CSA Week #10

Quick and dirty - here's week #10! New this week - green pepper and red onions.

CSA Newsletter Week 10 ~ featuring: farm news; recipes: Melinda's Carrot Hummus, Chard-Potato Frittata, Chard Stuffed or Unstuffed.

Week 10 CSA Box ~ Aug. 16, 2017

In the Box: chives, Hungarian wax peppers (full shares), Swiss chard (full) or kale (half), Ronde de Nice summer squash, carrots, zucchini, German Extra Hardy garlic duo, Rattlesnake snap beans, 2lbs Reddale potatoes, celery, red onion pair, green pepper, cucumber trio.

CSA Week #6

It was a very rainy CSA harvest day, but harvest goes on and muddy beets and carrots can be washed! It has been quite a treat to have the Farm Teen helping out with folding boxes, cleaning, sorting and packing on CSA day. We get some extra time to hang out in the business of summer and she gets a little more insight into what her parents do.

New for the CSA season this week...Ronde de Nice summer squash, basil, carrots and chard.

CSA News Week #6 ~ featuring: fresh basil vinaigrette; swiss chard and caramelized onion tacos; featured veggie: beans; summer squash saute; Japanese cucumber salad.

As well as updates about our: 

     •July 23rd Garlic Harvest & Potluck, 

     •half/whole hogs for reservation

     •September 11th Farm-to-Table dinner with Schell's Brewery!

CSA Week #6 ~ July 13, 2016

In the Box: Ronde de Nice summer sqash (or zucchini), Dragon's Tongue wax beans, three cucumbers, Swiss chard bunch, beets (full shares), bag o' basil, spring onions, carrots, garlic scapes, celery (half shares) and Kale.

Herb Boosters Week #1: basil, spearmint, tarragon, mint.

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!

{Field-to-Table} Swiss Chard Gratin

Swiss Chard Leaf

Swiss chard is a wonderful vegetable, that is more versatile than you may think. Young, tender leaves are used in mixed salad greens, mature leaves are cooked. You may substitute chard in any recipe that calls for spinach. In the garden it grows beautifully and abundantly, and provides all season, even through a light frost.

A bunch of Fordhook Giant heirloom swiss chard.

One of our favorite ways to use this fresh veggie is by making a chard gratin with the leaves. 

Here's some pics of our latest gratin. Follow this LINK to get the full recipe.

Removing the stems (midrib).

Homemade bread crumbs (large-sized, more like croutons)
and parboiling chard. 

Chard being parboiled. It will turn a bright green.

Gratin, ready to eat!

Swiss chard gratin, garlicy chicken (made with fresh parsley), and fresh beans cooked in a foil pack on the grill (along side the chicken) seasoned with fresh dill. Yum!