Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry has reached a major milestone in it’s young history. On Wednesday of this week, April 20, 2011, AGL received it’s 501c3 designation as a recognized non-profit. As our partner sharing Thornhill Farm, we are always encouraged by the activities we see at AGL, and how their motivated team helps with the continued development of these kids and young adults. We appreciate all of the efforts that others have given on behalf of AGL, particularly the Coastal Community Foundation, who helped incubate the entire project!
For any questions about AGL, please contact Leslie Wade .

KTC Take Home

• Asian Noodle Bowl Soup with Mepkin Abbey Oyster Mushrooms for $9.95.

The Noodle Bowl is a satisfying way to inject the goodness of fresh vegetables in their own healthy broth into your culinary repertoire. It utilizes the simplest cooking technique and captures the flavors and nutritional elements into a light meal.

• Korean Chicken Wings for $14.95.

Korean Chicken Wings are heralded as something special in all the right places! From the New York Times to Guy Fieri of The Food Network, and now KTC!! We love fried chicken, and the satisfying stickiness of a well seasoned Korean Seasoned Chicken Wing is a great way to indulge in an updated and hip menu item! Enjoy with our “Noodle Bowl” Soup this week for an internationally sensational weeknight meal!

Great Wallet Friendly Specials this Week on KTC
* Sparkman’s Cream Valley Drinkable Yogurt Quarts 20% Off! Four delicious flavors now only $3.31. Choose from Natural, Mango, Peach and Strawberry.
* KTC International Combo Price: $22.50 Purchase one Asian Noodle Bowl Soup with Mepkin Abbey Oyster Mushrooms and one Korean Chicken Wings and receive 10% off the combined price. Use coupon “Take Home” BEFORE checking out. If you have any issues using the coupon, please call the store or send an email before you place your order.

Vegetable Bag Suggestions
We’ve all been enjoying the pea tendrils as the perfect spring salad, but there are other ways to enjoy pea tendrils as well. Use it with our farm fresh eggs in omelets and frittas for a heavenly Sunday brunch. Food process it into pesto sauce instead of basil and toss with al dente pasta. Or wilt the pea tendrils and toss into a light pasta salad. Enjoy!

KTC Welcomes MUSC!
Next week, on Friday April 1st, Kitchen Table Cuisine will make its first delivery to the MUSC community. Orders will be delivered to the lower lobby of the Wellness Center by 11:00 am on Fridays. All new customers will receiver their membership kits to include coolers and bags. please pick-up your membership kit even if you don’t place an order this wee. We suggest picking them up over your lunch break. Don’t forget to have your orders in by 10:30 am on Monday to get delivery this week!

Adaptive Gardens Out in the Community

• April 9: McClellanville Garden Club Plant Sale from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. Come visit to pick up all your seedlings for your summer garden!
• Also come by the farm for an open house. The first 25 visitors will receive a free one dozen eggs.
• April 16: Visit Joe Riley Stadium and Dogs with a Cause to support Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry. Contact info@adaptivegardens.org to purchase tickets. Game starts at 7:05 pm on Saturday April 16th.
• April 21: Earth Day Celebration at MUSC Horseshoe from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, raffle prizes will include organic produce from local farms and Adaptive Gardens’ herbal soap. Come join the celebration for Mother Earth!

Saturday April 9th is the McClellanville Plant Sale and Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry will be there from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm with vegetables, flowers and herbs to sell. This is a great day to come visit the farm store as well for our Spring Open House.

At the Potting Station, you’ll be able to pot up your own miniature herb garden—using herbs purchased at the Plant Sale!

In the store, we’ll have wonderful springtime gifts for Easter, including Easter baskets with real grass! You’ll also be able to purchase all the eggs you need for coloring. Our farm fresh brown eggs make the most beautiful vibrant colors when dyed!

Happy Spring and Healthy Eating

Place Your Kitchen Table Cuisine Order Today!

Great Specials from Kitchen Table Cuisine this Week!

Refer to the Menu for the week for ideas on how to use these specials.

