Category: csa

The weather is definitely transitioning us to fall both rapidly, but also gently. We got enough rain this week to not have to irrigate, and it was a drizzly harvest day like we haven’t had in quite a while. Temperatures are still decently warm, which is good for a few things, not as good for… Continue reading Predictions for Fall Share #2

Chard, carrots, sweet peppers, summer squash, salad turnips with greens, two types of shallot, tomatoes, romaine lettuce and celery. We’ve been having a bit of trouble with lettuce bolting this year, especially after each bout of heat, and it seems that’s continuing this fall with our warmer than usual days this Septemeber. That heat definitely… Continue reading Fall Share #1A

Today is fall equinox and Thursday will be our first fall CSA share for 2025. Here’s my best guess at what we’ll have: lettuce, chard, celery, onions, carrots, sweet peppers. There might be some daikon or salad turnips if they’ve sized up enough. Tomatoes will probably hang on for another week or two, and summer… Continue reading Start of Fall

Our final summer share of 2025, and the final Monday harvest: kale, fennel, cucumber, yellow onions, sweet pepper, summer squash, tomatoes, lettuce and beets with greens. The fennel needed to be harvested this week and the celery could use some more time to size up so that’s a little change from the predictions. Other than… Continue reading Summer Share 13 of 13

Next week is the final week of our summer season. The weather yesterday was definitely feeling fall like and the days are getting noticeably shorter as the equinox approaches. In the share I’m guessing we’ll have lettuce, kale, yellow onions, beets, tomatoes, sweet peppers and maybe some celery. Summer squash and cucumbers are nearing their… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share 13 of 13

Again I forgot to take a photo at the farm and fortunately had a full share at home so here’s what was in it: chard, cucumber, sweet pepper, carrots, shallots, tomatoes and lettuce. The shallots should keep for at least a month or two if you don’t use them right away. I typically only use… Continue reading Summer Share 12 of 13

We’re getting down to the last weeks of summer and the weather forecast is for decidedly fall like weather next week. That will slow the tomatoes and peppers down and may speed the inevitable end of cucumbers and summer squash. Carrots and chard should return to the shares next week and we’ll have more lettuce,… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share 12 of 13

Oh my, I’ve been terrible about getting these posts up online in a timely manner recently! Must be the time of year when there’s too much to do. In the share on Monday was: lettuce, beets with greens, summer squash, red onions, cucumbers, sweet peppers, tomatoes and a sprig of basil. Two heads of lettuce… Continue reading Summer Share 11 of 13

The tomatoes and peppers have been loving all this heat and it looks like the heat is going to continue next week. Summer squash and cucumbers like it too but they’ve been producing for a while now so they’re slowing down so we should have some, but maybe not as many as previous weeks. Red… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #11

I totally forgot to do predictions last week, and I would have been wrong anyway. In the share are summer squash, romano beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, sweet peppers and lettuce. The romano beans were unexpected, I thought they’d be taking a break. The tomatoes and sweet peppers really liked the heat over the weekend so… Continue reading Summer Share 10 of 13

Kale or chard, cucumber, yellow onions, summer squash, romano beans, tomatoes and lettuce. Thursday’s share will probably be similar, but may not have the romano beans and second head of lettuce, and if we get lucky there will be the first sweet peppers of the year. Usually I plan for just one head of lettuce… Continue reading Summer Share 9 of 13

Tomatoes, summer squash, romano beans, cucumbers and lettuce. Finally there were enough tomatoes for folks to get a couple in the share and with all of this heat I’m hoping Thursday will be the same. Similarly, the romano beans are finally producing, and I had a nice little dish of romano beans with some of… Continue reading Summer Share 8 of 13

Lettuce, carrots, summer squash, cucumbers, and romano beans. Maybe with the forecasted heat this weekend the tomatoes will finally ripen enough fruit to put them in the shares, but if not they’ll be on the farm stand again. I’m hoping that we’ll have enough basil for Thursday to get that in their share as Monday… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #8

I forgot to take a photo of the share while I was at the farm but fortunately I brought home an almost complete share: chard, Amarosa and German Butterball potatoes, red onions, cucumbers, summer squash and lettuce. Monday is also getting a stem or two of basil and Thursday will hopefully get that in week… Continue reading Summer Share 7 of 13

Lettuce, cucumbers, summer squash, potatoes, and red onions. Chard is possible and the big question is if we’ll have enough tomatoes ripen to give some of those out! We’ll also keep checking on the romano beans, which are usually reliable and the plants actually look great, but for some reason they didn’t seem to set… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #7

The parking lot at Trinity Lutheran is being repaired so I expect that might impact tonight’s CSA pick up. This was happening Monday night too and folks were still able to walk through, although tonight you might have to park on the street. It looks like the side gate might be open – 55th and… Continue reading Temporary parking update

Summer squash, sweet onions, carrots, Lemon and Salt and Pepper cucumbers, and red leaf lettuce. Shares continue to be slightly smaller than planned as we wait for some of the summer fruits to ripen. The cucumbers and summer squash are delicious right now and are hitting their peak. This will be the only week of… Continue reading Summer Share 6 of 13

I completely missed the predictions for Share #5, and the reality was I would have gotten most of it wrong as there were a few last minute decisions there. Next week seems like it might be similar: Lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, summer squash, fresh sweet onions. I was hoping that both tomatoes and romano beans would… Continue reading Predictions for Summer Share #6

Chard, carrots, summer square, lettuce, cucumber and baby leeks. On the farm stand we had the first of the romano beans, extra cucumbers and green crisp lettuce, and a few extra carrots. I think that we’ll have the same share on Thursday, but this week has been really hard to predict with the back and… Continue reading Summer Share 5 of 13

Summer squash made it into the shares today, two heads of lettuce, fresh red onions, gold beets, green beans and rhubarb. The rhubarb is in there because it was shading out some on the onions and when we cut it back we ended up with enough to give everyone a few lovely looking stalks. I’ve… Continue reading Summer Share 4 of 13