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This weeks share is pretty close to predicted. Yesterday was a long day so I’m a bit late in posting this photo of the share. We did get a lot of fall planting done though so that was good. In the share is butter lettuce, Romano beans, summer squash, red potatoes, red onion, cucumbers, chard… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 6

Looks like it’s going to be a warm one next week, we’re pretty much at peak irrigation season right now. In terms of vegetables, that warm weather should help ripen all of those green tomatoes hanging out – but I’m still not sure if we’ll have any ready for next week’s harvest, almost definitely by… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 6

The shares are getting more predictable – which means last week’s prediction was pretty much right on. In the share this week are more carrots, cucumbers, potatoes, summer squash, onion, celery, romaine and kale. A few quick notes on some of the items. The celery is a first pick, really a cleaning up of the… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 5

Another solid share yesterday, getting a little heavier with fruit and roots. This might have been the last full harvest of broccoli and I’m not sure that Thursday will get any this week, although Thursday members have been getting a little more than Mondays’ so todays harvest evened that out a bit. More new potatoes,… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 4

Here’s what I’m thinking for next week’s share: lettuce, summer squash, cucumbers, parsley, potatoes, kale or chard, broccoli, and carrots. The lettuce will be our green crisp, Nevada. The summer squash will be Mutabile zucchini, Genovese zucchini, and Pattison patty pans should be making it into the mix next week. We also have three cucumbers… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 4

I got a little distracted with the holiday last week and never got around to predicting the share last week. We’re overlapping some spring holdouts today with the first of the summer crops. Collards, arugula, hakurei turnips, and favas all hold on for another week, although Thursday probably won’t see the turnips as they got… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 3

In today’s share: arugula, chard, carrots, hakurei turnips, purple peacock broccoli, primax cabbage, Genovese or Mutabile zucchini, Yukon gold potatoes, favas, pirat butter lettuce. The arugula is lovely today and a bit spicy from the summer heat. Zucchini are starting to size up nicely, and the potatoes are actually very nicely sized up for being… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 2

It’s looking like week two is going to go pretty close to our projection from this winter. Broccoli, cabbage, arugula, butter lettuce, favas, and carrots were all on that list and should be in the share next week. Broccoli and cabbage broccoli actually made an early appearance on Thursday. The broccoli we’re growing this year… Continue reading Summer Predictions – Week 2

Green onions, Genovese basil, Dazzling Blue kale, Haurkei turnips, favas, snap peas, zucchini, mixed beets, and Brown Goldring lettuce. Possibly the last of the peas today, but the first of the favas (see cookwithwhatyouhave.com if you need suggestions on how to prepare them). Basil and zucchini are just samples. Confusingly we’re growing Genovese basil and… Continue reading Summer Share – Week 1

Happy Summer Solstice everyone! Next week our summer CSA shares start and here’s the projection I made way back in January for what would be in the share: arugula, beets, broccoli, cabbage, collards, fennel, lettuce, peas and turnips. Fennel is definitely off the list, not sure what happened there, but somehow that planting never made… Continue reading Summer Predictions- Week 1

This is the final week of spring. Next week summer starts and the days actually start to get shorter again. In today’s share we’ve got: Yellow Collards, Italian Flat Leaf parsley, Oregon Giant snow peas, Azure kohlrabi, Napoli carrots, hakurei turnips, Pink Beauty radishes, Sugar Snap peas, and Nevada lettuce. If you haven’t had kohlrabi… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 6

Next week is the final week of spring. The week after we’ll transition to our summer shares. For the final week of spring here’s what we’re looking at including in the share: pink beauty radishes, hakurei turnips, Nevada lettuce, parsley, peas, kale, carrots and kohlrabi are all possibilities. Summer squash and cucumbers will be here… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 6 Predictions

As predicted, a bunch of new items in todays share to go with the shift in the weather. The snow peas are pretty solidly producing now and the snap peas are just about to take off. We’ve got some nice chard bunches, Samantha lettuce, and the first pinches of basil. Beets make their first appearance,… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 5

We got a little bit of a late start this winter, and it turned out there were some late cold snaps so that kind of worked out nicely. It does mean we’re about a week behind with our harvest plan on some things – like peas. On the other hand, we’re a little ahead on… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 5 Predictions

The peas have just started this week and today’s share has the first of the snow peas. Our second plantings of spinach and arugula are looking great so there’s a good quantity of those. Lettuce continues with a new variety for us, Brown Goldring, that comes highly recommended for its flavor – the insects seem… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 4

Here’s my best guess at next week’s share, with the caveat that my batting average so far on these has been mediocre: Romaine lettuce (or at least some sort of lettuce), and Hakurei turnips are the two items I’m pretty sure of. Lots of possibilities on greens and I’m not sure which yet but chard,… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 4 Predictions

This week’s share has the finest of the Hakurei salad turnips, Pirat butter lettuce, bok choi, collard greens, fava greens and green onions – a very green share. Monday folks got fewer radishes than Thursday last week and we still had a few in the field so Monday gets the last of the D’Avignon radishes… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 3

Chard Spinach? Collards? Choi? Fava tips Lettuce Green onions Turnips It’s all possible but those ones with the question marks are probably going to wait at least a week or two. I did see some little peas starting to form, and the first of the carrots starting to take shape, more clues for future shares.… Continue reading Spring Share – Week 3 Predictions

Well, I was a little off in my prediction but not too far. In the share today: more spinach and arugula, a head of lettuce, D’Avignon radishes, Dazzling Blue kale, and fava greens. Our first crop of spinach did better than expected so we’ve got a bit more for this week. Similarly, I always plant… Continue reading Sprin Share – week 2

The first week of CSA harvests is done, now we start thinking about week 2. Here’s my first in a weekly series of guesses of shares for the following week: Most likely are lettuce (probably just one head from here out), small kale bunches, fava greens, spinach (fingers crossed it doesn’t bolt). Outside possibilities are… Continue reading Week 2 predictions