CSA Week #14
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX - week of August 31st
VEGETABLE SHARE
1/2 lb. bag Lettuce Mix -or- 1 head Batavian Lettuce
1 bunch Parsley -or- Rosemary -or- Thyme
3 pc. Shallots
2 pc. Cucumbers (Tues & Wed)
1/2 pint Raspberries or Blackberries (Thurs)
3-4 pc. Zucchini
4-5 lb. Red Tomatoes
1 pint Cherry Tomatoes
1 small Cantaloupe Melon (Thurs) - Excellent new small variety that we're trying out this year. So far the ones we've tasted have been great! Picking melons is very tricky, so we've been very careful to pick ones that are just right-- but please let us know if you get a "dud". Tuesday and Wednesday groups will get melon next week as they're just starting to ripen.
FRUIT SHARE**
1 bag mixed Peaches/Nectarines & 1 bag Apples
1 container Raspberries (Wed ONLY - Replacement for moldy berries last week. The fruit farmer apologizes for the inconvenience.)
*The tomatoes have been sprayed with copper as a preventative for late blight fungus. This spray is certified for use in organic production and is harmless to humans, but must be washed off before eating. Also be sure to ripen completely on the counter before eating! They should be a deep red and slightly soft to the touch.
**Be sure to remove fruit from plastic bags immediately when you get them home. They can ripen out on the counter or in a paper bag. Store ripe fruit in the fridge.
BOX NOTES
The tomatoes are in! Most organic farms in the Northeast have lost their entire tomato crop this season due to late blight, so we should all be very thankful that we have plenty to go around. You can thank your very diligent farmers, Matt and James, for their careful monitoring and preventative actions that made this year's tomato harvest possible.
Shallots! These have been in the works for several years, and they're finally coming through very well this season on a trial basis. Shallots are not onions, but they are part of the Allium species. They have a mildly sweet onion flavor that some say also has hints of garlic. I like to use shallots in dressings and in place of onions in delicately flavored dishes. Let us know what you think! Should we grow more of them for next year's share?
We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Baked Cherry Tomatoes with Parmesan Topping More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
Cucumber "Noodle" Ginger Salad
CSA Week #13
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX - week of August 24th
VEGETABLE SHARE
1 bunch Arugula (Tues & Wed)
1 bunch Purslane (Thurs)
1 bunch Baby Basil Tips
1 piece Green Bell Pepper
2 pieces Green Long Peppers
1 piece Eggplant (Rosa Bianco or Black)
9-10 pieces Zucchini
1 piece Cucumber (Thurs)
2-3 pieces Tomatoes*
1 pint Cherry Tomatoes (Tues & Wed)
1 half pint Blackberries or Raspberries or Cherry Tomatoes (Thurs)
1 head Garlic
FRUIT SHARE**
1 bag Peaches & 1 bag Apples (Tues)
1 bag Mixed Tree Fruit & 1 container Raspberries (Wed)
*The tomatoes have been sprayed with copper as a preventative for late blight fungus. This spray is certified for use in organic production and is harmless to humans, but must be washed off before eating. Also be sure to ripen completely on the counter before eating! They should be a deep red and slightly soft to the touch.
**Be sure to remove fruit from plastic bags immediately when you get them home. They can ripen out on the counter or in a paper bag. Store ripe fruit in the fridge.
BOX NOTES
This is the first harvest of basil for the season, so we've picked just the tender tips of the plant. It's a small bunch, but basil packs a lot of flavor into its leaves. There will be much more to come for making pesto and other basil recipes over the next few weeks. The long green peppers are supposed to be sweet, but in past years we've found that one or two may be hot, so please check first before cooking with children.
