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The Greenhouse & Garden

Summer 2010

Quite a lot has been growing in the Summer Winter garden and greenhouse recently!

This year's unusually hot and sunny summer months mean that our garden is now full of colorful vegetables, fruits, edible flowers and herbs.

Some of our summer highlights include Cherokee Purple and Green Zebra Tomatoes, Sungold Cherry Tomatoes, Green Thai and Purple Striped Italian Eggplant, Lemon Cucumbers, several colors of edible Nasturtium flowers, Sweet Miniature Bell Peppers and Spicy Cayenne Peppers, bright red Scarlet Runner Beans, Purple Bush Beans, Chinese Noodle Beans, Dwarf Red Okra, Gold Husk Cherries, Sunburst Scallop Squash, and 15 varieties of Basil.

Picked the day it is served, the food grown in the Summer Winter garden and greenhouse is fresh, nutrient-rich, and as local as it gets! Not to mention, everything is grown organically, using principles of companion planting and crop rotation to guide the garden design.

Don't tell anyone, but surrounded by so much delicious bounty, it is easy to forget that autumn is right around the corner. In fact, we are already beginning to sow the seeds for our fall garden of delicious greens and root vegetables. Stay tuned for our fall garden highlights!

Next time you visit Summer Winter, be sure to take a moment to step outside and stroll around the garden and greenhouse, where you can discover all the treasures being grown! You many even become inspired to create or expand your own kitchen garden.

Greenhouse Happenings 

Sallie Scribner - Summer Winter Gardener

I am very honored to join the team at Summer Winter Restaurant as the Gardener!

I am inspired by how agricultural sustainability is at the philosophical core of Summer Winter Restaurant. I am a firm believer that homegrown tastes best, and I am excited about growing delicious organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and edible flowers in the greenhouse and garden season after season.

I graduated from New College of Florida with a degree in Environmental Studies. My background is centered around my passion for a healthy relationship between people and the environment. From ecology fieldwork in California, to organic farming in Virginia, to green building in Florida, the environmental sustainability movement is an important facet of my life. I am excited to extend my passion to the greenhouse and garden!

I look forward to the coming seasons at Summer Winter Restaurant!