Week #18 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Pea shoots, sweet pepper, acorn squash, yellow storage onion, red storage onion, filet beans, porcelain garlic, aji rico chili peppers, jalapeño peppers, lettuce mix, radishes and tomato. What’s going on at the farm:   Its been warming up and drying out this week with gorgeous weather finally!   We harvested all…

Week #17 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: spaghetti squash, purple glazer garlic, yellow storage onion, red storage onion, green pepper, sweet peppers, red radish, green beans, jalapeño, pea shoots, sunflower shoots, and tomatoes. What’s going on at the farm:  Finally we are drying out a bit and able to get some field work done.   We removed a…

Week #16 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Cantaloupe, sweet peppers, garlic, torpedo onion, green peppers, english cucumber, leeks, pea shoots, sunflower shoots, jalapeño peppers, baby kale, cayenne peppers. What’s going on at the farm:   This week brings us into the last quarter of the season.   My new greenhouse arrived last Wednesday and I started removing roots…

Week #15 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Heirloom tomatoes, yellow sweet onion, red torpedo onion, garlic, eggplant, assorted sweet peppers, sunflower shoots, pea shoots, leeks, cayenne peppers, aji rico hot peppers, cantaloupe, and watermelon (bi-weekly-only) What’s going on at the farm: Way too much rain was the highlight of last week.   Now we’ve got a lot of…

Week #14 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Cantaloupe, heirloom tomato, porcelain garlic, sweet yellow onion, red torpedo onion, leeks, sweet peppers, green pepper, eggplant, curly kale, summer squash, padron peppers, and sage. What’s going on at the farm:    The site prep for greenhouse three continued this week.   I took down a large pine and a 5…

Week #13 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:   Sweet pepper, green pepper, heirloom tomatoes, broccoli, purple stripe garlic, red torpedo onion, shallots, jalapeño peppers,  zucchini, summer squash, leeks, eggplant, english cucumbers, and curly kale. What’s going on at the farm:   Our late summer beans are making good growth this week and we’ve been seeing some ripe melons…

Week #12 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, eggplant, german extra-hardy garlic, red torpedo onion, bronze shallots, red or yellow sweet peppers, zucchini, summer squash, english cucumbers, leeks, sunflower shoots, pea shoots, basil, and cayenne pepper. What’s going on at the farm: Another busy and abundant week at the farm with some enjoyably cooler…

Week #11 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:   Eggplant, broccoli, heirloom tomatoes, purple stripe garlic, sweet yellow onion, leeks, curly kale, zucchini, english cucumber, summer squash, jalapeno pepper, cherry tomatoes, and basil. What’s going on at the farm:   We are seeing some significant shift in weather and decreasing day length this week on the farm as some…

Week #10 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box:  Cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, sunflower shoots, purple stripe garlic, eggplant, summer squash, zucchini, english cucumber, leeks, jalapeño pepper, green pepper, and curly kale. What’s going on at the farm:   Another busy and challenging week on the farm this week as we prepare for fall while managing summers bounty.  We have…

Week #9 – 2018 CSA Season

What’s in the Box: Heirloom tomato, slicing tomato, cherry tomatoes!  Purple haze carrots, sweet onions, summer squash, zucchini, english slicing cucumber, eggplant, baby kale, basil, pea shoots, and garlic. What’s going on at the farm:  Hot and dry was the theme around here this last few weeks but the fields dried down enough I could…