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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

Our final harvests of the fall season and the year will be December 15 and 19. Because I guessed wrong on the last harvest, or maybe I should just say because I updated the plan at the last minute, some of the prediction for the fifth share will show up in the sixth: Collards, radicchio,… Continue reading Predictions for the Sixth Fall Share

Not quite what I predicted: radicchio, mustard, turnip, carrot, leeks, escarole hearts and chard. The radicchio for Thursday is sugarloaf but Monday will likely be a mix of types. The turnip is a new one for us, Aprovecho Hardy. The leeks are the first harvest of our winter variety, blue solaise. Escarole was a bit… Continue reading Fifth Fall Share

Looks like I forgot to post this last week but here it is, the prediction: December! That’s the easy part of the prediction, the trickier part is what’ll be in the share. Here’s what the plan made last winter was: leeks, collards, escarole, radicchio, carrots, and winter radish. Most of those things we’ll probably have… Continue reading Predictions for the Fifth Fall Share

Radicchio, mustard greens, winter radish, rutabaga, carrots, celeriac, kale. The radicchio pictured is Treviso precoce, but some folks got Verona or Chioggia and we’ll continue to have a mix of varieties. They’re all great in their own ways, and we typically have plenty of extras on the farm stand, too. The winter radish this week… Continue reading Fourth Fall Share

Kale, mustard greens, radicchio, carrots, winter radishes, and rutabaga were the crops we planned for next week and I think that’s probably going to be a solid prediction. One other possibility is celeriac. We’ll see how the frost treated all of the crops when we go to harvest, but with a little luck it primarily… Continue reading Predictions for the fourth fall share

Another nice one today: escarole, arugula, sweet peppers, salad turnips, spinach, watermelon radish, carrots, leeks and collards. On the farm stand we had the last of the lettuce and the first of the radicchio, along with a last few sweet peppers, daikons, and red beets. In the field we had time for a little cleanup,… Continue reading Third Fall Share

Leeks, arugula, collards, escarole, spinach, parsley, carrots, winter radishes, salad turnips. That’s a pretty long list and we may have to pare it back a bit just to get everything done in time. As of now it’s all looking good though so we’ll keep our fingers crossed that the weather and pests are kind –… Continue reading Predictions for the third fall share

Lettuce, leeks, hakurei turnips, beets, daikon, fennel, sweet peppers, celery and chard. All this warm, sunny weather we’ve been having has meant the summer veggies are holding on later than usual and we’re getting more growth than usual for the fall veggies. This is probably the last of the lettuce, sweet peppers. Celery and daikon… Continue reading Second Fall Share

The next fall shares will be on Thursday, 10/20 and Monday 10/24. As of now here’s what looks likely to be in the shares: Lettuce, chard, fennel, celery, beets, salad turnips, and daikon. This depends a bit on what the weather ends up doing between now and then, and what we find when we pull… Continue reading Predictions for the second fall share

We still have 10 fall shares available and the fall season has already started – although Monday is still the first share of the season as our harvest weeks start on Thursdays this year, not the more typical Monday start to the week. To expand our market a little we’re going to experiment with adding… Continue reading New Pick-Up Location Option for Fall (and Winter?)

Lettuce, tomatoes, kale, sweet peppers, salad turnips, carrots, kohlrabi, and spinach. The lettuce is red leaf and this might be the last lettuce share of the year, or we might have one more after this. Tomatoes are a bit of a bonus this week and they are definitely on their way out. The kale is… Continue reading First Fall Share

Here’s what I’m guessing will be in Thursday’s share: lettuce, kale, spinach, carrots, kohlrabi, salad turnips and sweet peppers. We should have extras of just about everything on the farm stand unless we sell a lot of shares between now and Thursday – we still have 14 shares available so if you haven’t signed up… Continue reading Predictions for first fall share

Despite the whacky weather we’ve had this year the raddicho, escarole, endive and other chicories we’re growing are looking good for the shares this fall and winter. I didn’t grow up eating these vegetables, or even knowing what they were, but over the years I’ve been farming I’ve really come to love both growing and… Continue reading Fall and Winter Chicories are looking good!

The last share of this year’s summer season is on the first week of fall and it’s a very fall like share. We still have lettuce, tomatoes and sweet peppers in there. Parsley, spinach and salad turnips make their return with the cooler weather, and leeks show up for the first time this year! I… Continue reading Final Summer Share

For a number of years now one of the perks of being a CSA member has been access to the excellent recipe collection at cookwithwhatyouhave.com. My good friend Katherine Deumling poured so much good energy and cooking knowledge into this site. It started as a resource for CSA farms here in the PNW and is… Continue reading Cook With What You Have

The 13th and final summer share is coming up and here’s what I think will be in it: Lettuce, spinach, leeks, parsley, salad turnips and sweet peppers. Definitely a mix that’s transitioning us into fall. We still have more red leaf lettuce in the field, but I might be able to pull a. Little green… Continue reading Predictions for 13th Summer Share

A big load of roots today along with some other nice items: lettuce, collards, tomatoes, sweet peppers, yellow onions, beets and carrots. We needed to clear the carrots and beets today to make way for a fall seeding of fava beans – plus they were ready to go – so a nice big share of… Continue reading Twelfth Summer Share