CSA 2013 - Week #17

The contents of the share may fluctuate through the week.  Please check the newsletter here for an updated list.

In the Box

Salad Turnips - 1  bunch
Baby Bok Choi - 2 pieces
Spinach - 1 lb. bag
Arugula - 1/2 lb. bag
Toscano Kale -  1 bunch
Long Red Peppers - 2 pieces
Make-up Item...

STORAGE TIPS
In a bag in the fridge: All items this week!

FRUIT SHARE

1 bag mixed Cortland Apples & Bosc Pears

Ripen pears on the counter.  Bosc pears are ripe when they are fully brown (no green).  Small black spots on the pears are superficial and will not affect the taste or quality of the fruit.  You can wash or cut it off.

This week's Recipes

Tuscan White Bean & Kale Soup
Lentil & Spinach Soup
 
 

 

News from the farm

I've been waiting months to say this....  We have a gorgeous harvest of greens for you this week!  A full pound of tender spinach, turnips (with greens that can be cooked like spinach!), toscano kale, bok choi and the most delicious melt-in-your-mouth arugula!   Bon appetit!  -Maggie 

Upcoming Events!

Our CSA Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 20th from 11am-3pm! 

This event is FREE for all current CSA Members and their guests.  Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Connect with your Farm

We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share.

+ FIND RECIPES
+ VEGETABLE INFO & STORAGE TIPS

If you have questions or concerns about your share, please do not hesitate to contact us.  That is one of the benefits of knowing where your food comes from!  Your farmers are happy to hear from you at info@goldenearthworm.com at any time, for any reason.

 

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CSA 2013 - Week #16

The contents of the share may fluctuate through the week.  Please check the newsletter here for an updated list.

In the Box

Celery Root - 2 pieces
Baby Bok Choi - 1 bunch
Scallions - 1 bunch
Arugula - 1/2 lb. bag
Zucchini - 1 piece
Long Red Peppers - 3 pieces
Sweet Potatoes - 1.75 lbs.

STORAGE TIPS
In a bag in the fridge: Celery Root, Baby Bok Choi, Scallions, Arugula, Peppers
On the counter:
Sweet Potatoes

FRUIT SHARE

1 bag mixed Bartlett Pears & Gala Apples

Ripen pears on the counter, then refrigerate.

This week's Recipes

Simple Celery Root Soup
Martha Stewart's Celery Root Primer
Stir Fried Bok Choi with Ginger and Garlic

News from your Farmer

Continuing our update from last week, here are a few notes on this week's share...

Sweet Potatoes! - These are different from the sweet potatoes you are familiar with.  They are freshly harvested from the soil the day before you receive them and are not yet cured. The skins are very delicate and they should not be refrigerated.  The typical post-harvest process of heating the potatoes for 7-10 days hardens the skins and prepares them for storage.  We will cure future harvests, but we wanted to give this special first harvest right away.  We are giving out a variety of sizes right now because we are digging the crop daily.  Some are large, some are babies, but all taste great.  In general these sweet potatoes will cook faster than older ones, so you'll have to adjust your cooking times accordingly.

Red Long Peppers - It has been quite a wait for these to turn from green to red, but here they are!  Our first red sweet peppers in many, many years.  Peppers suffer from cold injury at the temperatures of a normal household refrigerator, but they will stay in ok shape for a few days.  45-60F is best, but should be in a plastic or wax bag so they don't dehydrate.  Hopefully you cannot resist eating them right away and won't have to worry about storing them. 

Baby Bok Choi - Our lovely greens are beginning to return now, and we have a good sized bunch of baby bok choi for everyone.  This is true baby bok choi with a light green stem.  The whole thing is edible!

Baby Arugula - This is beautiful arugula.  We have washed some of it, depending on the picking conditions, but we recommend that you re-wash at home before you eat it.  It has a short shelf life due to its delicate leaves, so be sure to handle gently and eat it as soon as possible.   

Celery Root - A fascinating vegetable that many of you may not be familiar with.  Strange looking, great smelling and excellent if prepared correctly.  We have included recipes to assist you  in succeeding with this oddball but super vegetable!

The tomatoes are not finished quite yet!  We are taking a little hiatus due to the very slow ripening occurring with the colder weather.  We do expect to harvest more tomatoes in small quantities over the next few weeks.  The weather will decide this, as tropical warm season crops dislike cold weather and growth rates decline.

Here's to a wonderful upcoming fall harvest for all!  - Farmer Matt

Upcoming Events!

Our CSA Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 20th from 11am-3pm! 

This event is FREE for all current CSA Members and their guests.  Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Connect with your Farm

We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share.

+ FIND RECIPES
+ VEGETABLE INFO & STORAGE TIPS

If you have questions or concerns about your share, please do not hesitate to contact us.  That is one of the benefits of knowing where your food comes from!  Your farmers are happy to hear from you at info@goldenearthworm.com at any time, for any reason.

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CSA 2013 - Week #15

The contents of the share may fluctuate through the week.  Please check the newsletter here for an updated list.

