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It was a smoky and ashy harvest day Tuesday from the forest fires to the east.  I never imagined we’d be harvesting in respirators, but the air was pretty intense so it definitely felt like the thing to do.  Ash covered everything outside but luckily it’s not a food safety issue.  Just make sure you… Continue reading Week 16

In this week’s share: Not pictured: either Potatoes or Carrots (Monday got potatoes, Thursday will get potatoes or carrots) Swiss Chard Sweet peppers (current varieties: Jimmy Nardello, Gypsy Queen, Liebsapfel, Stocky Red Roaster) Mini Head Lettuces Onions Summer squash / zucchini Cucumbers Eggplant Basil Tomatoes The transition to late summer means more color, especially the… Continue reading Week 15

This week’s share features the return of the sweet onion! Sweet Onions – “Ailsa Craig” Collard Greens Lettuce – “Samantha” Parsley Summer Squash Cucumbers Eggplant Tomatoes – Slicers & Larger Heirlooms Sweet Peppers Summer is in full force still with good quantities of tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers and squash cruising into the packing shed.  Peppers are… Continue reading Week 14

Here’s a bright and sunny August share for you! Sweet peppers! – Long skinny are “Jimmy Nardello” and the rounder one is “Liebsapfel.”  They will ripen/redden up more on your counter top. Swiss Chard Beets Eggplant Celery Garlic Summer Squash Tomatoes Cucumbers Lettuce – Romaine Note that we will likely have bulk basil for pesto… Continue reading Week 13

In this week’s share: Tomatoes! First of the season! “Gypsy” pepper – at this stage it’s flavor is between a green pepper and a sweet pepper Cucumbers Garlic Eggplant Beets Carrots Lettuce Green Romano Beans Summer Squash I realize I neglected last week’s blog post – whoops!  The heat wave had me thinking only about… Continue reading Week 12

Carrots! Mini Lettuces (Monday got “Reef”, Thursday will get other varieties) Japanese Eggplant – Romano Green Beans Collard Greens Zucchini / Summer Squash Fresh Garlic! Walla Walla onions Cucumbers The Romano beans an Italian variety of green bean.  You should be able to do just about anything you would with a regular green bean with… Continue reading Week 10

I thought I’d go through the varieties of veggies in a little more detail this week, as you’ll be seeing a lot of these week after week, or every 2-3 weeks in some cases. Beets – (variety is actually a diverse gene pool called “3 Root Grex” and has lots of orange roots and strong… Continue reading Week 9

Lots of new crops coming in this week!  Carrots (finally!), green beans, new potatoes! Carrots (“napoli” is our one and only carrot variety this year because we just love it!) New Potatoes (“Yukon Gold” is this week’s variety – good for boiling, baking, roasting, mashing…) Green Beans (“Provider”) Romaine lettuce Summer Squash / Zucchini Swiss… Continue reading Week 8

Fava beans Zucchini Cucumber Basil Cabbage Beets Salad turnips Radish Two mini lettuce heads Green onion Fava beans are a bit of a labor of love in the kitchen, but they are worth it!  Please check the bottom of this post to find great preparation ideas from “Bounty From the Box – The CSA Farm… Continue reading Week 7

Week 6 is here!  Whew, that was a hot weekend! The farm survived the heat with little damage – maybe lost a few baby lettuce transplants due to an irrigation snafu, but most of them survived.  The plants are much happier with today’s mid-70’s temps though (not to mention the farmers!) Above about 90 degrees… Continue reading Week 6

Already it feels like the season is just flying by!  This week the peas are really in full production mode, we have the first full-size romaine lettuce, first taste of beets, radishes make a return, and more.  In the share: Sugar Snap Peas Snow Peas Walla Walla sweet onions Beet green thinnings, with roots Kale… Continue reading Week 5

In your share this week: Rainbow Swiss Chard (looks so nice right now!) ‘Samantha’ red lettuce ‘Walla Walla’ sweet onions – great grilled, even the tops and bolting tops! Kohlrabi – Here’s the oddball of the week that some of you may not be familiar with.  See the extensive notes at the bottom of this… Continue reading Week 4

Lots of greenery of various shades this week: kale – “rainbow lacinato” salad turnips – “hakurei” (remember you can eat the roots raw if you like, and the greens are lovely cooked, similar to mustard greens) parsley lettuce – one head of “Nevada” (green) and one mini head (various varieties) arugula – we bunched it… Continue reading Week 3

Greens greens and more greens!  It’s what’s for dinner!  Welcome to week 2 of the CSA folks. “Samantha” red leaf lettuce A mini lettuce head, either “reef” (the frilly one) or “little gem” (a romaine) Mustard greens Broccoli raab Spinach Green garlic Salad turnips Radish My favorite way to cook the broccoli raab is to… Continue reading Week 2

​​ Welcome to the 2017 CSA Share!  In your share this week you will find: green garlic bok choi “reef” mini lettuce head (the very serrated green leaf one) mini red or green lettuce head fava tops / tips arugula You can use the entire stalk of the green garlic (it’s an immature softneck garlic… Continue reading Week 1

Whew! It’s been a pretty great season I’d say.  I hope you’d agree.  This last share will hopefully help you with your veggie needs through Thanksgiving festivities.  Thank you for joining us for this seasonal journey down vegetable lane.  It’s been a pleasure growing food for you.  Keep in touch with our email list &… Continue reading Week 27/28 – Last Share!

Thanks to help from my sister and daughter we got the garlic planted for next year in my backyard on Sunday!  Fingers crossed we don’t have the dreaded garlic rust in that soil… cNote that there is no CSA pickup next week (11/7 & 11/10) and then the last pickup is the following week (11/14… Continue reading Week 25/26

In this week’s share… Leeks Potatoes – “Red Gold” from Sauvie Island Organics Celery – The leaves & tops are good for soups, stocks, etc. Fennel – Good raw sliced thin as a salad with olive oil & parmesan, or roast it with other veggies in the oven (see recipe below). Turnip – A new variety for me this… Continue reading Week 24

Butternut squash – from Sauvie Island Organics! Delicious roasted and as a base for soups. Daikon radish – Holy moly, what a lot of food is in a daikon.  These are incredible plants I’ve got to say.  Did you know that daikon can be the base for making kim chi? Parsnip – One of my fall favorites!  Roasted or… Continue reading Week 23

It’s definitely fall soup time this week! Potatoes – Yukon Golds from Sauvie Island Organics Leeks – To clean these properly, cut in half lengthwise and run the inner layers under running water to get any bits of soil out.  The white part of leeks can be used like onions though they have their very own… Continue reading Week 22