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Today’s share moves us more fully into fall, with just a hint of summer hanging on. Leeks are a first for Monday shares today.  They are thin, but fairly tall, and very sweet.  This variety is King Richard.  You may find that some of them have an inner core that’s different than the outer sheaths.… Continue reading 10/14/13

In your share today are a long pie pumpkin (a New England heirloom great for pie), rainbow chard, two heads of lettuce (most of you got a head of romaine and a head of red leaf called Sunset), red potatoes called mountain rose which also have red flesh (some have some bug damage that you… Continue reading 10/10/13

Today’s share has the last of the basil from the hoophouse — it’s a little funky so you may need to pick through it and rinse it before pesto-ing. A new item today (sort of): green tomatoes.  There also may be a few funky spots on these to cut off as you prepare them.  They… Continue reading 10/7/13

Today’s share is large and diverse!  Summer + fall = abundance…  Most of today’s share is similar to Monday’s, so check the last post for most of what’s in your share.  The differences are: 2 heads of lettuce instead of 1 – (Parris Island Cos, and Winter Density – both romaines) collard greens instead of… Continue reading 10/3/13

I tried to catch the very complete rainbow from Monday in the top picture but I think it was pretty much gone by the time I snapped the shot.  This is a very diverse and abundant share!  We have summer and fall in equal portions here… – rainbow swiss chard – a giant bunch –… Continue reading 9/30/13

In your share: garlic – 2 heads tomatoes – 2.4 lbs 2 cukes (a few of you got an extra “lemon” cuke from the children’s garden) 3 sweet peppers including 1 Jimmy Nardello, 1 Gypsy, and 1 other miscellaneous pepper bunch of “scarlet nantes” carrots bunch of golden swiss chard eggplant: 3 dark purple miscellaneous… Continue reading 9/26/13

The veggies say, “it’s still summer time” even though it’s gray and wet.  We’ve got: tomatoes: at least half of the tomatoes you got today are “Amish Paste,” a sauce/paste variety eggplant: 2 large and 2 japanese sweet peppers: 1 Jimmy Nardello and 1 Gypsy cucumbers – 3 zucchini – this little bit might be… Continue reading 9/23/13

Hey there eaters – In your share, more summer veggies… zucchini – a small small amount of small zucchinis – this could be the end of them for this year cucumbers – one asian cuke and a few regular slicers tomatoes – about 2.5lbs of mostly slicer tomatoes peppers – 3 long Jimmy Nardello sweet peppers… Continue reading 9/19/13

Basil is back for what may be its last appearance in the shares this year.  Tomatoes are still going strong for the moment.  We have moved on from the walla walla sweet onions to “Valencia,” a yellow sweet spanish onion.  The lettuce today is a romaine called “Parris Island Cos” which grew nice and big.… Continue reading 9/16/13

This share’s colors are purple and red! Like Monday’s share, this share has quite a bit of eggplant.  The long skinny ones are Japanese eggplant, which have very tender skins when cooked.  The Japanese eggplant are good for any sort of Asian dish or stir fry which calls for eggplant.  Check out the last post… Continue reading 9/12/13

Lots of eggplant today, so I’ve included a few eggplant recipes here… #1: eggplant bruschetta: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2010/08/eggplant-salad-toasts/ #2: grilled eggplant with caponata salsa: http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2008/08/grilled-eggplant-with-caponata-salsa/ #3: baba ghanoush: http://www.food.com/recipe/baba-gannoujh-middle-eastern-eggplant-spread-100197 I plan to alternate eggplants and peppers in the shares for the next while, keeping tomatoes an every week item. I had planned to mow today but the mower wouldn’t start… Continue reading 9/9/13

Lots of tomatoes and peppers in this share.  The share is similar to Monday’s except for lacinato kale instead of chard, and different lettuces. Here’s a recipe for simple summer tomato sauce: from Deborah Madison’s “Vegetable Literacy”… makes about 2.5 cups.  The tomatoes don’t need to be paste tomatoes to make this sauce.  You will… Continue reading 9/6/13

Lots of sweet peppers in this share.  I didn’t grow any hot peppers for the CSA so don’t worry about that.  The long thin red ones are Jimmy Nardello, a sweet Italian frying pepper.  The yellows are called Gatherer’s Gold.  If you got a purplish one that’s called Iko Iko.  The rest are various shades… Continue reading 9/3/13

          Hey there veggie eaters, A little kohlrabi late curtain call today – hopefully you won’t find it woody – it has been in the ground a while.  Lots of peppers today!  Looks like September is going to be pepper month as per usual in this area.  All the peppers for… Continue reading 8/29/13 Thursday

woah, sorry this is so late in being posted.  Having a gig on Monday threw off my routine. 2 heads of lettuce today, a big bunch of lacinato kale, a couple eggplant (many of you got a japanese eggplant or two – the long skinny pink ones), a bunch of beets, siskiyou sweet onion, variety… Continue reading Monday 8/26

A colorful share today!  First sweet peppers, first sweet onion, first romano green beans, plus some regulars: tomatoes, carrots, rainbow lacinato kale, lettuce head, cucumbers, and zucchini. The peppers are all sweet.  I didn’t really grow hot peppers this year because some people don’t really go for them.  The onion is basically a Walla Walla… Continue reading 8/22/13

There are a few new items in Monday’s share.  Romano beans and sweet onions.  The romano beans are like a big green bean so you can treat them like that.  They are a little on the big side, but with a little cooking I think the flavor will be ok.  2 whole pounds of them! … Continue reading 8/19/13

First post from the field! In the share today: tomatoes over 2lbs! zucchini cucumbers including an Asian file beets finally some that are a decent size eggplant lettuce – 1 head Swiss chard only the gold garlic – 1 head basil See my last post for a baba ganoush recipe and for notes on tomatoes… Continue reading 8/15/13

Whoops! I forgot to post this til now – sorry about that.  A nice summer share Monday:  A good array of five tomatoes, 3 med/large eggplant, 2 regular cukes + 1 asian cuke, 1-2 zucchini, bunch of rainbow lacinato kale, head of lettuce (various types), bunch of beets, 1 head of garlic, and a bag… Continue reading 8/12/13

For those who don’t know, in addition to hosting Cully Neighborhood Farm, the lot behind Trinity Lutheran Church & School is home to the Cully Young Farmers Project, which engages Trinity Lutheran School students in grades K-8 in a hands-on garden education.  Please take a moment to check out our fundraising campaign to keep the… Continue reading Cully Young Farmers Project needs YOUR help!