• Fresh Trout Fillets from Sunburst Trout Co – Special price of $7.99 each, a savings of more than 10%! Choose from Bourbon Marinated, Lime-Cilantro Marinated, Au Poivre Encrusted, or Hemp and Grits Encrusted for a light and delicious meal.
• Chicken Leg Quarters – 20% Off! Limit of 3 per customer please. Perfect for wine-poached Chicken.
• Spice Blends from Alchemy Spice Co. – Special price of $5.00 each, a savings of 15%! Choose from Neo Masala Indian Masala Powder, Bella Garlique Italian Blend, Chive Jive Southwestern Blend, Bayou Ya-Ya Cajun Blend, and Scenic City Sizzle Grilling Pepper to spice up your life.

BB&T Charleston Food and Wine Festival March 4 – 6th at Marion Square!

Visit our booth at the BB&T Charleston Food and Wine Festival this Saturday! Come meet Maria and Jacqueline, and taste our new Carrot and Ginger Soup. Congratulations to Charleston for having such a vibrant and dedicated culinary community with the ability to attract so many visitors to the local food and wine scene! Help us congratulate Our Local Foods for being a runner-up for the Food Innovator Award at the Food and Wine Festival.

News from the farm…

The peas are up and the potatoes are peeking out from under the covers! We included pea tendrils in the vegetable bags last week for those who enjoy that first taste of spring in their salads!

Get ready for beautiful summer bouquets of flowers! We have 15 varieties of cut flowers seeded now. Bouquets will be available at our booths in the farmer’s market.

Adaptive Gardens Corner

Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry welcomes a new school group full of new faces to Thornhill Farm. Georgetown Middle School now sends a group of students every week to enjoy time in the garden, feeding the donkeys, and special activities such as mixing potting soil and making goats milk soap. Soon they will have their own chickens to care for!

Mark your calendars now for Saturday April 9th! Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry will be selling organic vegetable, flower and herb starts at the McClellanville Plant Sale, sponsored by the McClellanville Arts Center. The plant sale is located along Pickney Street in front of the Arts Center and runs from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. This is a great time to get your backyard garden supplied for the summer!

Come Visit the Farm Store!

We are embellishing the farm store with fun and exciting new products for the home and garden. A visit to the farm store is a great idea for a Saturday excursion. If you’re planning a back-yard garden this year, we have organic vegetable and herbs seedlings available as well as a variety of gardening supplies (Call or email first for seedling availability if you’re looking for something specific). We can also help with gardening and culinary gift ideas. Come see us, we love visitors!

New items include:

• The Little Bunny Garden from Sunny-Side Up Gardens- this fun kit includes 6 packages of Organic and Heirloom Vegetable Seeds, Starter Soil, Wooden Plant ID Stakes, Growing Instructions, Growing Journal, Pencil and 100% Recycled Fiber Egg Carton Planter. Perfect for encouraging young gardeners!
• Flexible Tubtrugs – available in 5 different sizes and colors. These flexible rubber baskets have reinforced ribbing for extra strength, super-strong comfort grip handles, and are made from 100% food-grade plastic. They’re safe for kids and pets and can be used for anything! Use them to carry gardening supplies, tools, kids’ toys, or just about anything else you can think of!
• Intense Skin Therapy Cream by Outdoor Hands for skin that is “Tough not Rough.” Outdoor Hands is a pharmacist formulated cream made of a unique blend of botanical extracts and organic oils for cracked or chapped hands, feet, elbows, lips and all other dry skin.
• Cooling headwear by Blu Bandoo – these stylish hats and neck bandoos are a must for summertime in the South! Soak in water for minutes to keep cool for hours, and wear them for sports, work, play and leisure.

Thank you Jacqueline for your inspiring menu of the week.

We encourage everyone to read Jacqueline’s menu and visit the website for the recipes. This is a great way to enjoy all that Kitchen table Cuisine has to offer!

