Author: Sunnyside CSA Core Group

photo: Ulla Kjarval

Hello Neighbors, and welcome to August!
Lots of goodies for you this week, including the start of our garlic share, for those who are participating.

Letter from the farm:
We experienced severe thunder storms last night with hail! Luckily most of our crops seem to have survived– but some of our new bean plants were severly whipped by the wind.

More beautiful weather is forecasted for the next week or so. We got enough rain during the storms to give us a little break from irrigating, which is a blessing during the hot summer months!
Maggie

Vegetable Share
Red Potatoes, 3 lb. bag
Long Green Peppers, 2 pieces
Bell Pepper, 1 piece
Cippolini or White or Walla Walla Onions, 1 bunch
Chives or Carrots, 1 bunch
Garlic, 2 pieces
Baby Batavian Lettuce or Baby Romaine Lettuce, 1 head
Zucchini, 2 pieces

Fruit Share
donut peaches – 1 bag
white peaches – 1 bag

Herb Share
Garlic Chives
Parcel (Parsley and Celery combo)

Garlic Share
Garlic

Lewis Waite Farms
Pick up your orders today!
If you missed this week’s deadline for LWF, you can place you order now for the next delivery on August 18th.

*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.

Hello Neighbors!

Sorry for the radio silence these past couple of weeks. It wasn’t intentional, but our web host had different plans for us.

The farm has enjoyed some hot and dry weather. Perfect for growing zucchini. I’ll likely be using our bounty to make the zucchini baba ganoush pictured above (if I can get up the nerve to turn on the oven).

Notes from the farm:
Potatoes are ready! These are one of our favorite crops to grow — not only delicious, they’re extremely fun to harvest. You dig into the soil and find dozens of beautiful potatoes right under the surface. Since the potatoes you’re getting in your share this week are so fresh, the skins are very thin and the potatoes are delicate and susceptible to scuffing and damage. We recommend that you keep them in the fridge and use them within the week. No need to peel! Gently wash the skin and you’re ready to go!

Vegetable Share
Baby Cabbage, 1 head
Red Potatoes, 1 bag
Swiss Chard, 1 bunch
Long Green Peppers, several pieces
Onions, 1 bunch
Arugula or Purslane, 1 bunch/bag
Baby Leeks, 1 bunch
Basil, 1 bunch
Zucchini, several pieces

Fruit Share
Blueberries
Peaches

Herb Share
Chives
Spearmint

Lewis Waite Farms
If you missed the last LWF pick-up, be sure to place your order by Sunday July 31st for delivery on Thursday August 4th.
Click here to order.

*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.

Letter from the farm:

Wow, what a terrific box this week! It’s great, because I never know what’s coming up in the share until I get the picking list from Matthew on Monday, so I can be surprised along with you! If you haven’t had radicchio before, this is the week to try it! It’s delicious both raw in a salad (best paired with a shaving of hard cheese like parmesan to balance out the bitterness), or grilled or sauteed. We’ve been grilling up our zucchini this past week, and then slicing and tossing in pasta salads. This Smitten Kitchen recipe is one of our new favorites. I hope everyone had a great long holiday weekend! Maggie

Vegetable Share
Green Romaine Lettuce, 1 head
Green Batavian Lettuce, 1 head
Swiss Chard, 1 bunch
Scallions, 1 bunch
Onions, several pieces
Beets or Carrots, 1 bunch
broccoli, several pieces
radicchio, 1 head
Zucchini, several pieces

Fruit Share
First come, first served. Choose from Blueberries, Gooseberries or Currants.

Lewis Waite Farms
If you missed last week’s LWF pick-up, be sure to place your order by Sunday July 17th for delivery on Thursday July 21.

*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.

Hello neighbors!

As you know, farming is temperamental business. This means that sometimes the share forecast we get from the farm on Tuesday or Wednesday is outdated by the time we get our vegetables on Thursday.  But the last minute changes always yield vegetables so gorgeous and delicious (how about last week’s beautiful kale?) that we forget all about that subbed out veg.

That said, I admit I’ve been pining for radishes since French breakfast radishes were replaced by Japanese salad turnips. Lucky for me, there are local farmers markets to supplement our weekly boxes. I picked up these extra spicy radishes at the Saturday market in Kingston, NY. Enjoyed them raw, tempering their heat with some sweet sugar snap peas.

Be sure to click through for storage tips and recipes.

Vegetable Share
Green Romaine Lettuce, 1 head
Red Batavian Lettuce, 1 head
Toscano Kale, 1 bunch
Scallions, 1 bunch
Onions, 1 bunch
Golden Beets, 1 bunch
Zucchini, 1 piece

Fruit Share
Raspberries

Lewis Waite Farms
It’s a Lewis Waite pick-up week.
If you missed this one, be sure to place your order by Sunday July 17th for delivery on Thursday July 21.

*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.

Hello neighbors!
Another gorgeous CSA shot from Dennis. I must admit the first week’s strawberries left a little to be desired, but last week’s were delicious! Hope all you fruit sharers are enjoying! And vegetable sharers, weren’t those red onions gorge?

Be sure to click thru for storage tips and recipes.

Vegetable Share
Red Boston Lettuce, 1 head
Red Romaine Lettuce, 1 head
Fennel, 1 bunch
Scallions, 1 bunch
Kohlrabi, 1 bunch
Red Beets, 1 bunch
Kale, 1 bunch

Fruit Share
Raspberries!

*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.

Hello neighbors!
Hope you all enjoyed last week’s share. I was sad we didn’t get Bok Choy last week, but it makes a return this week. Incidentally, last week’s swiss chard made a great bok choy replacement. Those stalks were juicy and crispy both raw and in stirfry!

Be sure to click thru for storage tips and recipes.

Vegetable Share
Green Boston Lettuce, 1 head
Escarole, 1 giant head!
Baby Arugula, .35 lb bag
Japanese Salad Turnips, 1 bunch
Toscano Kale, 1 bunch
Cilantro, 1 bunch
Early Season Red Onions, 1 bunch

Fruit Share
Strawberries, 1 container

*As always, please keep in mind that the list is subject to change, depending on what’s going on at the farm.