LETTER FROM YOUR FARMER Hi Members-- It’s a zucchini bonanza!! We know that 10 zucchini might challenge everybody’s creative cooking skills, but the bounty of the harvest is what is so exiting about CSA. We have a beautiful new planting of zucchini that just matured and we are harvesting about 1,000 pounds a day! Since it must be picked daily, that means we're taking in 7,000 - 8,000 pounds a week-- And it’s all coming to you! This will probably continue for a couple of weeks and then begin to abate. And by then you will be so happy to see them go. Amazingly, we missed all of the rain that surrounded us over the last few days. Even though we could have used a nice soaking rain, we’re fine with it. After this past June and July with almost nonstop rain, we could not be happier to see dusty farm roads, feel the intensity of the sun, and irrigate constantly. It feels like things are back to normal when the irrigation engines are running most of the time and any vegetation that is not irrigated starts to wilt in the hot sun and soon dehydrate completely. One of the unique things about farming on Long Island is that much of the rain that comes to the east coast from the west in the summer never makes it out to us on the North Fork. All the heat and humidity last week was very unpleasant to most people, but it gets crops to ripen quickly. The tomatoes are finally coming in relatively well, almost in full swing but not quite. Between good weather and our extra attention we’ve managed to keep the infamous late blight from causing much harm, so far. It even managed to infiltrate our high tunnel and affect a few of our tomato plants. It is something we will have to deal with for the rest of the tomato season, so stay tuned. -- Farmer Matt We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Sicilian Eggplant Stuffed with Garlic & Cheese More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
Fettuccine with Zucchini, Arugula, Basil and Lemon
CSA Week #12
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX - week of August 17th
VEGETABLE SHARE
Yukon Gold or Keuka Gold Potatoes - 2 lb. bag (All Days)
Yellow Onions - 2 pieces (All Days )
Long Green Peppers - 2 pieces (All Days)
Green Bell Peppers - 1 piece (All Days)
Red Tomato* - 1 large or 2 small (Tuesday & Wednesday) - 2 lb (Thursday)
Zucchini - 2 pieces (All Days)
Baby Arugula - 1 bag (All Days)
Asian Eggplant - 1 piece (Tuesday)
Cherry Tomatoes - 1 pint (Wednesday & Thursday)
FRUIT SHARE**
1 bag UFO Peaches (Tuesday & Wednesday)
1 bag White Peach & Nectarine Mix (Wednesday & Thursday)
1 container Raspberries (Tuesday)
1 bag Ginger Gold Apples (Thursday)
*The tomatoes have been sprayed with copper as a preventative for late blight fungus. This spray is certified for use in organic production and is harmless to humans, but must be washed off before eating.
**Be sure to remove fruit from plastic bags immediately when you get them home. They can ripen out on the counter or in a paper bag. Store ripe fruit in the fridge.
BOX NOTES FARM NOTES This week we have some visitors at the farm who are putting together a cookbook that will feature the Golden Earthworm Farm as well as a few other CSA farms from around the country. The book will be written by Janet Fletcher and photographed by Sara Remington, both of whom are here this week to document the farm and all our busy activities! The book will be published next year, and is a collaborative project with Sur la Table. We'll definitely let you know when it becomes available! We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Zucchini with Garlic and Crushed Red Pepper More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
The long green peppers are supposed to be sweet, but in past years we've found that one or two may be hot, so please check first before cooking with children. Tomatoes are coming in slowly but they're looking great! Arugula is super baby sized and oh-so-tender!
This hot sunny weather is just what the farmers ordered! Our eggplants, tomatoes and peppers are thriving under these perfect summer conditions, so you'll be seeing lots more of them in your box in the coming weeks. We finished seeding all the late fall root crops last week and now we're trying to keep up with irrigating the fields. It's very important to irrigate newly seeded crops so that they germinate properly!
Baba Ghanoush
CSA Week #11
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX - week of August 10th
THE SHARE WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE FOR EACH DAY OF DELIVERY THIS WEEK. Please check back for daily updates!
THURSDAY VEGETABLE SHARE
Red Onions - 3 pieces
Green Peppers - long and bell varieties - 3 pieces
Zucchini - 1 piece
Parsley - 1 bunch
Beets - 1 bunch
Swiss Chard - 1 bunch
Purple Potatoes - 2lb. bag
Surprise Veg!
FRUIT SHARE
1 bag UFO Peaches
BOX NOTES FARM NOTES We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
The long green peppers are supposed to be sweet, but in past years we've found that one or two may be hot, so please check first before cooking with children.
Where are the tomatoes? Well, we're about 10 days behind schedule due to the cool June and July weather. Some of the tomatoes are starting to ripen, but it's a slow process. As long as our plants hold out and we are able to keep the late blight in check, we'll have lots of tomatoes and other summer crops coming soon!
CSA Week #10
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX - week of August 3rd
Contents of the share may change depending on your delivery day. Please check back for daily updates!
THURSDAY VEGETABLE SHARE
Green Cabbage - 1 head
Garlic - 1 head
Zucchini & Summer Squash - 1 piece
Onion - 1 piece
Green Romaine Lettuce - 1 head
Red Batavian Lettuce - 1 head
Swiss Chard- 1 bunch
Red Norland, Purple or Yukon Gold Potatoes - 2lb. bag AND 1 quart
FRUIT SHARE
1 container Blueberries
1 bag Peaches
FARM NOTES We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Simple Classic Coleslaw More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
Your newsletter writer has come down with a bad cold, so she's staying in bed for the meantime and will be back with more news from the farm next week!
