My dear Community, Since our farm is wavering between summer and fall crops, we turned to Sunrise Organics to help out this week. Tomatoes, watermelon, green beans, corn, cucumbers and romaine lettuce are coming from their farm. Jesus, the owner/operator of Sunrise Organics, was our foreman for about 35 years so I’m honored to support their farm …
Yearly Archives: 2021
Week of September 29th
My dear Community, We’re at a bit of a standstill in between crops. The most gaping hole being tomatoes. We do have delicious Mountain Magic tomatoes that truly live up to their name. We’re adding another hard squash to the box this week. Kabocha and spaghetti squash are the first varieties that disappear as we head into winter. We’ll be …
Week of September 20th
My Dear Community, We’re coming to a quick end to our potato harvest for the year. Please keep in mind they will store well in your crisper drawer or a dark cool spot in your house. On the contrary, cipollini onions have a short shelf life. They have a higher sugar content than other onions, which makes them super tasty, but with a …
Week of September 15th
My Dear Community,Exciting news! We’re looking to source local mushrooms to add to the CSA store and possibly for the boxes as well. I’d love to hear what you think. Mushrooms are prized for their medicinal qualities and the varieties I’ve tried are absolutely delicious and better than what you find in the store. That’s how we like it around here. I’ve also finally added …
Week of September 8th
My Dear Community, Some carrots don’t quite fit (literally) in the bunch. They are a little too curvy, short or tall so don’t make the uniform cut. We like to include these “carrots with character” in our mix from time to time. The plus is you get more carrots but the downside is no tops, …
Week of September 1st
My Dear Community, We have cipollini (chip-oh-Lee-knee) onions in our boxes this week. I like to put them in as soon as we harvest them. They are known to sprout early which makes their season very short on our farm. Popular in Italy, they are catching on here. This flat onion has a dynamic sweet …
Week of August 25th
My dear community, One zucchini crop took a sudden turn for the worse this week before the next crop started up. I suppose its good to mix it up even though zucchini tends to be a summer staple. Our blackberry crop ripened all at once and left us with way too many this past weekend …
Week of August 18th
My dear community, As summer winds down, we’re thinking about new plantings such as cabbage and brussels sprouts. We tend to be 3 months out to keep things going regulalry. Staples such as carrots and lettuce are planted weekly to keep them in rotation and in your box. If you’ve ever kept a garden you …
Week of August 11th
My dear community, I just added corn to the store. Feel free to go back in and add it to your order here. As always, please send me an email if there’s something you’d like to add but don’t see available in the store. With so many crops rotating and changing so quickly it’s challenging …
Week of August 4th
My dear community, Strawberries have taken a hit with the heat. If you’ve received them in the last few weeks you know they’ve been softer and seem to deteriorate within hours of being picked. So we happily offer big, juicy blackberries. Peaches are winding down as well. Some of the main seasonal varieties we have …