In the Box

Nicola Potatoes - 1 quart
Butternut OR Acorn Squash OR Zucchini
Leeks - 1 bunch
Parsley - 1 bunch
Green Bell Peppers OR Long Red Peppers - 2 pieces
Tomatoes - Red, Plum or Cherry Varieties 

STORAGE TIPS
In a bag in the fridge: Parsley, Leeks
In the fridge: Peppers
On the counter:
Butternut Squash, Tomatoes
In a cool, dark place: Potatoes

FRUIT SHARE

1 bag Donut Peaches OR 1 bag Pears
1 bag Yellow Peaches OR 1 bag Gala apples

Ripen peaches in a paper bag on the counter, then refrigerate.  Ripen pears on the counter, then refrigerate.

This week's Recipes

Simple Herbed Potato Salad
Stuffed Green Peppers

A Crop Update from your Farmers

As we enter the second half of the CSA season, here's a quick crop update...  Be forewarned that this update details the loss of several summertime crops.  Our fall crops are doing marvelously and you can see photos of the beautiful fields below...

Cherry tomatoes - Typically we are able to give out a full portion of orange cherry tomatoes to each member for a few weeks.  This year some unusual things have occurred in the cherry tomato patch.  Back in June when we had all the rain the lower 1/4 of the field flooded for a short period of time.  All the plants in this section died shortly afterwards.  Over the next few weeks, the remaining plants began to develop a disease called bacterial speck.  While the plants eventually rebounded and are in decent shape now, the yields have been minimal. We hope to include more cherry tomatoes in the shares soon, but we will have to see how long the warm weather holds out.

Eggplant - For 2 or 3 years our eggplants have been wiped out by Colorado potato beetles.  This year we moved them to the farm in Jamesport where there is less potato beetle pressure in hopes of having a successful crop.  After a couple of times handpicking and spraying the beetles we were successful at eliminating their colonies and now  have a nice planting of eggplant.  Since we've had such trouble in the past we were cautious about planting a full CSA-sized planting and this is why we have only have enough to give out to some groups each week or two.  Everyone will eventually receive the same amount of eggplant. Now we are having some problems with verticillium wilt and perhaps another unidentified disease so occasionally an eggplant makes it into the box which is not up to snuff.  Let us know if you receive a bad eggplant and we will happily replace it.

Garlic - Our garlic did very well this year.  Unfortunately, there is not a lot of it.  There were shortages of Certified Organic garlic seed last fall and we only planted about 1/3 the amount we normally plant.  We know you all love garlic and we're doing everything we can to get our hands on as much seed as possible for next season. 

More updates to come next week.  In the meantime, check out the beautiful fall crops growing in our fields.  Everything is looking great and we're looking forward to a bountiful harvest over the next few months!

Upcoming Events!

Our CSA Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 20th from 11am-3pm!  This event is FREE for all current CSA Members and their guests.  Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Connect with your Farm

We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share.

+ FIND RECIPES
+ VEGETABLE INFO & STORAGE TIPS

If you have questions or concerns about your share, please do not hesitate to contact us.  That is one of the benefits of knowing where your food comes from!  Your farmers are happy to hear from you at info@goldenearthworm.com at any time, for any reason.

 

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CSA 2013 - Week #14

The contents of the share may fluctuate through the week.  Please check the newsletter here for an updated list.

In the Box

Green Beans - .5 lb bag
Butternut Squash- 1 piece
Zucchini - 2 pieces
Parsley - 1 bunch
Lettuce Mix - .5 lb bag - not washed
Long Green Peppers - 2 pieces (Tues)
Eggplant - 1 piece (Wed)
Tomatoes - 4 lb. bag

STORAGE TIPS
In a bag in the fridge: Green Beans, Zucchini, Parsley, Lettuce Mix
In the fridge: Peppers
On the counter:
Butternut Squash, Tomatoes

FRUIT SHARE

1 bag Pears
1 bag Yellow Peaches

Ripen peaches in a paper bag on the counter, then refrigerate.  Ripen pears on the counter, then refrigerate.

This week's Recipes

Baked Orzo with Tomatoes, Roasted Pepper and Zucchini
Spiced Butternut Squash & Apple Soup

 

News from the Farm

Even though Labor Day has come and gone, today's share reflects our summer bounty: squash, salad, beans, tomatoes, and my personal favorite garnish, parsley.  The tomatoes may be a varying degree of ripeness, and we will have a mix of red and orange beefsteak varieties.  The red tomatoes should be a deep shade of red when they are ripe, and the orange should be a bright almost neon color.  Unripe tomatoes can be left on the kitchen counter to ripen.  Many of the tomatoes will have cracks due to the moisture and rain, but they should still be delicious!

As always, please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about your share. - Stephen

Upcoming Events!

Our CSA Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 20th from 11am-3pm!  (Please note the date change).  This event is FREE for all current CSA Members and their guests.  Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Connect with your Farm

We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share.

+ FIND RECIPES
+ VEGETABLE INFO & STORAGE TIPS

If you have questions or concerns about your share, please do not hesitate to contact us.  That is one of the benefits of knowing where your food comes from!  Your farmers are happy to hear from you at info@goldenearthworm.com at any time, for any reason.

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