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Chard — 1 bunch zucchinis — 2 cucumbers — 1-2 small cabbage — 1 head fennel — 1-3 bulbs lettuce — 1-3 small heads — this is the last of the head lettuce for the season. Future salad greens will be mostly chicories. Beets – 1-2 beets Daikon radish – 2 dill – 1 bunch… Continue reading CSA share 9/29/11

News from Cully Neighborhood Farm Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Hello wordpress, Produce Stand We’ll be selling excess vegetables this Thursday the 29th @ the farm (directions below)- 3:30-6:30pm This produce list is an estimate and is first come first served. So call ahead if you want to check… Continue reading Party and Produce! @ Cully Neighborhood Farm

Due to the rain, the Cully Neighborhood Farm Harvest Party scheduled for today from 3:30-6:00pm will be held inside at our nearby house, 5620 NE Alberta St, instead of at the farm.  The house is 1 block south of the farm.  We will still have a farm tour at 4pm, but the potluck will be… Continue reading Last Minute Harvest Party Location Change!

Hello eaters, Happy fall! The season’s bounty is really upon us. Best wishes with the food this week — we know it’s a lot. But we figure you are the people to share the farm’s bounty with right? lettuce – 2 small heads of winter density – a romaine broccoli – a small head (we’ll… Continue reading CSA share 9/22/11

Hi there lovely CSA’ers — We hope you’re enjoying this interesting and abrupt switch in the weather. I have to say it’s very pleasant outdoor working weather. We are busy seeding our cover crop this time of year. We use crimson clover to grow a nitrogen-fixing carpet over any unused beds all fall, winter, and… Continue reading CSA share 9/15/11

Wow it’s already September! That means there’s only about 8 more csa harvests left in the regular season. We’ve really been enjoying the heat wave since we didn’t get much of it in july and august, and so have the summer veggies like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. This week we seeded fall radishes, cilantro, and… Continue reading CSA share 9/8/11

Wow it’s already September! That means there’s only about 8 more csa harvests left in the regular season. We’ve really been enjoying the heat wave since we didn’t get much of it in july and august, and so have the summer veggies like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants. This week we seeded fall radishes, cilantro, and… Continue reading CSA share 9/8/11

Hope you had a great Labor Day Weekend. Both Matt and I were gone (backpacking and in Southern California) and I was in charge of sending the email. Better late than never….. Here’s what was in your share last Thursday: – “australe” lettuce: 2 heads – “lacinato” kale- 1 bunch – carrots – 1 bunch… Continue reading CSA share 9/1/11

Sorry this is late… Here’s what was in your share yesterday: – lettuce: 1-2 heads depending on size – carrots – 1 bunch "scarlet nantes" — a new variety) – cucumbers – 3 each – zucchinis – 2-3 each – swiss chard – 1 bunch – cabbage – 1 head of savoy "famosa" — this… Continue reading CSA share 8/25/11

Here’s the rundown for the week: lettuce – 1 head (or 2 depending on size) cilantro – 1 bunch cabbage “gonzalez” – 1 head beets – 1 bunch eggplant – 3 … some of these may have been picked a little small — let us know how they work for you… cucumbers – 4 zuchinis… Continue reading CSA share 8/18/11

Here’s the roundup for this week: – 2 heads of garlic – “Italian Easy Peel” variety — and it is easy to peel! I love this variety for its hot flavor and its quickness to peel. It’s a hardneck variety so doesn’t store as well as most softneck garlic – swiss chard – 1 bunch…… Continue reading CSA share 8/11/11

Hey there — I love it when gardens give surprises. For about 2 weeks I’ve noticed the eggplant plants looking (finally) happy and healthy and beginning to flower. So I was taken aback a little today when I bumped into an almost fully mature eggplant on the vine! The heat really does wonders for plant… Continue reading CSA share 8/4/11

Hello chefs– The cukes are especially young and tasty this week and the lettuce mix is also at a great size and texture for salads. Adding some calendula and marigold to your salad could be fun too. The flowers will last about four days in a vase. ****Note: To make delivery worth our while, we… Continue reading Cully Neighborhood Farm Restaurant Produce List Week of 8/1/11

Hello! Well it feels like summer has finally arrived, and the eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes agree – they are growing leaps and bounds. Now let’s just hope it keeps up so we can see some actual ripe from fruit from those plants in the not-too-distant future. The tomatoes are getting nicely trellised into various shapes… Continue reading CSA share 7/28/11

Hello chefs–Here are the items for this week. I’ve included variety, quantity, and price per pound or per each. Please forward to interested chefs: Cut Lettuce Mix: Up to 6 lbs. 6/lb (leaves are a medium size, larger than baby green size) Head Lettuce: Up to 15 heads or 15 lbs-$1.50/head or $1.00/lb Cooking Greens… Continue reading Cully Neighborhood Farm Restaurant Produce List Week of 7/25/11

Let’s do the numbers… basil – small handful beet thinnings – bunch chives – bunch chard – bunch cucumber – 1 or so arugula – ~0.5 lb lettuce – 1 head of “sucrine” cut mixed lettuce – ~0.5 lb parsley – large bunch carrots – 1 bunch oregano cuttings with flowers – 1 bunch summer… Continue reading CSA share 7/21/11

Finally got around to posting the pictures we’ve taken over the last couple months on to the website. Just go to the slideshow on the photos tab at http://cullyneighborhoodfarm.org/photos-2/ to see.

Hello Friends– I apologize if this is redundant for you. We wanted to write a quick note to let you know that we will no longer be doing the Cully Community Market. Our CSA is going great but unfortunately, we don’t have enough surplus nor the time and energy to warrant doing a market on… Continue reading Change in Cully Neighborhood Farm’s Status at the Cully Community Market

Hello CSA Members! You are awesome! So far, we hope you have found the produce in your share varied enough to keep you excited about cooking. As we shift into the peak of summer, if you are a curious type we’d like to give you an idea of what to expect in your share over… Continue reading CSA share 7/14/11

Wow July already! Here’s the rundown – lettuce – 1 head ‘double density’ (ruffled, speckled romaine), 1 head ‘pirat’ (blushed butterhead) red ursa kale – 1 bunch beets – 1 bunch fennel – 2 bulbs cabbage – 2 small heads – ‘alcosa’ is the savoy and ‘gonzalez’ the other summer squash – ~0.6 lbs (varieties… Continue reading CSA share 7/7