My dear community, I was very excited when I heard over the weekend that zucchini and sugar snap peas are a few weeks out! Then strawberries and tomatoes will follow soon after. The bounty of spring time is nearly upon us. I appreciate everyone who shared countless ways to make all our greens into delicious …
Yearly Archives: 2021
Week of March 3rd
My dear community, A few of our CSA members along with many other members of our community have been involved in the San Marcos Foothills sit-in protest to prevent development and save this sacred space. Save San Marcos Foothills had a meeting with an attorney and the developer’s team last Thursday and their attorney has …
Week of February 24th
My dear community, I wanted to address bugs found in your boxes and on your veggies in case you were wondering about the occasional one or two, ok, or sometimes, a few. Bugs are a part of organic produce and come as a result. We aren’t so focused on perfection and beauty (although it’s a …
Week of February 17th
My dear community, I have a few leeks piling up in my fridge so in case you do too I shared a few recipes below to keep them from directly becoming compost. One good night of soup making usually clears out my fridge. Advanced meal prepping has circled back around in my life and soup …
Week of February 10th
My dear community, It’s that time of year when it feels like there’s not a whole lot going on at the farm. It’s the calm before spring planting. I spoke with John Givens this morning as he was planting zucchini up at our El Capitan Ranch. Those are very happy vegetables with sprawling ocean views. …
Week of February 3rd
My dear community, It’s been quite a week. I learned a real lesson about water resistant vs. water repellent clothing. Dilemmas of a woman who spent a lot of time in drought ridden California. All the rain was a boost for the veggies, but they’ll tend to be a little dirtier than usual. It’s always …
Week of January 27th
My dear community, It’s hard to imagine we were at the beach last weekend. As we head into California winter, things slow down and with the wet weather, get a little dirtier. On the farm we have more greens and less variety. But what we do have is geared especially to keep you healthy during …
Week of January 20th
My dear community, It’s been a wild week to say the least. We’ve been enjoying the summer weather, but looking forward to the possibility of rain next week. Rain and cooler temperatures help our orchards produce when springtime finally comes. As much as we love posting up at the beach on a Sunday afternoon, we’d …
Week of January 13th
My dear community, I’m taking this week’s blog to focus on something important to me, non-veggie but community related. If you thought the San Marcos Foothills were protected you were only partially right. I just thought the topic needed an intro For the past few months, the local community and CSA members have been working …
Week of January 6th
My dear community, Happy 2021 everybody. 2020 was definitely a blurry mess, but here we are ready to welcome the new year. While we took a little break over the past two weeks I feel like the veggies did too. The cold weather and short days keeps them from getting big enough to pick. We …