Category: csa

Carrots, spinach, celeriac, radicchio, collards, salad turnips, and red mustard. We had a rough time with carrots this year so it’s nice to see that these worked out decently well. The red mustard looks really good, too, and we should have more of both before the end of the year. These are the last of… Continue reading 4th Fall Share

Collards or kale, mustard greens, radicchio and maybe escarole, carrots, celeriac, and possibly spinach or parsley. Winter radishes and kohlrabi were also in the plan but we’ll have to reassess next week. The warm fall we’ve been having has really increased pest pressure and resulting rot. It’s been nicer to work out in the fields… Continue reading Predictions for fourth fall share

Beets, turnip, tomatoes, sweet peppers, chard, radicchio, escarole, arugula and leeks. A mix of things that are still hanging on from summer, things planned for later, and a few of the items we expected. The tomatoes and sweet peppers have held on for longer than expected due to the warm nights we’ve been having. It… Continue reading 3rd Fall Share

Foggy morning today for harvesting the greens, and it burned off in the afternoon for harvesting the tomatoes and peppers. We were a little short handed so it was pretty much just harvesting and packing shares, and a little time do some cultivation at the end of the day. Here’s what I think will be… Continue reading Predictions for Third Fall Share

Kale, lettuce, sweet peppers, onions, shallots, salad turnips, tomatoes, and celery. Lots of these items are probably done for the year after this share. This was the last planned lettuce share and we’ll have more next week but probably not after that. Sweet peppers and tomatoes have held on longer than planned, and if the… Continue reading 2nd Fall Share

Once again yesterday I failed to take a field photo, busy day! But I knew I had this photo for a backup. I actually took last weekend when I was cleaning up a leftover share from the A schedule that had been sitting on the after hours table for a couple of days. I thought… Continue reading Predictions for second fall shares

Our fall season got off to a good start yesterday, the shares looked good and the weather was actually quite nice! Unfortunately I completely forgot to take any photos of the share or the field so instead you get a photo of Monday’s rainy day project, shelling, cleaning and sorting the dry beans we grew… Continue reading 1st Fall Share

Our summer harvests came to a conclusion yesterday and next week we start our fall harvests! Here’s what I’m guessing we’ll have in the shares: Lettuce, kale, spinach, onions, tomatoes and sweet peppers, and maybe the first salad turnips of the fall? There are a few other possibilities and we’ll have to see how the… Continue reading First Fall Share Predictions

Lettuce, sweet pepper, beets with greens, tomatoes, shallots, chard and parsley. Thursday got beets and chard last week so we’ll have a different green, probably kale and no roots. This is our first time giving out the French Grey shallots so if you haven’t had them before check out our last post where I went… Continue reading Thirteenth Summer Share

Next week is the final week of summer with the equinox coming late this year and falling on Saturday the 23rd. The shares next week will be slightly different on Monday and Thursday, as they have been recently. Monday’s share should have chard, beets, lettuce, tomato, sweet pepper, shallot and parsley. Thursday got beets yesterday… Continue reading 13th Summer Share Predictions

Celery, lettuce, yellow onions, sweet peppers, collards, tomatoes. Two heads of lettuce in yesterday’s share – Blushed Butter Oak and Brown Goldring Romaine – Thursday will probably see different lettuces, as well as chard instead of collards. Fingers crossed that the warm weather predicted for later this week helps speed up tomato and pepper ripening… Continue reading Twelfth Summer Share

Lettuce, collards, tomatoes, sweet peppers, celery, onions. We might still have a little cucumber and summer squash for the farm stand, and we’ve had a few cantaloupe there as well, recently. Thursday got collards last week so we’ll have a different green this Thursday, probably chard. The you-pick area still has lots of cherry tomatoes,… Continue reading 12th Summer Share Predictions

Two heads of lettuce, tomatoes, chard, shallots, sweet pepper, parsley. Not shown is choice of summer squash or cucumber. Two of the new (to us) varieties of lettuce we’ve been growing this year are relatively quick to bolt and these two looked like they both needed to be harvested today so a head of Blush… Continue reading Eleventh Summer CSA Share

We’re in a bit of a hole right now on the farm with the way the season has shaped up so expect a small share. Easy prediction is that we’ll have lettuce and chard and some tomatoes on Monday. Thursday got chard yesterday so we’ll try for a different green this coming Thursday. Add shallots… Continue reading 11th CSA Share Predictions

In the shares today: cippolla onions, celery stalks, zucchini, lemon cucumbers, lettuce, kale, tomatoes, romano beans, basil. The celery stalks should be nice for chopping up and adding to cooked or raw dishes for a bit of crunch and celery flavor – We’re cleaning up the plants and hoping to get some larger snacking sized… Continue reading Tenth Summer Share

Tomatoes, kale, lettuce, beets, basil, celery, onions, summer squash and cucumbers. As always, it’s super hard to actually know what things will look like on Monday when we get out to harvest but based on what I saw in the field on Friday and the plans made last fall it looks like the next round… Continue reading 10th Summer Share Prediction

The shares continue to be much smaller than I’d like, but as always they’re a reflection of where we are in the season. Romano beans, parsley, lemon cucumber, tomatoes, pepper, red onions, chard and summer squash (not pictured). Tomatoes came on strong today and again we have a good sized share of romano beans. Today… Continue reading Ninth Summer Share

I got a little distracted saying goodbye to Tiiu and Clio on Friday and never posted predictions for this coming week’s share – the actual will be posted tomorrow evening but here’s what I had noted last Thursday as strong possibilities: chard Monday and kale Thursday, parsley, Romano beans, tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, red onions,… Continue reading 9th Summer Share Prediction

Yesterday was the last day of work on the farm for both Tiiu and Clio (on the left in the photo above). Catherine and Sara (in the middle of the photo) started working on the farm at the beginning the month and are quickly learning the ropes. Both Clio and Tiiu are headed back to… Continue reading Thank you to Tiiu and Clio!

Basil, tomatoes, summer squash, potatoes, cucumbers, romano beans and lettuce. Big news today was the heat! The crew did great and most of the veggies seem to be faring ok. Because of the heat wave we lost a little more lettuce to bolting in the field and what we have remaining is very small, mostly… Continue reading Eighth Summer Share