Sesame Kale Salad
CSA Week #9
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX - week of July 27th
VEGETABLE SHARE
Purslane - 1 bunch - *See note below
Green Beans - 1 bag
Lettuce Mix - 1 bag unwashed
Zucchini & Summer Squash - 2 pieces
Cucumbers - 1 or 2 pieces
Green Romaine Lettuce - 1 head
Green Crisp Lettuce - 1 head
Cipollini Onions or Scallions - 1 bunch
Parsley - 1 bunch
Broccoli - 2-3 pieces for Tuesday & Wednesday only
Red Norland Potatoes - 1 bag
FRUIT SHARE
1 container Blueberries
1 container Blackberries
1 bag Peaches
PRODUCE NOTES Purslane? Purslane is a wild green, meaning that it grows wild on our farm, and in many gardens and farms in our area. Can you believe that purslane contains more Omega-3 fatty acids (alpha-linolenic acid in particular) than any other leafy vegetable plant? Purslane has a lemony, salty flavor and can be eaten raw in salads or cooked like spinach. Lots of Lettuce! We have a double planting of lettuce coming in now- just in time for this hot and humid week ahead. Take this perfect opportunity to turn salad into a quick, cool and refreshing dinner with the addition of some potatoes, grilled zucchini, and for the carnivore in some of us, grilled meat sliced on top. I think you can turn the entire box into enough salad meals for the remainder of the week! Cooking in the Heat This time of year I love to cook in the morning before it gets too hot, and stock the fridge with delicious vegetable salads to plop on a plate for a quick lunch or dinner with minimal effort! This week I'm making a green bean salad, a grilled zucchini salad, some quick pickled cucumbers and a rich potato salad to get us through the next few days. Oh yes, and maybe a chilled zucchini soup with purslane. ON THE FARM FRUIT SHARES are now in full swing! We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Purslane Salad More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
You can thank the weather for a rather full box this week! We were hoping that the thunderstorms would not hit us Sunday night and Monday so we could start our potato harvest, and it just happened to work out perfectly! The Red Norland variety of potatoes you'll find in your box are one of the most stunning varieties we grow because of their beautiful red skin tone. These are best steamed or boiled. Try this week's potato recipe or if you still have your collards from last week, try last week's collards and potato salad recipe for dinner tonight!
We're still playing catch-up around here. The on-again, off-again rain pattern has created a logistical nightmare for us in terms of getting anything planted or cultivated on time, but we're doing our very best. We've also spotted a few cases of late blight on our tomatoes, but we continue our organic interventions to prevent further infestation and are keeping a very watchful eye. This humid weather with pop-up thunderstorms is the worst type of weather for late blight, as fungus loves to grow and spread under these wet conditions. We'll definitely keep you posted!
Please remember that fruit shares are housed in separate RED crates. Only members with FRUIT listed after their name may take the fruit share. We only send enough for the members who have paid separately for the fruit, so please double check the list. Thank you!
Red Potatoes with Feta, Olives and Mint
CSA Week #8
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX
*NOTICE: The contents of the share will change depending on your pick-up day this week. The following list is for TUESDAY only.
VEGETABLE SHARE
Garlic - 2 heads
Collards - 1 bunch
Cucumber - 1 piece (First of the season! The plants are just starting to produce...)
Broccoli - 1 head
Arugula - 1/2 lb. bag
Carrots - 1 bunch
Scallions - 1 bunch
Zucchini/Summer Squash - 5 pieces
FRUIT SHARE
1 container Blueberries
1 container Blackberries
CROP NOTES
Beautiful, beautiful garlic! This hard neck variety of garlic has a superior flavor to the soft neck variety you'll find in stores. It has fewer cloves per head, but the cloves are larger and more pungent.
BOX NOTES -- Please remember that it is normal for the quantity of produce in the share to fluctuate from week to week. This is due to weather, season, crop output, and other factors out of our control. It is not unusual for some week's share to be twice as full as others. For those of you who have been members in the past, you know that August, September and October are the fullest months for the CSA here in our climate. This is when the hot summer crops like tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers fill the box together with greens, vining vegetables, and more!
