victoria and Victoria’s dad, I was able to purchase the impressive box of goodies and load it on my bike rack. I eschewed plastic bags, confident that gravity and stout cardboard woud keep my jackpot contained.
Getting back out on Highway 20, I derived definite satisfaction knowing I was a living, pedaling endorsement for local organic produce. I could have bicycled in circles in front of the farm, showing off my haul, except that my wife was waiting for me at home. All went well (even over the railroad tracks there on Scenic Drive) until I hit the bump leading into my driveway a little too quickly. Three pea pods and two zukes jumped their cardboard walls and hit the pavement. Ah well, I certainly don’t mind removing a little zucchini skin in preparation for cooking. I tossed those zukes and peas into the stir fry that night, they were just great. Thanks Midway Farms!
Frank Glass
