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Radicchio, kohlrabi, escarole, celeriac, black radish, collards and beets with greens. We’re solidly into the cold weather crops now. Although it’s been warm enough that there were still sweet peppers and salad turnips on the farm stand. The beets are a variety that is especially tolerant of cold and is a cross between three other… Continue reading Fall Share #5

As usual, fall is feeling very unpredictable. The forecast was for rain all day yesterday, and really we just had an afternoon shower and the rain didn’t start until after CSA pick up regular hours. My best prediction for next week’s share is either collards or kale, kohlrabi, celeriac, beets, radishes, and more escarole. As… Continue reading Predictions for Fall Share #5

Mustard greens, leeks, fennel, parsnips carrots, chard and escarole. The mustard is huge, the parsnips and escarole are small, the chard has holes in it, but everything should be tasty. These were the last of the Lincoln leeks so next Thursday will see the first of the Blue Solaize, our winter leek. I thought about… Continue reading Fall Share #4

Carrots, chard, escarole, kohlrabi, leeks, mustard, parsnips. That’s feeling like a pretty wild guess, and there are some other possible options like fennel, rutabaga and celeriac. If we have time there may be some salad turnips on the farm stand, and radicchio will either be on the farm stand or in the shares.  Oh how… Continue reading Predictions for Fall Share #4

Beets, tomatoes, arugula, daikon, sweet pepper, shallots, collards and radicchio. The radicchio is a week earlier than planned and there was a choice of either Lusia (variegated) or Verona (red). The daikon is just a chunk of root in most shares. Germination was poor which gave the remaining plants generous space to grow, and so… Continue reading Fall Share #3

Taking a look through the fields today there’s a lot that’s ready, but a lot of that we need to save for future weeks so here’s the mix I think we’ll be harvesting next week: Collards, arugula, beets, a chicory of one sort or another, maybe celeriac. Other possibilities include a few more shallots, green… Continue reading Predictions for Fall Share #3

Again I’m late posting but at least I did remember to take a photo of the share. In the share last Thursday was: kale, salad turnips, tomatoes, fennel, celery, leeks, sweet pepper and lettuce. This week the B schedule share should be more or less the same. It’s supposed to start raining so that might… Continue reading Fall Share #2

Apologies for the late post here, I haven’t quite adjusted to the fall posting schedule yet. Here’s what I think we’ll have: fennel, kale, leeks, lettuce, salad turnips. I’m hoping there will be more sweet peppers and maybe even tomatoes. Other possibilities are celery and carrots but they might need to size up a little… Continue reading Predictions for Fall Share #2

Fall is off to a good start, and the weather has really shifted! Chard, hakurei turnips with greens, French Grey shallots, parsley, sweet pepper, tomatoes, yellow onions, spinach and butter lettuce all made it into the shares. On the farm stand we had some of the last cucumbers, eggplant and sauce tomatoes. We haven’t been… Continue reading Fall Share #1

If you signed up for a fall share you should have received an email earlier today with confirmation of your pick up schedule and all of the details on picking up your first share. Here’s my best guess at what we’ll have in that first share: lettuce, chard, onions and shallots, parsley and salad turnips.… Continue reading Predictions for Fall Share #1

Kale, celery, tomatoes, sweet pepper, beets and lettuce. The celery is just a few small stalks, good for cooking or chopping up to add to a salad. The sweet pepper pictured here is a “Liebesapfel” pimento type, but the peppers are very slow in ripening right now due to the weather so we’ve mixed up… Continue reading Summer Share #13

The final week of summer looks and the weather is already looking fall like. We need a little more sun and heat to get the peppers and tomatoes ripening again. That said, there probably will be at least a pepper and a few tomatoes next week, as well as more kale and lettuce. A bit… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #13

Chard, tomatoes, sweet pepper, cucumbers, carrots, red shallots, lettuce. Peppers are starting to come on with the earliest being the Jimmy Nardello peppers, a very sweet, thin walled “frying” pepper. We’ve also had a few Liebesapfel (candy apple) pimento types on the farm stand and they may show up in some shares. The first of… Continue reading Summer Share #12

The penultimate share of the summer season! Likely there will be red leaf lettuce, tomatoes, sweet pepper, red shallots, carrots and chard. Summer squash and cucumbers are on their way out but we should still have them at least on the farm stand, along with a bit of eggplant and maybe basil and a few… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #12

A little bigger share today: collard greens, cipollini onions, romano beans, sweet pepper, cucumber and summer squash, tomatoes, golden beet, green crisp lettuce. Maturity and size on crops is all over the map right now due to the ups and downs of the weather this summer and weed pressure which has been building over the… Continue reading Summer Share #11

The sun is noticeably lower in the mornings these days, shadows are getting longer in the afternoon. Here’s what we’re expecting for next week: green crisp lettuce, collard greens, tomatoes, cipollini onions and yellow beets. Summer squash and cucumbers seem to be waning, as they usually do this time of year so those will probably… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #11

Lettuce, carrots, potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, chard. The cool weather really slowed down the summer squash so we only had enough of that for the farm stand, and the squash bugs have found it so I’m not sure how much longer we’ll have it. The potatoes are the all red fingerling called Amarosa we’ve been growing… Continue reading Summer Share #10

A single post this week with both the share photo (a little late!) and predictions for next week’s share. I was out of town on Monday so Sara took the photo but I’m just now getting around to posting it. In the shares this week were  butter lettuce, tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, kale, yellow onions… Continue reading Summer Share #9 and Predictions for #10!

The summer is flying by and the weather has been feeling almost fall like! Next week’s share should be similar to this past week with butter lettuce, Madeley kale, summer squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, and we’ll add in more of the French Grey shallots and some yellow storage onions. We pulled all of the rest of… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #9

Lettuce, tomatoes, summer squash, carrots, cucumbers, romano beans, kale. A much smaller head of lettuce this week and we’ll see what Thursday gets as this variety is on the verge of bolting, although the cooler temps might help a bit. Tomatoes are on now so more than just one in the share! The carrots weren’t… Continue reading Summer Share #8