CSA Week 11 & 12

Well For Week 11 we were getting ready to go on vacation. So I did  a lot of giving away.
Week 12 I was on vacation, so my mom picked up the basket.
Lettuce,
radishes,
zucchini,
cukes,
tomatoes
onion,
garlic
etc,

Week 13, we found out our farmer( the husband took a job that will be moving him overseas)
so the family is refunding us the remainder of the year, because it is too much for the mother & her 6 kids to run the farm, market, etc. Kinda bummed, cuz now we can't get into another CSA until next year. + these guys were the only Organic CSA at our market. & now is when all the good stuff starts coming in, like corn, Lots o-tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant, onions, garlic, potatoes. They have to do what's best for their family.

CSA Week #10

Yeah !!

Cauliflower
Cucumber
Zucchini
Romaine Lettuce
Leaf Lettuce
Kale
Swiss Chard
Tomato ( hoop house)
radishes
eggs
green onions


I think i'm going to try to make Cauliflower rice this week..

CSA Week #9

CSA week #9

Making an appearance for the first time this year: Zucchini
Tomatoes (grown in a warm hoophouse )
Green Onions
Garlic Scapes
Romaine Lettuce
Red Leaf Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Kale
Baby spinach
Asparagus
Oregano
Chives


I also picked up a quart of delicious strawberries.. they are actually red on the inside.. not white like the ones in the store.

CSA week #8

been a lot of the same ole'  same ole' stuff in the basket.

Tomatoes (hoophouse)
Green Onions
Chives
Romaine Lettuce
Red Leaf Lettuce
Rhubarb
Swiss Chard
Kale
Baby spinach
Asparagus
Thyme

It is has been a very cool summer.. rumor has it we might get some summer squash next week  ( i.e. yellow squash, or zuchini )

This also was the first week I saw strawberries out in big numbers at the market.. but $37 a flat.
$ 5 a quart -- organic hand picked.

CSA Week #6

For week 6 we received in our CSA basket:

Tomatoes (hoophouse)
Green Onions
Chives
Romaine Lettuce
Red Leaf Lettuce
Rhubarb
Swiss Chard
Kale
Baby spinach
Asparagus

Plans for the yummies.
Spinach artichoke dip(will go well in the freezer til we have a party )

Minestrone soup.. ( will use asparagus , tomato, onion & swiss chard in it )

The rhubarb is being donated to my cousin for her graduation celebration ( she loves rhubarb)

Kale is going to the nephews babysitter, she's been putting in the afternoon smoothies the kids get

might have to make some mexi -dip to use up some green onions ( cuz they give us a LOT )

Enjoy .. Pretty soon we'll be getting some new veggies into the mix.. very soon..

CSA Week #5

So this weekend our basket was filled with lots of things that are green.

romaine lettuce
red leaf lettuce
rhubarb
spinach
kale
scallions
oregano
radishes
tomatoes(grown in a hoophouse)
eggs ( we decided to add egg share to our basket )


I'm still in a little bit of a quandry what to do w/ the radishes. We are enjoying the lettuces while it lasts, cuz as soon as it gets --warm--warm, we stop getting lettuce

More on CSA's

I found this great article, that goes thru a list of Pro's & Con's of CSA's ( Community Supported Agriculture)  Pro's & Con's

I'll add my comments on a couple of the articles points.

My CSA cost was a little higher than they mention, ours is $600 but that covers us from May-October, and is to feed a family of 4 ( which it's more than enough for 8 of us each week ) I suspect, since they are talking NYC, their CSA is for 2 people.

I get a list of what we're receiving in our Saturday basket, on Friday evening, so I have a little time to plan, prepare for the  next week. 1st, if we have a pleathera of zucchini, I shred it & freeze it, have an awesome recipe for chocolate zucchini cupcakes.. *my husband has no idea he is eating zucchini* I have to sneek some things in like that for him.  If we get lots of tomatoes, that we're not going to use, I make up a batch of red sauce and freeze it. Or my catch all if we have a lot of " I don't know's or a LOT of what are we going to do w/ all this, I make kitchen sink soup.. ( AKA Minestrone) I usually start w/ the same base ingredients, but it will vary depending on what we have lots of. I will package it up for lunch for the week & freeze, what I don't think I'm going to use immediately. I use these awesome "Ball" canning jars that are plastic, and work wonderfully for the freezer.

My CSA has a FB group page & we can post pictures, ask for help, like me this past week, "What do I do w/ a bunch of garlic scapes" which I got lots of wonderful replies. Use like scallions, or chop up in eggs, or use in stir fry.. our farm, once a month supplies their favorite recipes, for the popular items that will be coming from the farm that month.

With my CSA, we have the luxury that they bring the produce to our local farmers market & we just have to pick it up there. They also have pork, beef, chicken, eggs, and honey, that we can purchase from their farm too.

Our farm does not require volunteer hours, or work from us. We are welcome to visit the farm anytime, they also plan a fall hog roast for all CSA members to visit them.

If all else fails & we have a lot of something that we won't/can't use. I give some to the neighbor, or take into work.. people don't refuse fresh produce.

CSA week #2

CSA Week #2


1 yellow onion
1 Large head of Romaine Lettuce (much greener than the grocery store stuff too )
1 Large head of Red Leaf Lettuce
1 bunch of garlic scapes
1 big bag of Kale
1 big bag of Baby Spinach
bunch of scallions
large bunch of radishes
bunch of rhubarb
Asparagus


soo far the rhubarb has made it into Strawberry Jello Dessert for Mothers Day
Lettuces were set aside for Mothers day dinner.
Need to find a recipe to make Kale Chips.
my sister took the scallions for a mexican dip she was making.
The asparagus, will be served on Mothers Day.

garlic scapes??? in our CSA group, someone said to use it in stir fry..
Radishes???

CSA Week 1

It will be a good little journal for me to keep track of what we receive each week in our Full share CSA box. The box we get is intended for a family of 4-5. So we split our share w/ my sister & the 2 monkeys & my mom and step dad. Someone is always traveling or not going to be home for a few nights.. so this works out for all of us. Our farmers decided this year to do away w/ the quarter share, which my  mom had in the past, and since my sister is down one person in her house, we decided to all share a box this year. My mom volunteers for our farmers in the winter, so they treat us well & know we all split the produce. 

Week 1
1 yellow onion
1 Large head of Romaine Lettuce (much greener than the grocery store stuff too )
1 Large head of Red Leaf Lettuce
1 bag of Parsley
1 big bag of Kale
1 big bag of Baby Spinach
1 lb of popcorn
large bunch of radishes
and some fresh cut chives.

Since my mom doesn't return from vacation til Tuesday. My sister & I split the lettuces in half and kept some of each. She kept the Kale to try & roast it & I took the spinach ( I already have the hard boiled eggs ready for spinach salad )

The picture is of one of the August weekly boxes.. Look at all that stuff..