Produce Briefs...
White Corn
White corn is a sweet corn variety. Its ears are wrapped in tightly layered pale lime green to white husks. One ear of corn can contain up to 400 kernels growing in rows lengthwise.
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Rainbow chard, also known a 5-color silverbeet, is a tender chard variety with multi-colored stalks of yellow, white, orange pink and red.
Seasons/Availability
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Current Facts
Thyme is an aromatic and widely used culinary herb that also happens to be the main ingredient in bouquet garni and one of the principle ingredients in herbs de Provence. Thyme thrives as a garden herb as it is a natural insect repellant. Only honey bees are attracted to its productive flowers. Beehives near thyme sources produce savory honey.
Description/Taste
Flowering thyme displays the point of maturity when thyme begins to produce pink and purple two lipped flowers from its gray green leaves. At this point of maturity both the flowers and the leaves are edible. They are floral and savory in flavor and aroma with mint undertones.
Nutritional Value
The flowering thyme tops contain an essential oil consisting primarily of thymol and carvacrol, along with tannins, bitter compounds, saponins, and organic acids. These elements are contributive aid in herbal extracts, expectorants and antiseptics.
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Current Facts
Thyme is an aromatic and widely used culinary herb that also happens to be the main ingredient in bouquet garni and one of the principle ingredients in herbs de Provence. Thyme thrives as a garden herb as it is a natural insect repellant. Only honey bees are attracted to its productive flowers. Beehives near thyme sources produce savory honey.
Description/Taste
Flowering thyme displays the point of maturity when thyme begins to produce pink and purple two lipped flowers from its gray green leaves. At this point of maturity both the flowers and the leaves are edible. They are floral and savory in flavor and aroma with mint undertones.
Nutritional Value
The flowering thyme tops contain an essential oil consisting primarily of thymol and carvacrol, along with tannins, bitter compounds, saponins, and organic acids. These elements are contributive aid in herbal extracts, expectorants and antiseptics.
