2016 Harvest 11

The first week of August has blessed us with our most colorful box of the season! Tomatoes are coming in (slowly but they're coming!) and we finally have enough to harvest for all of the boxes!! We cannot tell you all how stressful/frustrating it is when we don't have enough to fulfill all the shares. When it comes to certain crops (like tomatoes, peppers, eggplants) they begin to produce slowly and there is always this moment of "will this crop ever start cranking or is something wrong?" We have this thought every year and always have to remind ourselves to be patient. This summer has been so different from last summer and these hot weather crops are extra slow so our patience has been tested to the max! Moral of the story...good things come to farmers who wait. And this week we are proud to have an abundance of cucumbers, peppers, potatoes, greens, squash, zucchini and finally...tomatoes!

We hope this week you all enjoy some time cooking and eating with your family and friends. Cheers to the harvest.

Your farmers,                                                                                                                                            T & A

Harvest 11

  1. Kale
  2. Mustard Greens
  3. Garlic- This week's variety is Xian.
  4. Leeks
  5. Bell Peppers
  6. Cucumbers--Slicers and Lemon Cucumbers.  The lemons are the small yellow balls that look funny.
  7. Tomatoes--either cherry tomatoes or full size tomatoes.
  8. Fennel
  9. Summer Squash/Zucchini
  10. Potatoes
  11. Basil

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2016 Harvest 10

Howdy folks and welcome to week 10 of your CSA! It's been a very hot week here at the farm and we we're hoping with the high temps that we'd be able to distribute the first of the tomatoes this week but alas--they are still a week or two out. This farm season has been quite different than last year with cooler temps through the late spring and early summer. We've been stoked because the roots and greens have been really happy and healthy so it's sort of a win win. With that being said, we were able to harvest (seriously down to the last box) exactly enough bell peppers for each member! They are slowly coming in and we are thrilled to start having them appear in the summer shares. We overloaded you all with quite a bit of zucchini and summer squash this week in hopes that you'd whip up zucchini bread, zucchini soup (you'll see in the recipe below) and hopefully enjoy them on the BBQ. We've been making a lot of zucchini "noodles" as well which is another fun way to eat this REALLY productive crop! This will be the last week for turnips for a while so we hope you enjoy them this week while we've got them.  This week's box is a great box to make a giant "slaw" with. I've got a recipe coming to DUTD later this week for summer slaw and it's basically shredded cabbage, turnips, radishes and summer squash all tossed together with a creamy dressing and lots of herbs. It's simple and a great way to get through some of the produce if you're in need of a little inspiration. 

Also--a reminder to mark you calendars for Sunday August 28th for the annual Rock the Harvest party at the farm. If you haven't already checked out  The Greenneck Daredevils definitely give them a listen. They'll be playing so bring your dancing shoes (or boots!) This is a party for the whole family so bring along the kiddos and come see where all your veggies have been growing! 

Alright, we hope you all stay cool this week and get to relax a bit and enjoy some tasty farm fresh meals. Cheers to the harvest!

Your farmers,

T & A

Harvest 10

  1. Head lettuce (keep this in a plastic bag in your fridge to keep it fresh longer)
  2. Turnips (remove greens and keep them separately in a plastic bag)
  3. Radishes (remove greens)
  4. Cabbage--try slicing this into thick rounds and grilling it!
  5. Kohlrabi
  6. Garlic-the variety is Polish Hardneck
  7. Parsley
  8. Summer Squash/ Zucchini
  9. Leeks
  10. Bell Pepper

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2016 Harvest 9

It's a colorful box this week folks! We're beyond thrilled that the second succession of the spring broccoli has proven to be abundant and it's making another appearance in your boxes this week. We've been grilling the broccoli recently and it's amazing sprinkled with salt and parmesan cheese straight off the hot coals! 

This week we've been trying our best to keep up with irrigation and weeding. Both of these tasks are extremely time consuming but we've managed to make a lot of headway. Even though it hasn't been as hot this summer it's been pretty darn dry so moving irrigation lines is a full time job! On that note, due to the cooler weather our tomatoes are developing a little slower than they did last season so it will still be a few weeks before they start appearing in your boxes. Have no fear though--the plants are looking healthy and the tomatoes that we've tasted are delicious! The future is bright!

This week we'll be putting in more fall crops and our first fall sowing of bok choy, tatsoi and spinach is on the schedule. The greenhouse is quickly filling up again with transplants again after a few weeks of looking quite bare!

Anyhow, we hope this week you all get to slow down and enjoy the farm fresh bounty with family and friends. Cheers to the summer harvest!

Your farmers,

T & A

Harvest 9

  1. Broccoli
  2. Romaine Lettuce--we've been slicing this in half and grilling it! Super good!
  3. Blueberries 
  4. Basil
  5. Garlic-the variety this week Shantang Purple
  6. Kale
  7. Summer Squash/zucchini
  8. Red Cabbage
  9. Radishes
  10. Purple Kohlrabi

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