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Today’s CSA Share Box: Week 15, September 18, 2018
Tomato combo pack- 2+ lbs Zucchini (2 small) OR Trombochino (1 medium lg) Broccoli bouquet OR Cabbage Kale- 1 bunch Chard- 1 bunch Onions- 1 red, 1 white Garlic- 1 bulb Pepper(s) Hot OR Sweet 1 or 2 (due to the vole epidemic, there are few peppers L ) Herbs
Update: Voles have destroyed about 80-90% of our carrot, beet, and pepper crops. It is very discouraging to say the least. You got the last of the surviving beets last week. Peppers will be few if any at this point. Any carrots I would put in your boxes would have chew marks on them- not nice- so there will be no carrots. Celery and leeks are also reduced due to excessive rain/rot. I am so sorry.
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As we move into fall, I want to thank everyone who signed on to this CSA with me for the 2018 growing season. I also want to give an update on the crop damage that you may or may not be aware of.
We have had a vole invasion here like never before. Part of that is probably due to the lack of a garden cat. While I could have taken pictures this past week of the entire beet crop that was destroyed (except for what I managed to save to put in your CSA shares) I did not have the heart to do it. I put the chewed remains of the roots and the tops in the garden cart for the chickens to enjoy. I would say that the voles got 90% of the beet crop. I had planned to have beets through the end of the season. There simply aren't any left. Then I started digging up the remains of the carrots. I don't think there are any that haven't been chewed part way. Another fall crop pretty much down the tubes. They had looked incredible back in July- lush tops and great early carrots-remember? All pretty much ruined. And of course the voles loved the peppers. I would say 80% crop loss there. The little buggers either eat most of a pepper, or they just take a bite out of each one as it starts to ripen so the water and moisture gets in and they start to rot from the inside out. I have touched more pepper slime this season than I have in my whole life. I should have had an outstanding pepper crop this year having planted more than 100 plants. This is discouraging stuff. The other crop issues were too much rain for the leeks and celery, both of which had quite a bit of rot. We had a great year of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage, kale, chard,and raspberries. Early lettuces were incredibly fine. Basil has been decent. Zinnias have been great. Sugar snap peas and beans were decent. And the Asian greens have been a grand experiment. All one has to do is look back in the blog posts to see the great boxes that went out of here each week. I had promised an asst of 8 crops each week, and I know that there were always more than 8 crops each week. I am not sure what the next 7 or so weeks will have with harvest, but hopefully the new crops of arugula, lettuce, and assorted Asian greens will pan out. We will see as the weeks progress. In the meantime, we are building up our barn cat collection hoping for some serious hunters to combat this vole problem.  Today’s CSA Share Box: September 12, 2018
Tomato combo pack- 2+ lbs Summer squash asst- zucchini/yellow squash – 3 Kale- 1 bunch Beets- 1 bunch Stir Fry Collection Leeks- 2 Sweet/Hot peppers- 2-3 Oasis turnips- 1 small bunch Mini Purple Winter Radish- 1 “Wide plumb-bob–shaped 5" long by 2½" wide roots with gorgeous Easter egg bluish-purple skin and greenish-purple shoulders are “mini” only when compared to regular, long white daikons. Mini daikon is an oxymoron (dai means ‘big’) Topped by vibrant dark green leaves with short stems blushed purple-pink. Interior flesh is ringed deep purple with streaks through white meat merging into a purple sunburst core. All sizes, from small 3" up to the 9" bombs, have excellent crunchy tender raw texture and mildly spicy flavor. When cooked, Mini becomes firm and oh-so-sweet and savory with tangy hints of rutabaga.” (From Fedco Seed website) Green Meat Radish or Misato Rose Radish- 1 Joi Choi Tatsoi- 2 bunches Zinnias- 1 bouquet Today’s CSA Share Box: September 5, 2018
