August 19th, 2013 This week’s harvest: eggplant (Group B), green beans (Group A), carrots, turnips, beets (try roasted root veggies, yum), chard, kale, dill, cilantro, basil, zucchini, tomatoes, onions, and cucumbers.
Hello everyone, Peter here, giving Linley a break from the rigors of writing our CSA letter for week 9. We are officially half way through the CSA season and I’m 60% sure I’ve memorized 87% of everybody’s names. I have really enjoyed my weeks managing the CSA pickup at Linda’s Café. Being
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August 12th, 2013 This week’s harvest: zucchini, lettuce, cilantro, tomatoes, cucumber, dill, sweet red and white onions, kale, chard, eggplant (group A), strawberries (group B)
“You are what you eat”, we’ve heard it from day one. As farmers, we are often asked about our diet. We have the opportunity to witness the differences between growing vegetables in poor vs. nutritious soil and there is overwhelming evidence that nutrition affects our health as well. Though the science of nutrition is in its infancy, we
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August 5th, 2013 This Week’s Harvest: basil, cilantro, dill, tomatoes, sweet white onions, kale, chard, lettuce, arugula, zucchini, elephant garlic, strawberries (Group A)
Happy Harvest Day!
We’ve decided to give you a little extra basil this week to make pesto. It’s the perfect time because the stems have not become fibrous, and the plants are still producing a lot of tender leaves. Traditionally, basil is made with pine nuts, but a cheaper alternative is to use walnuts instead. We make pesto every week
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July 29th, 2013 This week’s harvest: Spinach, Lettuce, Arugula, Kale, Chard, Zucchini, Tomatoes, Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Onion, Garlic, Eggplant (group A)
It’s amazing how short, but incredibly productive our season is. It must be the high altitude sun! The majority of our harvest is still ahead of us even as we head into August. The warm season crops start producing slowly but before you know it, there’s too much! That is the case for zucchini already and it is soon to be the
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July 22nd, 2013 This week’s harvest: lettuce, zucchini, chard, kale, radishes, tomatoes, onions, , basil, cilantro, garlic (in case you don’t want to break into your braid).
Wow, the farm is growing fast these days. It seems we notice the plants getting bigger every night! We had no idea that the zucchinis would already be producing since it seems like yesterday we were wondering when they would start growing. But sure enough many escaped our attention and we found oversized zucchinis this Monday!
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June 23rd, 2013 Dear Adobe House Farm CSA Members,
This Tuesday is our first CSA pick-up at Linda’s Local Food Cafe from 3-6 (unless you’ve arranged for delivery).
Your share will include: spinach, kale, chard, garlic scapes, basil, cilantro, turnips, mini sweet red and white onions
Spring on the farm has been full of challenges in the process of opening an acre of new growing space. For the first time, we’re irrigating from a pond that is fed from the Reid Ditch, although
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