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The next fall shares will be on Thursday, 10/20 and Monday 10/24. As of now here’s what looks likely to be in the shares: Lettuce, chard, fennel, celery, beets, salad turnips, and daikon. This depends a bit on what the weather ends up doing between now and then, and what we find when we pull… Continue reading Predictions for the second fall share

We still have 10 fall shares available and the fall season has already started – although Monday is still the first share of the season as our harvest weeks start on Thursdays this year, not the more typical Monday start to the week. To expand our market a little we’re going to experiment with adding… Continue reading New Pick-Up Location Option for Fall (and Winter?)

Lettuce, tomatoes, kale, sweet peppers, salad turnips, carrots, kohlrabi, and spinach. The lettuce is red leaf and this might be the last lettuce share of the year, or we might have one more after this. Tomatoes are a bit of a bonus this week and they are definitely on their way out. The kale is… Continue reading First Fall Share

Here’s what I’m guessing will be in Thursday’s share: lettuce, kale, spinach, carrots, kohlrabi, salad turnips and sweet peppers. We should have extras of just about everything on the farm stand unless we sell a lot of shares between now and Thursday – we still have 14 shares available so if you haven’t signed up… Continue reading Predictions for first fall share

Despite the whacky weather we’ve had this year the raddicho, escarole, endive and other chicories we’re growing are looking good for the shares this fall and winter. I didn’t grow up eating these vegetables, or even knowing what they were, but over the years I’ve been farming I’ve really come to love both growing and… Continue reading Fall and Winter Chicories are looking good!

The last share of this year’s summer season is on the first week of fall and it’s a very fall like share. We still have lettuce, tomatoes and sweet peppers in there. Parsley, spinach and salad turnips make their return with the cooler weather, and leeks show up for the first time this year! I… Continue reading Final Summer Share

For a number of years now one of the perks of being a CSA member has been access to the excellent recipe collection at cookwithwhatyouhave.com. My good friend Katherine Deumling poured so much good energy and cooking knowledge into this site. It started as a resource for CSA farms here in the PNW and is… Continue reading Cook With What You Have

The 13th and final summer share is coming up and here’s what I think will be in it: Lettuce, spinach, leeks, parsley, salad turnips and sweet peppers. Definitely a mix that’s transitioning us into fall. We still have more red leaf lettuce in the field, but I might be able to pull a. Little green… Continue reading Predictions for 13th Summer Share

A big load of roots today along with some other nice items: lettuce, collards, tomatoes, sweet peppers, yellow onions, beets and carrots. We needed to clear the carrots and beets today to make way for a fall seeding of fava beans – plus they were ready to go – so a nice big share of… Continue reading Twelfth Summer Share

I just realized that my last prediction for the “10th Summer Share” was actually for the 11th – which means Thursday is the start of our 12th week of 13 this summer! Here’s my best guess: onions, lettuce, beets, carrots, collards, sweet peppers, and tomatoes. The onions will likely be the last distribution of onions… Continue reading Predictions for 12th Summer Share

In the share today: lettuce, potatoes, shallots, cucumber, tomatoes, sweet peppers, chard. The potatoes are French Fingerlings, red skinned and with a bit of blush on the inside. The cucumbers are about done for the year but here’s one more. Sweet peppers are just getting together and we have a few Jimmy Nardello, a thin… Continue reading Eleventh Summer Share

Chard, shallots, lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes and sweet peppers. The potatoes will be the last of the year, French Fingerlings as I wasn’t able to get our usual Amarosa fingerling seed this year. Yields were low on this variety, too, so it’ll be a smaller than hoped for quantity, probably about a pound. We’ll try to… Continue reading Predictions for 10th Share

Kale, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet pepper, onions and lettuce. The kale is a new one for us, Polaris Northstar. It was recommended by my good friend Danny of Full Plate Farm for winter production but it was looking like it would benefit from an early harvest and clean up so it’s in the share this… Continue reading Tenth Summer Share

Lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, onions, tomatoes, peppers and kale? Kale may or maynot be in the share, it’s not usually great in hot weather but I’m optimistic. Lettuce will probably be more red leaf. Cucumbers, like the summer squash, are waning, but we might get one more week. Sweet peppers are just starting to color up.… Continue reading Predictions for 10th Share

Lettuce, beets, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and collards. There were also a few more potatoes for the Thursday shares, since last week Thursday didn’t end up with quite as much as Monday. The lettuce is red leaf and probably will be again for Monday. The beet tops are good to eat, along with the roots. The… Continue reading Ninth Summer Share

Lettuce, beets, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and collards. There were also a few more potatoes for the Thursday shares, since last week Thursday didn’t end up with quite as much as Monday. The lettuce is red leaf and probably will be again for Monday. The beet tops are good to eat, along with the roots. The… Continue reading Ninth Summer Share

Here’s what I’m guessing will be in the share, but first a reminder that next Monday is a holiday so we’re moving that pick-up to Tuesday! In the share we should have lettuce, collard greens, beets, tomatoes, sweet onions, peppers, and maybe cucumbers and/or summer squash. The lettuce will likely be red leaf, our most… Continue reading Predictions for 9th Share

Lettuce, tomatoes, red onions, cucumbers, summer squash, carrots, potatoes and basil. The lettuce in the photo is a butter head and a few folks got romaine instead today. Monday the lettuce will probably be red leaf, although there might be a few heads of romaine available. We’re harvesting the full array of tomatoes now and… Continue reading Eighth Summer Share

Potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, onions and lettuce. Lots of digging for us coming up with potatoes and carrots both on the harvest list. Tomatoes are doing well so expect more of those. The summer squash hasn’t had a great year but we should have it for a few more weeks. Similarly the cucumbers,… Continue reading Predictions for 8th Share

Chard, green pepper, sweet onions, summer squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce. The “green pepper” is Gypsy Queens and I’ve been told this is the traditional stage for harvest, but I prefer them when they’re an orange/red so in the past that’s when we’ve harvested them. This year we needed to thin the fruit a bit because… Continue reading Seventh Summer Share