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BrixBountyFarm 🎩
@brixbounty
When I was first introduced to Panisse lettuce by a neighbor who was marketing to the Boston Restaurants I dismissed it as too Shi Shi for us. Eventually a year or two later I slotted it into our trial plots… fast forward a decade plus and it’s easily our best selling lettuce variety and had been for a long while. Texture of a soft buttery Bibb with the shape and contour of a rounded oakleaf, our customers rave about it all season. And it cleans up pretty well even after pounding rains. It’s not my preferred sandwich lettuce as I like a more pronounced crunch to the bite, yet happy to feature it prominently every year. Note: it’s red leaved counterparty Rouxai was and still is too Shi Shi for us however.
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Tmophoto
@tmophoto
Whats the most over the top embarrasing Shi Shi thing you have ever grown? :)
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BrixBountyFarm 🎩
@brixbounty
Tbh not much, whenever we get the “would you please start selling squash blossoms?” My answer: if you’re interested in squash blossoms, here are my neighbors who gladly grow them and are worth supporting. Don’t get me wrong we grow a bit of fancy here and there, yet our approach has always been to focus on feeding and nourishing with quality. We used to grow a bit more when we did pick your own for our CSA, haricots verts beans for example. There are some definite niche crops which fit in the mix, dandelion greens , fennel, and shallots for example, yet our scale and relative labor constrictions direct us to grow crops which are efficient, especially on the harvest side. No nasturtiums in clamshells.
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