CSA Week #5

The weight of summer bounty is beginning to fill CSA boxes. The first summer squash/zucchini, cucumbers, beets and apples were packed into boxes this week. The delightful aroma of fresh veggies wafts from the boxes as you open them. Mmmm.

CSA Newsletter Week #5 ~ featuring: farm news, MANY recipes: Chimichurri Sauce, Baked or Roasted Beets, Sauteed Beet Greens, Grilling Greens, Grilling Vegetables part I, Beet cooking tips.

In the Box: Garlic scapes (curly-Qs), spring onions, sage (full shares), green cabbage, beets, 1# Lodi heirloom apples, pint snow OR snap peas, summer squash (round, pictured) OR zucchini (full shares), Swiss chard (half shares), kale (full shares), kohlrabi trio, cucumber trio (half shares), radishes, basil (half shares).

Lodi heirloom apples

Read more about our Lodi apples here.

Herb Booster

Herb Booster this week: Basil, thyme, spearmint.

CSA Week #4

Last Wednesday marked four weeks of delivery under the belt and we are just getting started! The bounty continues and grows!

CSA Newsletter Week #4 ~ News from the farm; featured veggie: peas; tips for cooking kohlrabi; recipes: sautéed radishes & sugar snap peas with dill, kohlrabi & cabbage salad with maple lemon dressing.

In the Box: Basil, Swiss chard (full shares), pint snow or snap peas, garlic scapes, radishes, green onions, All Hail! Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam (or apple butter), quart shell peas, summer crisp lettuce (half shares, kohlrabi.

Herb Boosters began this week, with parsley, rosemary and basil!

Bonus kitten photo...Loki...fuzzy little kitten ball.

CSA Week #4

Week #4 brings a big shift into summer produce with the first summer squash, carrots, cucumbers and beans. Tastes of spring items remain with garlic scapes and peas. Take a gander at the photos to check out what's in the box and don't forget to read your CSA News, to get updates on the farm happenings, as well as recipes and storage tips!

CSA Box Week #4 ~ July 8, 2015

In the Box: Garlic scapes, pint snap peas, white/green cucumbers, bunch of green onions, small bunch carrots, broccoli (full shares only), quart of Dragon's Tongue heirloom wax beans, quart of Mammoth Melting snow peas, 1.5 lbs Mountain Rose new potatoes, summer squash (pictured) or zucchini (half shares only), bunch of baby beets, papalo (herb) and one head of cabbage (not pictured). Herb Boosters members also received their first delivery (of six): dill, sage, parsley and thyme.

Herb Booster Week #1

Cocozelle zucchini and Ronde de Nice heirloom summer squash.

The Sesame Snow Peas recipe, from the newsletter, is farmer-tested and farmer-approved!

Sesame snow peas, with red peppers from the freezer.

Mountain Rose new potatoes. What beauties!

Aaand pig pictures, for fun ;) My darling Cecil is very friendly. Not every pig like to snuggle like that! They are surely getting big very fast now.

Brooke and Cecil (6 weeks).

 The kiddos.

Farmers' Market this Saturday, July 11th • 9 am - Noon in the Target parking lot, New Ulm

See you there! We'll have peas, carrots, beets, garlic scapes, greens, herbs, cabbage and more!

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CSA Week #15

It has been a beautiful week full of sunshine, which welcomes the official arrival of fall and Week #15 boxes.

CSA News Week #15

In the box: garlic, red and yellow storage onions, 1.5 lbs Wealthy heritage apples, parsley, 2 lbs German Butterball potatoes, Thelma Sanders heirloom acorn squash, Dinosaur kale, carrots, green peppers, 2.5 lbs heirloom tomatoes, celery, leeks.

Apple Boosters: Honeycrisp apples

Herb Boosters: Basil, sage, thyme, lemon thyme

Apple Shares: Honeycrisp & Red Baron

CSA Week #5

Lots of summer goodies in this week's box! Celery, cabbage, carrots, beans and cucumbers made their seasonal debut.

CSA Box Week #5 • July 14, 2014

In the box: carrots, broccoli, 'Satina' new potatoes, heirloom lettuce mix, 'Detroit Dark Red' beets with greens, heirloom mix Swiss chard, 'Early Jersey Wakefield' cabbage, celery bunch, 1 pint 'Mammoth Melting' snow peas, bunch oregano, cucumber, 3/4 lb 'Dragon's Tongue' wax beans and garlic scapes.

Head over to  check out our CSA Newsletter Week #5 for news from the farm and other good info, including:
•Cabbage profile
•Tips on grilling vegetables
•Recipe for Grilled Cabbage
•Recipe for Baked or Roasted Beets
•Orchard and Farm updates

Herb Booster

 This week's Herb Booster members received a quartet of sage, basil, tarragon and oregano.

The boxes were full to the brim!

Subscribe to our Email Newsletter HERE.

Other posts to check out related to this week's veggies...

Field-to-Table: Swiss Chard Gratin

Seasonal Cook :: Carrots

CSA Week #4

Week 4 deliveries went out this week with the first potatoes of the year! We are seeing (and tasting) a shift to summer produce, but the lettuce is holding on under our shade tunnel for a short bit yet!

CSA Newsletter Week #4

CSA Box Week #4 • July 7, 2014

In the box: new potatoes (Satina), Winter Density romaine lettuce (Monday only), Pirat butterhead lettuce, Black Eyed Susans (from our native prairie), 1 quart Green Arrow shell peas, 1 quart Mammoth Melting snow peas , 1 cup heirloom dry bean mix, sprig of rosemary, red and yellow spring onion bunch, Dinosaur (pictured) or Red Russian kale and garlic scapes.

All packed up and ready to go!

This week the members receiving Herb Boosters (Wed. only this week) enjoyed: sage, peppermint, basil and tarragon.

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CSA Week #3

Link to the CSA Newsletter Week #3.

Golden and Fordhook Giant chard bunches.

The first Swiss chard harvest of the season brought some beautiful color to the boxes.

Bunching onions, spring red onions, spring shallots.

 Allium harvest for CSA and Farm Shares. Bunching onions for Judy, spring red onions and spring shallots.

Packing CSA boxes.

 Packing the boxes for delivery.

CSa Box Week #3 • June 30th & July 2, 2014

In the boxes this week: basil, spring red onions, spring shallots, 1 quart snow peas, 1 pint snap peas, Red Russian or Dinosaur kale, garlic scapes, Swiss chard bunch, sprigs of dill and mixed heirloom radishes.

Herb booster bunches.

 Our Herb Booster customers received bunches of chives, mint, thyme and basil.

Week #3 CSA box, 2014.

That's Week #3 and Wednesday customers are up next!

CSA Week #1

It was so fun to get set up to start CSA again! It feels soooo good to have started the delivery season. I just love going out and meeting our members at pick up and on delivery. It was a mucky harvest in the field, but at least the rain held off until I was packing the Jeep for delivery.

Setting up to pack boxes in the packing shed.

Here's a link to the complete Week 1 CSA Newsletter. You'll notice that two items made it into the boxes that were not planned - strawberries and bunching onions.

2014 CSA Box Week 1 • June 16, 2014

What's in the box? Red romaine and green romaine lettuce, rhubarb, bunching onions, spinach, rhuberry jam, red Russian kale, strawberries, chives, 1/2 lb heirloom corn meal, produce storage guide and Alternative Roots Farm seasonality chart. Herb Booster members also received their first week of booster delivery; the Herb Booster quartet this week included lemon thyme, sage, peppermint and oregano, as well as a handy dandy Herb Guide.

Week 1 will continue with deliveries on Wednesday!