CSA Share – Week 2 (bi-weekly B)
- Rhubarb
- Baby Bok Choy
- Komatsuna – (Japanese mustard spinach)
- Radish
- Swiss Chard
The items above are linked to the vegetable directory – there you will find storage, recipes, and preparation ideas. We also have Pinterest boards for most vegetables with recipe ideas
Featured Recipes of the Week :
Stir Fried Bok Choy, Komatsuna, Swiss Chard and Radish in Garlic Sauce
Recipe recommendations for this week:
Rhubarb Bars, Rhubarb Muffins, Rhubarb Cake, Creamy Radish Salad, Sautéed Swiss Chard, Bok Choy Salad with Sriracha Peanut Dressing
Here is a website dedicated to just Rhubarb – so many possibilities – sweet, savory, and cocktails! https://www.rhubarbinfo.com/
Swiss Chard: Can be eaten raw or cooked; eat the stems too – cut small and sauté; use in place of spinach in recipes; use as a wrap; One of my favorite ways to eat chard is to steam for 2 minutes and drizzle with Crystal City Persian Lime Infused Olive Oil
Komatsuna: eaten raw or cooked; steamed, salads, stir-fry, or soups
Farm Update:
The potatoes have sprouted! Time to scout for potato beetles. This season we planted 400# of Dark Red Norland, 400# of Keuka Gold, 100# of Adirondack Red, 100# of Adirondack Blue. We purchase our organic certified seed potato from Nature’s Circle Farm. As a CSA Member you get the opportunity to harvest them with us in August and bring home a bag of freshly dug potatoes. The snow peas have blossoms. That generally means we should have snow peas in about 2 weeks. Everything has gotten plenty of rain this past week. We are unable to do any tractor work in the field until it dries out a bit. We need the soil to dry to prepare to plant the winter squash transplants (spaghetti, butternut, acorn, and delicata). We are still working on finishing the construction of the new High Tunnel. It turns out you can carefully climb a ladder with a walking boot.
Farm Event Schedule:
JUNE – CSA MEMBER DAY – OPEN HOUSE – Farm tour – Saturday, June 29th 1-3
JULY – GLORIOUS GARLIC HARVEST – Saturday, July 20th10-2
AUGUST – POTATO HARVEST – Saturday, August 17th 10-2
SEPTEMBER – TBD – Saturday, September 21st 1-3
OCTOBER – POT LUCK – CSA MEMBER RENEWAL PARTY – Saturday, October 5th 1-3
A few meals we ate last week…..what are you cooking?
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