Although garlic doesn’t flower, the plant does produce stalks when left to mature in the ground. These stalks are what we know as delicious garlic scapes. Not to be confused with green garlic, which is young baby garlic that seasons in the spring, these unique stems have a grassy, nutty flavor and are an early summer delight. You can use them anywhere you’d use scallions, green onions or green garlic to impart a super fresh, green, garlicky flavor. Grill whole and serve with fish; blitz into a pesto for pasta salad; pickle; blend into a green goddess dressing; top a pizza with mozzarella and cherry tomatoes. Just trim off tops and you’re ready to go!
Chester, NY
Sun Sprout Farm is located on New York’s famous black dirt in Chester, NY. The land is being leased from the Chester Agricultural Center as part of an innovative farmland preservation project that provides long term, stable leases for high quality farmland.
Sun Sprout Farm is co-owned by Simon Ziegler and Madeleine Banulski who met in 2006 as volunteers at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills in Kimberton, PA, a living community that includes adults with developmental disabilities. Simon worked on the bio-dynamic dairy farm and Madeleine worked in the CSA garden, apple orchard and village cafe. After their two-year service, Simon returned to Germany in 2008 to study and obtain his bachelor’s degree in Organic Agriculture Science in Witzenhausen, Germany while Madeleine started going to nursing school in Philadelphia, PA. Simon came back to farm during his summer breaks every year, and worked on Riverbank Farm in Roxbury, CT with Madeleine as well as various CSA and community gardens in Philadelphia. Simon moved permanently from Germany to the US in 2011 and worked for six years as the field manager at Riverbank Farm, a fifteen-acre organic vegetable farm in Roxbury, CT.
They always dreamed of starting their own farm together. They have been in love with the Hudson Valley for a long time, and after several years of looking for the right place, found our destination in Chester, NY. Madeleine is a nurse and works on the farm part time while continuing her nursing career.