Hello CSA Members!
Week nine marks the middle of the CSA season for all of us. I will be sending an email with second payment instructions to those of you who split your payments. We are still battling the weeds this week of course also and working hard to harvest all the vegetables. My daughter had her 16th birthday this week. I still can’t believe its been 17 years farming here that fast! We got some good rain this week which is important heading into the heat of late July and August. Hopefully we will still get some rains through the next few months. This week we have zucchini and squash crops and some more of the first tomato crop coming in among other things… here is the list for the week!
Cherry tomatoes: Our cherry tomatoes are some of the best around and very firm and sweet with a blend of orange, yellow, black grape, brads atomic grape, pink, white, and red fruits. I like making mini caprese with these using the small mozzarella balls and cherry tomato and some basil on a toothpick makes a great snack any time of day or a great appetizer for get togethers and cookouts.
Curly Kale: A staple of every organic farm and a high protein and nutrient packed green our curly kale is performing great and will be in shares again this week. makes a great summer salad green if you massage it with some oil or bake it into kale chips for a tasty but nutritious snack.
Basil: Fresh basil to go with your tomatoes! Makes a great pesto too!
Kohlrabi: This will be the last week for these cabbage apples, enjoy them sliced with some smoky cheese for great flavor contrast.
Carrots: Our carrots this week will likely be our orange variety but we are also growing yellow carrots which we will likely do later weeks.
Cucumber. Fresh crispy fruit for salad with your tomato or just a refreshing snack. Its not an amazing cucumber year for us so far but the fruit we are getting is tasty and it looks like they are setting a lot of fruit for the coming summer weeks.
Zucchini: green zucchini is great in baking and cooked on the grill or even sautéed
Summer Squash: Just like the zucchini these are really hitting a peak this week with lots of beautiful fruits.
cauliflower: The last of the cauliflower for the summer is smaller heads but should still taste great.
Thats our 8 crops for this week! If we have time we will add swiss chard also. More crops that will be coming in soon include, celery, yellow carrots, red torpedo onions, eggplant, slicing tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes and lots of different peppers before too long. Thank you again to everyone for being a part of it all and see you soon. -Kyle
