Squash and Zucchini are growing fast next week....

Recipe sharing:

Please feel free to share receipes with our members. If anyone has a receipe they want to send me I can put it on our blog and make copies for in the CSA shed to share if our other members are interested. 

Ed found a little tiny watermelon!!

Ed has been out hoeing in the fields all morning and when hoen the melons he found a little one starting to grow!!

What is Swiss Chard?

 Swiss chard is a relative of the beet is a superb source of vitamins A, C, and K, as well as magnesium, potassium, and iron. It makes a colorful and tasty side dish, or a nutritious addition to pasta, soup, quiches, and more. 

Helpful hints for your Swiss chard:

How to Store: After a mild rinse, store chard in moistened paper towels in a plastic bag (with a few pinholes to allow air to circulate) in the refrigerator for two or three days.

What to do with Kohlrabi....

Ed and I enjoy them sliced thin and eaten raw. When raw, kohlrabi is slightly crunchy and mildly spicy, like radishes. I like to put them in our salads.

Other members have:

Made into fritters. This is a great way to get kids to eat their kohlrabi! Shred the vegetable and mix with an egg and a few tablespoons of flour. Heat oil or butter in a flat skillet, drop on small mounds, and flatten slightly with the back of your spatula. Turn after a few minutes, and serve when both sides are crispy.

In soup. We particularly like kohlrabi in a creamy, pureed soup with mild spices so that sweet kohlrabi flavor can really shine through. Also, try adding it to recipes for Cream of Potato, Cream of Broccoli, and even Cream of Mushroom soup!

When roasted in the oven, the outside of the kohlrabi caramelizes, and the flavor sweetens and mellows. You can slice the kohlrabi thin for toasted "chips" or cube.

Swiss Chard

Do you see what I see, some squash is flowing and coming in!!

This weeks produce: kohlarabi

Ed checking the crops before bed last night.

We hope everyone's enjoying their red and white radishes this week!!

Different stages of sweet corn

Pepper plants

Our tomato plants growing up tall and some are starting to flower.

Happy eggplants after the rain.

White radishes this week!

Crops doing well will be happy with rain.

Lettuce this week!! As you know fresh lettuce will wilt easily so this year we are trying something new by putting your fresh lettuce in a bag so it doesn't loose its crispness. Feedback greatly appreciated.

Eggplants

Squash is slowly growing.

Rain dance........

We hope your all doing the rain dance tonight!! We are hoping the rain hits us tomorrow the crops need it!! We did a lot of planting today so we are looking forward to some rain.

Ed walking thru the beets and swisschard with the walk behind cultivator.

New pick up shed is ready!!

This weeks produce is peas and spinach!!