Tomato combo pack- 2+ lbs Summer squash asst- zucchini/yellow squash - 4 Cucumber- 2 Asst Peppers- 4-5 Kale- 1 bunch Chard- 1 bunch Green Beans- 1 lb+ Large Onions- 1 red, 1 yellow Garlic- 1 bulb Rhubarb- 1 bunch Zinnias- 1 bouquet  Today’s CSA Share Box: August 29, 2018
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Today’s CSA Share Box: August 22, 2018
Summer squash- zucchini/trombochino- 3-4 Kale- 1 bunch Cucumber- 2 Tomato combo pack- 2+ lbs Asst Peppers 1+ lbs Onions- 4 small (2 red, 2 yellow) Lettuce- 1 bag Beets- 1 bunch Gunma Cabbage- 1 head Zinnias- 1 bouquet Today’s CSA Share Box: August 15, 2018
Summer squash- zucchini and yellow squash and trombochino- 1 each for total of 3 Kale- 1 bunch Chard – 1 bunch Cucumber- 2 Tomatoes- 1 qt (Juliet and Jaune de Flamme and cherry combo) Celery- 1 bunch Asst Peppers (Amish Pimento Pepper, Clari Cheese Pepper, Beaverdam Hot Pepper) 3-4 Red Onion- 1 Lettuce- 1 bag Herbs: Basil – 1 bunch Parsley/Sage/Rosemary/Savory – 1 bundle Mint- 1 bunch Zinnias- 1 bouquet Today’s CSA Share Box: August 9, 2018
Leeks- 1 bunch of 2 Summer squash- zucchini and yellow squash- 3 total Green beans - ½+ lb Kale- 1 bunch Cucumber- 2 Tomatoes- 1 lb / 1 quart (Juliet and Jaune de Flamme combo) Cabbage- 1 head Oasis turnips- 1 bunch Asst Sweet/Hot Peppers- 5 Lettuce- 2 med heads Zinnias- 1 bouquet Golden Frill Mustard: 1 bunch (Light golden-green leaves curl and furl, lift and separate, adding flounce to your salad mix. Intricate serration of foliage seems almost laser cut. Its mustard flavor gives an acute peppery zing.*)
Maruba Santoh: 1 bunch (With Maruba you get four vegetables in one. The loose round vibrant chartreuse leaves provide a mild piquant mustardy flavor while the flat white stems impart a juicy crisp pac choy taste. High-end chefs like to use the blossoms.**) Rainbow chard – 1 bunch Green onions- 1 bunch of 2 Summer squash- zucchini and yellow squash- 3 total Beets- 1 bunch Carrots – 1 bunch baby Green beans - ½+ lb Kale- 1 bunch Cucumber- 2 Zinnias- 1 bouquet Herbs: · Thai basil- 1 bunch · Garlic chives with flowers- 1 bunch · Parsley- 1 bunch * Description from Fedco Seed Catalog 2018 * *Description from Fedco Seed Catalog 2018 Today’s CSA Share Box: July 24, 2018
Golden Frill Mustard: 1 bunch (Open-pollinated. Light golden-green leaves curl and furl, lift and separate, adding flounce to your salad mix. Intricate serration of foliage seems almost laser cut. Its mustard flavor gives an acute peppery zing. Grows quickly for use as a baby green throughout the year and, at sauté size, resists bolting in the summer heat.) Rainbow chard – 1 bunch Green onions- 1 bunch of 3 Summer squash- zucchini and yellow squash- 2 each Raspberries- 1 pt. Beets- 1 bunch Cabbage- 1 (Golden Acre Cabbage: A selection of the Copenhagen Market type billed as “new…the earliest of the round-headed cabbages” in the 1928 Jerome B. Rice catalog. Grey-green heads, some with a faint reddish tint in the outer leaves, average 3–5 lb. Our trialers found them big, round and solid with white interiors. Tasters praised their delicate but crunchy texture, sweet and spicy flavor that developed buttery undertones after cooking.) Carrots – 1 bunch baby Green beans - ½ lb Lettuce- 1 head Kale- 1 bunch Cucumber- 1 Zinnias- 1 bouquet Herbs: · Genovese basil- 1 bunch · Garlic chives with flowers- 1 bunch |
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