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Looks like we might have some snow peas for next week’s harvest, right on schedule. The lettuce is looking good, and yesterday we gave out the first of the kale, and that will be in the A week, with collards likely showing up in the B week shares. Radishes are another possibility, and more turnips… Continue reading Fifth Spring Share Predictions

Lettuces, choi, spinach, salad turnips, green onions, mild mustard greens. Lettuces will vary week to week but in the photo here are a red leaf and a romaine. The spinach is beautiful and actually right on schedule, although germination wasn’t as good as hoped so there’s not quite as much as we planned for. The… Continue reading Fourth Spring Share

We’re past the half way point for spring now, and we’re starting to get to the point where we’ve started our spring harvests for the past few years. Here’s what looks likely for the upcoming shares: lettuce, choi, salad turnips, green onions, red mustard, kale. Today’s shares were a little different than last week’s and… Continue reading Predictions for the fourth spring shares

’Tis the season for young greens and we’ve got a good selection for you this week, along with a few radishes to add some color and spice! Mustard greens, lettuces, arugula, radishes, baby collard greens, choi are all in the shares. The lettuces are starting to get a little larger and we had both green… Continue reading Third Spring Share

A few warm dry days and the plants that have been just hanging out definitely put on some quick growth! We’re still a good bit behind where I hoped we would be but here are my best predictions for the third spring share based on what I saw out there today: baby lettuce heads, cut… Continue reading Predictions for the third spring share

The B schedule shares this Thursday looked similar to the A schedule and we’ll try to keep it that way. The raab wasn’t as bountiful but we found some spinach that had overwinter in the tunnel so that went into the B schedule shares. Looking at the crops in the field and comparing that to… Continue reading Second Spring Share Predictions

Despite the dreary weather, we were able to harvest some pretty nice veggies for the first spring shares: leeks, scorzonera, thyme, parsley, and a mix of brassica raab. We’ve had scorzonera in the winter share, but it’s not a usual vegetable so I’ll say a few words about it here – it’s primarily used for… Continue reading First Spring Share

Next week is the start of our spring harvest season! My best prediction is that there’ll be leeks, a bit of raab, scorzonera and maybe small bunches of other greens and herbs. We had a productive spring break and got lots of plants and seeds in the ground, including the potatoes! We also covered most… Continue reading Predictions for the first spring shares

We got a sunny, warm start to spring and yesterday we were able to get a good number of beds prepared, planted and covered with row cover! All of the plants that we planted in the last weeks of winter are kind of hanging out, waiting for these warmer, longer days to really start growing.… Continue reading It’s Spring!

Final share of the winter season: leeks, kale, rutabaga, carrots, root parsley and salsify. Two types of kale, the leaves are still small, but tasty. The carrots are Yellowstone and are a little less sweet and with more carroty flavor than the orange varieties we grow. They’re particularly good cooked and I like them roasted… Continue reading 6th Winter Share

Monday we took advantage of the slightly drier weather to plant peas, green onions and lettuce and to cultivate the overwintered shallots. For a minute there it was starting to feel like spring. Speaking of spring, we still have a few spring CSA shares available, and plenty of summer, fall and winter 2024 ones, too.… Continue reading Winter Transitioning to Spring

The snow may have done us a favor last week, insulating the crops from yet another very cold freeze. In the share this week are: beets, collards, leeks, carrots, turnips, and radicchio. We also had a little Belgian endive on the farm stand. This was definitely the last of the radicchio , beets and turnips.… Continue reading 5th Winter Share

A bit late with the post this week, but if you’re a member of the CSA you’ll probably already know that it’s because I’ve been off the grid taking a little vacation. In my absence the crew did a great job harvesting the share in tricky conditions. For the record, here’s what was in the… Continue reading Fourth Winter Share

A smaller share this week with: radicchio, carrots, salsify and scorzonera, beets and collard greens. This may have been the final radicchio share, we’ll have to see if the heads that were still frozen today recover at all, but it’s unlikely. Carrots will continue, but expect some freeze damage in those, too. The freeze damage… Continue reading Third Winter Share

Rutabaga, mache, beets, leeks, carrots and radicchio. We left the greens on the rutabagas and they’re very sweet, much like kale. There are two types of mache in the share (aka corn salad), a lighter green and a darker green. These make delicious salad and similar to spinach they tend to need extra vigorous washing.… Continue reading Second Winter Share

Leeks, carrots, radicchio, winter radish, kale and root parsley. We were hoping to have frisée but it got knocked back hard by the freeze in December. The radishes and radicchio have a little bit of frost damage, too. They might require a bit of extra trimming in the kitchen and won’t store as well, but… Continue reading First Winter Share

I stopped by the farm today just to see if the wind and ice had done any damage and there was nothing obvious so that’s a big relief. The wind and ice brought down some limbs and certainly set some plants back. We won’t know how much damage to crops there was until we actually… Continue reading Winter Update

We finished up our fall season on what was nearly the shortest day of the year. We got super lucky with the weather, cold, but not freezing or wet, and harvest went smoothly. Now we have a little more than two weeks before our winter shares start. No predictions yet, but if you signed up… Continue reading Happy Winter Solstice!

The final share of the season: frisée, black radish, rutabaga, collards, leeks, carrots, radicchio and popcorn. The popcorn is Dakota Black which we’ve grown on the farm for a few years now. I posted a video on IG a few years ago that shows how I pop it. It’s an extra big share of carrots… Continue reading Sixth Fall Share

For many years now one of the ways our members can pay for their CSA shares is by using SNAP benefits (these used to be known as food stamps). The Pacific NW CSA Coalition has helped simplify this payment method for us in a number of ways, as it’s not a totally straightforward transaction since… Continue reading SNAP and DUFB