2017 Harvest 12

Phewwwww!!! How you folks holding up? It's been HOT this past week. We hope everyone has been healthy and hasn't had to work too hard. This heat has been brutal but we've managed to keep up with chores (though much slower than usual). We started to do a 6am-3pm workday, then sleep from 3-5pm and head back out at 5:30 to finish up anything we didn't complete. It's actually been pretty nice taking a little siesta in the middle of the day and I think we'll try and keep up with this new workday as much as we can.

This week we're beyond stoked to have corn making its seasonal debut in your boxes!!! It's sweeter than ever and tastes best when used right away. However, if you can't get to it tonight keep it in your fridge for up to 5 days (though it will lose some of its sweetness the longer it sits). You're also receiving tomatoes this week. Some of you are receiving cherry tomatoes while others are receiving full size tomatoes. The full size ones are varied in ripeness so if yours aren't quite ripe yet keep them on your counter for a few days to ripen up. Over the next few weeks you'll all be receiving the same tomatoes (both cherry and full size) but as they're just now coming on it's a bit spotty. We're also really happy that the melons are coming on strong!! We don't have quite enough for all members this week so those of you who don't get melons this week will get them next week. They're picked ripe so feel free to dive right in!! They're so damn good!

Alrighty folks, we hope you're enjoying the bounty. As always, below is a list of recipe suggestions to help get you through your CSA haul this week. Cheers to the harvest!

Your farmers,
A & T

Harvest 12

  1. Head Lettuce (store in a plastic bag in the fridge)
  2. Tomatoes (store on the counter not fridge)
  3. Basil (store on the counter in a jar of water)
  4. Corn (store in the fridge--but eat soon!!!)
  5. Melons (store on the counter not fridge)
  6. Summer Squash/Zucchini (store in the fridge)
  7. Leeks (store in the fridge)
  8. Scallions (store in the fridge)
  9. Kohlrabi (store in the fridge)
  10. Turnips (remove greens and store them in separate bags from the roots in the fridge) 
  11. Garlic (keep at room temperature) 
  12. Cucumbers (store in the fridge) 
  13. Sweet Peppers (keep in the fridge)
  14. Melons (for half of you!  The other half will get them next week)

Recipe Suggestions

Chili Lime Melon Salad (AKA the best thing you'll eat all summer!)

Chili Lime Melon Salad (AKA the best thing you'll eat all summer!)

 

 

2017 Harvest 11

Hot damn!! It's getting toasty out here folks. We hope you all are staying relatively cool. This week is going to be a rough one but the list of things to get done is long so we're going to do our best to keep up with chores despite the heat. Because of the extreme temperature you'll notice a flavor difference in a few of the items this week. The lettuce is going to be stronger (and have a slight bitter taste to it). Bitter isn't bad and I encourage folks to recognize that the temperature and weather conditions always affect the flavor of the crops. This is the August harvest of lettuce and chard and their flavors will be different than say, the June harvest. With that being said, the squash and cucumbers are stoked and the blueberries continue to be juicy and sweet.

We're getting close to our corn harvest (yay!!) and the melons are looking great. The potatoes this season haven't sized up the way they have in years past but they still taste great. They'll be slowly making appearances in your boxes over the next few weeks and then we'll do our big harvest for the fall. 

This week we want you all to mark your calendars for Saturday August, 26th 4pm. We're hosting our annual "rock the harvest" party with the always amazing Greenneck Daredevils who will be rocking out for the 4th year in a row! There will be beer and wine available so bring a picnic dinner and enjoy being out at the farm with great music and good company.

Alright folks, we hope you stay cool this week and enjoy the bounty! See you soon.

Your farmers,
A & T 

Harvest 11

  1. Swiss Chard-- keep in a plastic bag in the fridge
  2. Lettuce--wash and keep in a plastic bag in the fridge
  3. Basil--keep in a jar of water on the counter
  4. Parsley--keep in a plastic bag in the fridge
  5. Garlic-store in a cool, dry place
  6. Summer Squash/Zucchini--store in a plastic bag in the fridge
  7. Blueberries--keep in the fridge
  8. Cucumbers--keep in the fridge
  9. Leeks--keep in the fridge
  10. Beets---remove greens and store them separately in the fridge 

Recipe Suggestions 

2017 Harvest 10

Howdy folks and welcome to week 10 of your CSA share. Things are really heating up out in the fields and the summer crops are cranking. We're in desperate need of some rain but it's not looking like that will happen for a loooooong time. So for now we're spending more time than we'd like moving irrigation lines. Luckily we've got a good supply of water thanks to the wet winter so we don't have to worry about a water shortage this year.

This week we're happy to have blueberries be a part of your share. We've partnered for a second year in a row with our awesome CSA members Courtney and Jason who live just up the road from us and we're picking their organic berries for you all. They're sweet and delicious and we hope you all love them as much as we do.

This coming week we're going to start pulling our storage onions out of the ground and begin curing them in the barn. They're looking good this year so we're hoping for an abundant harvest (fingers crossed!) We've had a few tomatoes ripen for us and they taste amazing this year. They're still a few weeks away from really kicking into full production but they're a comin'!

Anyhow, we hope you all enjoy your veggies this week. The recipes below are pretty delicious and as always, taste best when enjoyed with good company. Cheers everyone!

Your farmers,
A & T

Harvest 10

  1. Kale (keep in a plastic bag in the fridge)
  2. Lettuce (keep in a plastic bag in the fridge)
  3. Leeks (same as above)
  4. Garlic
  5. Blueberries
  6. Turnips (remove greens and store separately in plastic bags in the fridge)
  7. Radishes (same as above)
  8. Summer Squash/Zucchini
  9. Cucumbers 
  10. Basil (keep on the counter in a jar of water)