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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Week 5, CSA share contents

Hi folks! Here's the run down of this week's share. The summer squash are coming on in full force, so be ready for it! We're at that good place right now where we have the last of the spring goods (e.g., carrots, beets, and greens) and then we're coming into the summer goods (e.g., zucchini, squash, cucumbers). Look at this beautiful spread (this is an example of a regular sized share).

strawberries, zucchini, dill and parsley, and zephyr squash

tatsoi, Hakurei turnips, beets, red Russian kale and green oak leaf lettuce

Chinese cabbage, green cabbage, scallions and carrots

green cabbage

Chinese cabbage

scallions

carrots

beets and greens

zucchini

zephyr squash

cucumbers

red Russian kale (aka ragged Jack)

Hakurei salad turnips

tatsoi

green oak leaf lettuce

dill and parsley

Gorgeous fruits and veggies!

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Week 4, CSA share contents

I'm behind on the posting this week, so I'm gonna give you a quit run down of the CSA contents for the week, without all the jibber jabber.

Here are some beautiful root vegetables (beets, carrots and Hakurei turnips and greens) with strawberries.

broccoli

red oak leaf and green butter crunch lettuces

herbs (dill and parsley - WWFM folks, we're sorry, we completely forgot to pick the herbs - we'll make up for it :)

red Russian kale (aka ragged Jack)

vates kale

more kale

you can eat the kale stems too. you've just got to cook em longer. you can substitute them in recipes that call for celery (unless, of course, you're going for the distinct celery flavor - but they're cook and crispy).

spinach

beets

Hakurei turnips

carrots

can you tell I think the veggies are pretty? ;)

so happy to have color variety!

cabbage (above)

the whole shebang!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Week 3, May 9-15 CSA Share Contents

Howdy do, folks? It seems I'm communicating with all of y'all via the blog and newsletters these days. I'm sad to say that I still haven't met everyone in the CSA yet, since I've been staying home studying for my prelim exam - but that's only going to be the case for another week and a half and then I'll be right there with Ben at the drop sites!

So, I did a little something different this week with the pictures of the share contents. I know a lot of CSAs use boxes and that's something we haven't really been doing. We don't use the boxes for a few reasons. The most important reason is because we prefer to keep the produce nice and cool so when you come to pick it up it's in great condition. Heat works wonders on these veggies and once they wilt, it's all over. Another reason, which will become pretty apparent once you check out these pictures, is that the produce just won't fit in one box - at least not a box with a lid on it. I took pictures of each of the items in the box and I also tried to include everything in the box, so y'all could get a nice view of what it would look like if you did get a box of your share.

So, without further adieu...

Here's the box with the contents of this week's share all together (minus the dill and cilantro - it seems I forget to take a picture of something every time!)