We have new wallet-friendly specials on Kitchen Table Cuisine this week:

• Ground Beef in 2lb bulk packages for only $9.95! (that’s 10% off the regular price) Buy in bulk and make chili or spaghetti with meat sauce—you’ll have some to freeze for an easy home-cooked meal when you’re pressed for time. Chili also goes well with the upcoming Super Bowl.
• Garlic Beef Bratwurst and Jack’s Cosmic Sweet Potato Mustard Combo only $9.95. Bratwurst on the grill and slathered with the tangy smoothness of the sweet potato mustard and served with braised kale makes the perfect meal for hopeful anticipation of spring.
• Happy Cow Whole Milk is delicious at any time for any meal or snack and at the limited time price of $4.95 per gallon you have no excuse not to indulge. It’s the best source of calcium and vitamin D.
• Garlic Clove Foods is a gourmet health food producer born out of the humble dream to revolutionize the convenience food industry by providing consumers with healthy, delicious and quick cooking meal options. We’re introducing three varieties of pilaf: Cajun, Garden and Santa Fe. Normally $5.99, we’re offering an introductory price of $5.15.

Coming Soon to Kitchen Table Cuisine: Drinkable Yogurt

Sparkman’s Cream Valley is a family-owned farm in Georgia with a well-tended herd of all Jersey cows. Their high quality drinkable yogurt is a lip-smacking, delicious and highly nutritious source of calcium and protein. We’re excited to support this regional farm by adding it to our line of home delivery products. Flavors include natural, peach, strawberry, and mango.

Adaptive Gardens Gearing Up for Spring

Leslie Wade, program director for Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry, is back from maternity leave. Little Lyla Davidson is an absolutely adorable addition to the farm family.

Anonymous donors have provided a movable chicken coop for Adaptive Gardens to have their own chickens. Students will be able to feed chickens, gather eggs and move the coop to fresh grass every day.

Georgetown Middle School will be joining the ranks of students enjoying therapeutic time on the farm. With the greenhouse filling with trays of seedlings and the fields ready to go, this is a great time for new faces at Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry.

Stay tuned for details about the best plant sale in Charleston coming in early April with seedlings from the greenhouse.

As we begin a new year and welcome both new students and returning students, we think on how welcome all kinds of support from the community are to us. If you’d like to make a tax-deductible donation in support of this year’s programming, please click here. We’re all grateful for all you do for us!

**Coming Soon will be an on-going list of supplies your donations will provide for us. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email us**

Our Local Foods Ordering Turkey Chicks Now for the Fall.

Please let us know if you’re interested.

We are taking pre-orders for Holiday Turkeys now to ensure that we can have turkeys available for everyone who wants them this year.

The free-range heritage turkeys will be $4.50/lb and will come in three size ranges this year: 12 – 14 lbs, 15 – 18 lbs, and 19+ lbs. They will be delivered frozen in the weeks before Thanksgiving.

If you would like to pre-order your turkey now, please send an email to info@ourlocalfoods.com with “Thanksgiving Turkey” in the subject line. In the body of the email, please include your full name, phone number, and what size range you would like your turkey to be in. More details about delivery will be available in mid-October.

The folks from Outstanding in the Field (www.outstandinginthefield.com) will be setting up their famous “Long Table” at Thornhill Farm on Sunday, September 26, 2010! Their mission is tore-connect diners to the land and the origins of their food, and to honor the local farmers and food artisans who cultivate it. Outstanding in the Field is a roving culinary adventure – literally a restaurant without walls. Since 1999 they have set the long table at farms or gardens, on mountain tops or in sea caves, on islands or at ranches. Wherever the location, the consistent theme of each dinner is to honor the people whose good work brings nourishment to the table. Ingredients for the meal will be almost all local, with much of the produce coming from Thornhill Farm.

The meal will be prepared on site by award-winning Chef Sean Brock, of McCrady’s Restaurant in Charleston with the Our Local Foods team providing the assist!  We encourage you to come join us and have a wonderful day on the farm!

We are so happy that the folks from Outstanding In The Field have chosen to include Thornhill Farm as part of their 2010 National Tour. We are also grateful that a portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Thornhill Farm’s resident non-profit organization, Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry. Please visit www.outstandinginthefield.com to learn more or to purchase tickets.