ON THE FARM
The first harvest of potatoes will take place over the next few days, so look for them appearing in your box starting next week! Many of you may have read in the NY Times about the late blight that is hitting farms hard this year, but luckily we've managed to have a pretty good potato crop despite a small number of infected plants. We're keeping a vigilant eye on the tomatoes for infection, but so far they look really good.
And believe it or not, we could actually use the rain we're getting this week! It's amazing how quickly the fields can dry out after such a wet early summer, but we're happy to stop irrigating and let nature water the thirsty crops for the next few days...
FRUIT SHARES are now in full swing!
Please remember that fruit shares are housed in separate RED crates. Only members with FRUIT listed after their name may take the fruit share. We only send enough for the members who have paid separately for the fruit, so please double check the list. Thank you!
We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE.
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS
Fettuccine with Zucchini, Arugula, Basil and Lemon
Collard Potato Salad with Mustard Dressing
More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
CSA Week #7
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX
*NOTICE: The contents of the share will change depending on your pick-up day this week. The following list is for THURSDAY only.
VEGETABLE SHARE
1 bunch Cippolini Onions
1 head Savoy Cabbage or Radicchio
1 bunch Toscano or Green Kale
1 bag Lettuce Mix, (unwashed)
Several pieces Broccoli (Tuesday & Wednesday only. Thursday received this last week.)
Several pieces Zucchini & Yellow Summer Squash
1 head Red Batavian Lettuce or 2 Baby Romaine Lettuce heads
1 bunch Parsley
1 bunch Red Beets
FRUIT SHARE
1 container Blueberries
1 bag Peaches
CROP NOTES
I'm so excited about the Cippolini Onions in this week's share! They're a special flat Italian variety that have an intense flavor, but are not too "hot"! Try roasting, grilling, or baking them to bring out their sweet, complex flavor. You'll find more zucchini in your box this week as the warm weather and sunshine increases the crop's production. Our zucchini plants will continue to produce for another few months, so they will make a regular appearance in your share. Luckily, zucchini and summer squash are very versatile vegetables, so I'll be posting lots of interesting recipes to keep things fresh! You'll also find some more broccoli in your box this week, especially if you just received one head last week. This first planting did not produce as much as we had expected, but there is another one coming along soon.
BOX NOTES -- Please remember that it is normal for the quantity of produce in the share to fluctuate from week to week. This is due to weather, season, crop output, and other factors out of our control. It is not unusual for some week's share to be twice as full as others. For those of you who have been members in the past, you know that August, September and October are the fullest months for the CSA here in our climate. This is when the hot summer crops like tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers fill the box together with greens, vining vegetables, and more!
ON THE FARM
We've been harvesting garlic all weekend long and it's now carefully hung up to dry in our barns and storage houses. This has been the best harvest we've ever had, so look out for some gorgeous hard-necked garlic in your box soon! Matthew and James have been out in the fields trying to get a handle on the weeds by constantly cultivating the crops, and getting our fall crops like broccoli, cauliflower and brussels sprouts transplanted. Everyone has been asking about the tomatoes....well, they look great! You can expect to start seeing them around the 2nd or 3rd week of August, which is just about a month away.
FRUIT SHARES are now in full swing!
Please remember that fruit shares are housed in separate RED crates. Only members with FRUIT listed after their name may take the fruit share. We only send enough for the members who have paid separately for the fruit, so please double check the list. Thank you!
We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE.
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS
Orzo with Summer Squash and Toasted Hazelnuts
More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
CSA Week #6
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX
*NOTICE: The contents of the share will change depending on your pick-up day this week. The following list is for THURSDAY only.
VEGETABLE SHARE
1 bunch Swiss Chard
1 bunch Scallions
1 bunch Green Kale
Heads of Broccoli
1 piece Zucchini
1 head Romaine Lettuce
1 head Radicchio
1 bunch Beets
FRUIT SHARE
1 container Blueberries
1 container Gooseberries* (see note below)
ON THE FARM
Sun, at last! I'm sure farmers aren't the only ones happy to see the sunshine, but it certainly makes our job more enjoyable. Now we can finally get out in the fields to combat the massive flush of weeds that have cropped up.
CROP NOTES
Lots more greens in the box this week, including one of my favorite leaf chicories, radicchio! The share contains just one zucchini, since we're at the very start of its season. Once the plants get going, they produce in abundance, so you'll be seeing a lot more zucchini and summer squash in the coming weeks and months.
FRUIT SHARES begin THIS WEEK!
Please remember that fruit shares are housed in separate RED crates. Only members with FRUIT listed after their name may take the fruit share. We only send enough for the members who have paid separately for the fruit, so please double check the list. Thank you!
