Week #13 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Watermelon, green filet beans, heirloom slicing tomato (variety), rainbow cherry tomatoes(orange,red,yellow,white, black), purple plum tomatoes, cabbage(red),  garlic, summer squash, sweet yellow onion, eggplant, green pepper, red Italian sweet pepper, kale, cantaloupe(bi-weekly only) and celery. What’s going on at the farm:  Harvest, harvest, harvest.  Peak season is here!  Green beans are still coming and…

Week #12 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Cantaloupe, green filet beans, heirloom slicing tomato (variety), rainbow cherry tomatoes(orange,red,yellow,white, black), cabbage(red),  garlic, summer squash, sweet yellow onion, eggplant, sweet pepper, hot wax pepper, basil, and swiss chard. What’s going on at the farm:  Green beans are finally here!  We have been picking them like crazy around here nearly every day and…

Week #11 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Heirloom slicing tomato (variety), rainbow cherry tomatoes(orange,red,yellow,white, black), cabbage(Savoy and green), garlic, summer squash, long of tropea red onion, eggplant, sweet banana peppers(long light green), green chile pepper, and kale. What’s going on at the farm:  More rain this week and cooler temps most days helps the crops to flourish.   Our green…

Week #10 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Heirloom slicing tomato (variety), rainbow cherry tomatoes(orange,red,yellow,white, black), cabbage(green), garlic, summer squash and zucchini (assorted types), basil, sweet yellow onion, eggplant, and collard greens. What’s going on at the farm:  Finally we got rain!  This last week we got almost two inches as a major storm front pushed through southern WI.  It’s so…

Week #9 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Heirloom slicing tomato (variety), rainbow cherry tomatoes(orange,red,yellow,white, black), cabbage(savoy), garlic, summer squash and zucchini (assorted types), long of tropea green top red onion, eggplant, and kale. What’s going on at the farm: We got almost a third inch of rain this week which was great.  Conditions remain dry way below seasonal norms though so…

Week #8 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: cabbage(savoy), swiss chard,  green garlic, summer squash and zucchini (assorted types), basil, green top onion (yellow), green pepper, eggplant, and cucumber. What’s going on at the farm: Whew!  That last week was killer.  Temps are back to normal this week and hopefully we don’t get another heat wave like that anytime soon.  Still…

Week #7 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Potatoes (red norland and all blue mix), cabbage(green), swiss chard,  green garlic, summer squash and zucchini (assorted types), basil, green top onion (yellow). What’s going on at the farm:  Wow!  it was and will be hot out there.   Watching the weather for chances of rain but the weather for June…

Week #6 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Swiss chard, basil, cabbage(green), green garlic, golden beets, summer squash and zucchini (assorted types), green onion, and kale. What’s going on at the farm:  It was another dry week without rain here on the farm.  Winter squash got started in the greenhouse.  We got the ground cherries, fennel, and cantaloupe planted…

Week #5 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Broccoli(Bi-Weekly Only), kohlrabi (green), swiss chard, green garlic, chioggia (kee-oh-jah) beets, snow peas, summer squash, green onion, and collard green. What’s going on at the farm:    Over the last week we planted eggplants, leeks, tomatilloes, and watermelon.  This week we will plant ground cherries, cantaloupe, fennel, and get winter squash started…

Week #4 – 2012 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Broccoli, purple and green kohlrabi, lettuce mix, kale, garlic scapes, chioggia beets, and strawberry. What’s going on at the farm:  This last week on the farm strawberries were at peak production and we were picking them daily.  Mulch beds were put in for eggplant, leeks, melons, ground cherries and tomatillo.  Tomatoes…