Week 1 is off to a good start with kale, salad turnips, fennel, tomatoes, sweet peppers, spinach, onion and shallot, and lettuce. This is way more items than we usually have in the share, a bit of a collision of some of the summer crops hanging on, and some of the fall crops being ready… Continue reading Fall Share 1A
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First Fall Share Predictions
The start of fall share is always a bit of a mash up with the final summer crops and the start of our cool season. Looks like we’ll have a few tomatoes, sweet peppers, lettuce, the last of the onions and shallots, fennel, kale and maybe some spinach. Fennel wasn’t scheduled until the second share,… Continue reading First Fall Share Predictions
Thirteenth Summer Share
Final summer share and final Monday harvest of the year: beets with greens, lettuce, shallot, carrots, tomatoes, sweet peppers and collards. The shallot is a different species from the French Grey shallots we gave out earlier in the season, this one is more closely related to onions. Tomatoes are slowing way down with the cooler… Continue reading Thirteenth Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #13
Lucky 13, the final summer share for 2026. Here’s what I’m hoping we’ll have: lettuce, beets, carrots, a few last tomatoes, sweet peppers, collards for Monday and chard for Thursday. We may have a few remaining summer squash and cucumbers on the farm stand but those plants will be coming out soon and they’re pretty… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #13
Twelfth Summer Share
Lettuce, cucumbers, sweet peppers, chard, romano beans, tomatoes, onions and celery. Summer is slowly coming to an end and we only had enough summer squash for the farm stand this week. Chard was in the Monday share (which we didn’t harvest until Tuesday due to the holiday), but Thursday will either see kale or collards… Continue reading Twelfth Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #12
Ha! Looks like I mislabeled this past week’s share number as share #10 when it was actually week 11! Next week will be week 12 of 13 so we’re just two weeks from the end of summer, and the weather seems to have decided that we’re already into fall. This whole year has felt shifted… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #12
Tenth Summer Share
Looks like I forgot to give a prediction for the tenth share last Thursday, apologies for that. Harvests have been taking up a lot of our hours in the field right now, so many tomatoes and beans this year! Sweet peppers are starting to come on nicely too. All of the onions and shallots are… Continue reading Tenth Summer Share
Tenth Summer Share
Lettuce, cucumbers and summer squash, red onions, lots of tomatoes, romano beans and red beets with greens. The obvious big thing in today’s share was tomatoes! They seem to be coming all at once this year and I hope they’ll slow down a little and last a long time, but you never know. The other… Continue reading Tenth Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #10
Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, sweet pepper, beets, and onions are my best guess at next week’s share. The sweet peppers are likely the earliest variety we have, Jimmy Nardello, which look a lot like a hot pepper but is probably the sweetest we grow and has no heat at all. We never put hot… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #10
Ninth Summer Share
Carrots, baby leeks, summer squash, cucumbers, a lot of tomatoes and lettuce. Story of the day was a very big tomato harvest which is a result of all of that warm weather we had when the fruit was initially setting back in June or so, and the warm weather in July that kept it growing.… Continue reading Ninth Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #9
Summer is far from over, but it’s definitely transitioning. The days are noticeably shorter, the summer squash is starting to wane, the tomatoes are starting to peak, and the sweet peppers are oh-so-close to being ready. Next week’s share should have lettuce again, back to only one head, cucumbers, summer squash, tomatoes, carrots and onions… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #9
Eighth Summer Share
Lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash, shallots, basil, tomatoes, and celery. Again, two heads of lettuce as it was ready and we’re needing to clear out some space for winter plantings in the next week. Time to make lots of salad with all of that lettuce, cucumber and tomato. The basil and shallots are nice additions to… Continue reading Eighth Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #8
Lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash and tomatoes are pretty certain. We’re going to try to get some basil into the shares this week and maybe that celery I thought we were going to harvest last week. There’s a small possibility that sweet peppers might start this week, they’re very close! We’ll also have more of the… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #8
Seventh Summer Share
Lettuce, cucumbers, red onion, carrots, romano beans, summer squash and tomatoes. Two heads of lettuce today as I’m a little worried that otherwise we might loose some in the forecasted heat this week. Today got Emerald Oak and Carmona (red butter) but Thursday will probably see at least one different variety. I’m also not sure… Continue reading Seventh Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #7
Number 7 will mark the half way point in the summer season! Cucumbers and summer squash are solidly on at this point, tomatoes are just getting started, I think the romano beans are going to taper a bit, but at the very least we’ll have them on the farm stand. Lettuce is still going strong… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #7
Sixth Summer Share
Potatoes, romano bean, cucumbers, sweet onion, summer squash, tomatoes and lettuce. We dug the last of the potatoes today, a bit earlier than planned, but they were ready early probably as a result of the warmer than usual April and cooler May which was perfect conditions for them. The yellow potato is German Butterball, a… Continue reading Sixth Summer Share
Predictions for Summer Share #6
Thursday we had an extra large harvest of the yellow Romano beans and cucumbers, and the first harvest of sweet onions. We’ll definitely have sweet onions for Monday this coming week, and likely red onions again in Thursday’s share. Lettuce will continue, as will cucumbers and summer squash, and I’m hoping we’ll have yellow beans,… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #6
Fifth Summer CSA Share
Speckled lettuce, red onion, summer squash, yellow romano beans, three types of cucumber, and celery. Smaller heads of lettuce today and Thursday may get a different variety depending on what happens with this heat wave. Thursday will also get sweet onions since they got red onions last week. Summer squash will probably be a mix… Continue reading Fifth Summer CSA Share
Predictions for Summer Share #5
It looks like warm weather is returning after that cool, gray day we had Thursday. The summer squash and cucumbers seemed to just hit a peak of sorts and the return of hot weather will help them produce more. The bush beans are basically done, but it looks like we’ll probably have romano beans next… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #5
Fourth Summer Share
Beets, parsley, green beans, cucumbers, summer squash, green onions and lettuce. Lots of notes on today’s share, and Thursday will probably be a little different. Beets are a combination of yellow and red and to be honest, this crop did not do well so just a few of various sizes. As noted last week, the… Continue reading Fourth Summer Share