CSA Deliveries:
This page describes our anticipated weekly harvest, and what to expect in your delivery.
You can use this to plan your meals, or simply to whet your appetite.
I will be updating this page a day or two before deliveries.
Please remember that two days are a long time in a plants life, particularly as it draws close to it's maturity date. Therefore, I cannot guarantee that all of my predictions will be accurate.
Please
Note:
This is a general guide, and may have to be adjusted
due to the growing conditions that occur during the season.
I find that the last weeks of April and the first weeks
of May in particular can cause an entire years schedule to go awry, and the
effects last well into the season or some crops.
Some crops are listed for multiple deliveries, though not everyone will receive these each time.
June
13:
Snow pea, Lettuce, Spinach,
Arugula, Radish, Pak Choi, Green Garlic
June
20:
Snow Pea, Lettuce, Spinach, Turnip, Arugula, Radish,
Pak Choi, Scapes
June
27:
Snow Pea, Lettuce, Watermelon Radish, Arugula, Radish
July
18:
Green Bean, Lettuce, Chard, Green Onion, Fennel, Tomato,
Green Pepper, Summer Squash, Carrot, Beet
July
25:
Green Bean, Onaway, Lettuce, Kale, Celery, Tomato,
Green Pepper, Jalapeño, Onaway, Summer Squash
Aug
22:
Green Bean (and or romano and or yellow bean), Romano
Beans, Chard, Amaranth, Tomato, Green Pepper, Green & Red Pepper, Summer
Squash, Carrot, Cipollini
Aug
29:
Green Bean (and or romano and or yellow bean), Amaranth, Green Onion, Tomato, Green Pepper, Green & Red Pepper, Summer Squash
Sep
12:
Snap Pea, Lettuce, Kale, Tomato, Green & Red Pepper,
Summer Squash, Red Onion
Sep
19:
Snap Pea, Lettuce, Chard, Arugula, Radish, Celery,
Tomato, Green & Red Pepper, Summer Squash, Color Carrot
Oct
3:
Lettuce, Fennel, Green Onion, Fingerling Potato, Summer
Squash
Oct
10:
Lettuce, Rutabaga, Arugula, Radish, Carrot, Red Potato
Oct
17:
Lettuce, Russian Kale, Cabbage ,
Nov
?:
Kidney Bean, Green Onion, Carrots
Snow
Pea: I expect 2 weeks of deliveries for each
customer – some customers will receive these June 13 and 20; some customers
will receive these June 20 & 27.
Snap
Pea: A piece of row cover over the sown beds will prevent
the pigeons and or crows from dibbling out and eating the seeds, as happened
last year. Also, the plants that did germinate seemed to have a low yield per plant, so I am tripling the number of rows sown this year.
Shelling
Pea: Very limited offering this year, to be
purchased as an extra only. Available
mid season.
Bean: In addition to the green beans, I am growing
some yellow beans as part of our heat stress experiments; some customers may
request these instead.
Romano beans are also part o our heat stress trials. In addition to the yellow and red Dragons Tongue that I sometimes grow, I am trying another green romano. Both varieties were selected for raw/light cooking use.
Kidney
beans: Available late
autumn, unshucked.
Lettuce: A variety of lettuces will be served
throughout the season – greenleaf, buttercrunch, romaine, and redleaf. Customers will typically receive 2-3 heads
depending on head size.
Spinach: Everything will depend on how hot June is for
the success of this crop.
Arugula: In addition to arugula, I grow another
mustard green –Tokyo Bekana, which is a loftier and milder relative
arugula. You receive these mixed
together for your delivery.
Chard: Available throughout the season, so more may
be requested.
Kale: We grow a standard black kale variety; two
successions in the spring and summer. A
third succession of Russian kale is scheduled to be harvested for late fall.
Amaranth: Limited quantity by request only. Typically only a few customers like this
crop.
Parsley: We will be growing at least a small amount of
this, but we have some room for more if there is sufficient interest – I’ll
need to know before March 15.
Cabbage:
Pac
Choi: Small to medium sized heads.
Celery:
Fennel:
Green
Garlic: Entire plant
may be eaten if harvested early enough.
Scape:
Garlic
Bulbs:
Onions: Mostly red cooking onions, a few yellow
onions. Fewer Cipollini onions this
year, both red and yellow.
Green
Onion:
Cherry
Tomato: The cherry
tomatoes mature quicker than the table tomatoes, so the July 18 harvest might
have more of these.
Tomato: Pruden Purple, Cherokee Purple, Cherokee
Carbon, and Moskvich are the varieties I am growing this year, part of our heat
stress experiments. Customers will
receive a mix of these throughout the season.
Pepper: July peppers are likely to be green (few if
any colored yet).
Jalapeno: Limited quantity, enough for everyone though
not everyone will receive these each week they are harvested. First harvest date will depend on when they
have turned color.
Squash: In addition to the mini butternut squash, I
am growing a mini kabocha squash that purportedly has a decent flavour and
extra long shelf life. Customers will receive
both; though the kabocha squash is new for us and will be growing in a new area
of the farm field, so results are not guaranteed.
Zucchini: Two types – a standard European zucchini and
a limited quantity of Lebanese zucchinis.
Potato: White (June), Fingerling (September) and Red
(late season) are the three main types.
I am growing a limited amount of blue and or yellow flesh potatoes as well
to see if these varieties ‘like’ our soil (the russets did not like our soil,
they averaged about 1 -2“diameter).
Carrot: Most carrots we grow are orange (white and
yellow available in October).
Beet: Gold and red beets this season, mix of each. Touchstone Gold is a variety I have used in
the past, when it germinated it was a very dependable variety.
Rutabaga:
Turnip: I harvest these early to ensure crisp roots,
so they will be a bit small.
Radish: I have two radish harvests planned for the
season (spring and fall); though I might have a few more throughout the
season. Expect some new varieties this
year, including french breakfast.
Watermelon
Radish: I’ll give this
treat another try for the spring; I tend to keep waiting for these to size up
and instead they get corky and tough.
This year I am growing more and harvesting earlier. The date of arrival to be determined, likely
late spring.
Purchase
items:
Honey, shiitake mushrooms, and possibly pork could be available
this year, purchased in addition to the CSA share.