CSA basket: Week of 8/31

We've got 2 more weeks of regular CSA pick-ups and then will take a week or two off to let those fall brassicas, fall greens, winter squash, beets and turnips get ready for harvest. Expect the following this week:

Potatoes, carrots, chard, kale, arugula, tatsoi cabbage, parsley, eggplant, peppers, onions (red and white).

CSA basket: Week of 8/24

The last week of August, always a turning point on a farm. Planting is done, weeding continues, people are getting back-to-school and back-to-work, September and fall are just around the corner. We are still enjoying the summer bounty for our harvests, but we'll soon move onto fall crops. Sadly, a rabbit - who I see run from the garden every single time I go out there - has eaten all of our final lettuce and spinach planting starts. And it's nibbled the tops of our carrots and beets. We can't seem to catch the critter (might be because it has since multiplied into hundreds of critters). But we did quickly plant some more lettuce and spinach, so we hope they will mature in time.

Expect the following in this week's basket:
Corn, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, carrots, shallots, scallions, arugula, lettuce, radicchio, parsley, kale or chard, and possibly melons.

CSA basket: Week of 8/17

Summer is still here. We are weeding, finishing up our last planting of the season and desperately watering our thirsty crops. Hope you're not sick of tomatoes and eggplants!

Expect the following in this week's basket:
Corn, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, eggplant, sweet pepper, hot pepper, onions, lettuce, arugula, parsley, kale or chard, radicchio, cilantro.

CSA basket: Week of 8/10

Evan Rio and big sister Seneca

Thanks for accommodating us last week with the schedule change... with the arrival of Evan Rio, we had to push back the harvest.

This week we're back on track and the tomatoes will continue to make you happy. Consider taking some of the saucing tomatoes to make a sauce (they are considered saucing because they have less water content so get to that saucy consistency faster than the heirlooms).

Not sure what to do with eggplant? Try this recipe for burnt eggplant, fry the eggplant and put it in a pasta sauce or on top of pizza, slice it the long way and baste it with a miso paste glaze and throw it on the grill, or make a classic ratatouille.

Expect the following this week:
Tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, eggplant, peppers (hot and sweet), sweet corn, green beans, lettuce, arugula, chard, parsley, basil, scallions, shallots, onions.