*GOOSEBERRIES? Yes! The gooseberry is a small round fruit that comes in hundreds of varieties and is grown around the world. In North America, the gooseberry season is very short, which makes this week's gooseberry share a very special treat for all of us! The taste of cooked gooseberries is unlike that of any other fruit, and raw gooseberries respond best to baking and sugaring to release their rich, wine-like flavor. Gooseberry tarts and pies are common, as well as gooseberry jam. Try these links to find some delicious gooseberry recipes on the net: www.gooseberryrecipes.org or www.bbc.co.uk
We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE.
THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS
Zucchini, Sun-Dried Tomato and Mozarella Tart
Penne with Caramelized Onions and Radicchio
More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
CSA Week #5
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX
*NOTICE: The contents of the share will change depending on your pick-up day this week. The following list is for THURSDAY ONLY.
1 bunch parsley
2 bulbs Fennel
1 bunch Arugula
1 head Cabbage (Red or Green)
1 bunch Dill
1 bunch Carrots
1 bunch Collards
1 bunch White Salad Turnips
FRUIT SHARES begin NEXT WEEK - the week of JULY 6th!
Please remember that fruit shares are housed in separate RED crates. Only members with FRUIT listed after their name may take the fruit share. We only send enough for the members who have paid separately for the fruit, so please double check the list. Thank you!
We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Braised Fennel
More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
Collard Potato Salad with Mustard Dressing
CSA Week #4
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX
*NOTICE: The contents of the share will change depending on your pick-up day this week. The following list is for THURSDAY ONLY.
1 head Romaine Lettuce
1 bunch Salad Turnips
1 bunch Bok Choi
1 bag Baby Arugula
1 head Broccoli
1 bunch Cilantro
1 bunch Carrots
1 bag Sugar Snap Peas
1 bunch Swiss Chard
FARM NOTES
It's been one of the rainiest seasons on record so far, but our crops are holding up amazingly well, thanks in most part to our well draining soil. The greens love this cool, cloudy weather, but we hope to see some sun later this week to help move along the warmer season crops like tomatoes, eggplants and squash. What's coming up? You can expect to find some crunchy carrots in your box some time soon, as well as the first harvest of zucchini. We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Halloumi Cheese with Cilantro and Lime & Caper Vinaigrette
More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page.
Broccoli with Garlic & Parmesan Cheese
CSA Week #3
THIS WEEK IN THE BOX
*NOTICE: The contents of the share will change depending on your pick-up day this week. The following list is for THURSDAY ONLY.
2 heads Boston Lettuce - Green & Red Varieties
1 bunch Scallions
2 pieces of Kohlrabi
1 bunch Spinach or Arugula
1 bunch Broccoli
1 bag Sugar Snap Peas
1 head Escarole
1 bunch Swiss Chard
PRODUCE NOTES
KOHLRABI - You can't miss these funny looking veggies in your box this week! Kohlrabi is a part of the cabbage family, first grown in Europe around 1500 and brought to America around 1800. It has a turnip like appearance, with leaves standing out like spokes from the edible portion, which is a rounded, enlarged stem section growing just above the soil line. The kohlrabi should be peeled first, and then sliced raw in salads, cut into sticks for dip, or you can try cooking it up in one of our delicious Kohlrabi Recipes. SUGAR SNAP PEAS - The whole pod is edible! Due to the cool weather, the pea plants are not producing their usually high yields yet, so we're sending out all that we have, and we hope there will be more coming your way in the next few weeks. To remove the stem on the pea, snap off the top and remove the attached string that pulls off down the side of the pea. I like to eat them lightly blanched (which brings out their sweetness and bright green color!) and salted. To blanch them, boil a small pot of water, drop in the peas for just 1-2 minutes, and then remove immediately. They should be bright green and still a little crunchy. We welcome you to explore our website to learn more about our farm and the wonderful things you can do with your weekly share. You may find our PRODUCE STORAGE TIPS page useful in figuring out how to maximize the life of your veggies, and our RECIPE section to search for ways to cook up your box! And maybe you need help identifying a particular mystery vegetable? Try our CROP GUIDE. THIS WEEK'S RECIPE SUGGESTIONS Sugar Snap Peas with Scallions More recipes for all the week's produce can be found here on our RECIPES page. UPCOMING EVENTS Join us for U-Pick Organic Strawberries at the farm! Our farmstand and U-Pick fields will be open this coming weekend, so find out more here.
Grannie's French Swiss Chard
Braised Kohlrabi