2014 Spring share #4
Large Large share, clockwise from top: Savoy cabbage, Scarlet Queen turnips, sweet yellow onions, pac choi, mixed mustard greens, red onions, Red Russian kale, and snow peas in the center. Small Small share, clockwise from top: Red Russian kale, pac…
Sesame Noodles with Bok Choy
This is the perfect dish to pack with the power of raw greens. Because you’re slicing the leaves so thinly, you can get away with serving raw the heartier greens that you’d normally feel compelled to cook before eating. Their…
2014 Spring share #3
Large Large share, clockwise from top: Purple Top turnips, Red Fire lettuce, Green Summer Crisp lettuce, mixed mustard greens, Easter egg radishes, Winterbor kale, pac choi, and arugula. Small Small share, clockwise from top: Purple Top turnips, pac choi,…
Roasted Broccoli Salad with Lemon and Pistachio
We’re still in that flash-pan weather zone between winter and summer, when the sun teases us all day but the cold rises with the dark. The vegetable garden is balanced at this threshold as well, still growing those hearty winter…
2014 Spring share #1
Here’s your vegetable line-up this week! We hope you have some culinary adventures with a few familiar and some new veggies. Lettuce—Mottistone (speckled) and/or Oscarde (dark oakleaf. large shares only) Radish—Easter Egg Mustard Mix—A wide variety of Asian greens like…
Cover Crops
Some of you may have heard of farmers using cover crops in their fields and you might be wondering, what’s that all about? Cover crops are used for a wide variety of reasons, and different crops can provide different benefits…
Texas’ absurd weather
Our early spring crops have nearly all been planted in the past 6 weeks in preparation for the start of the Spring CSA season. All have been growing steadily with the surprisingly warm weather we’ve had throughout February. We’ve been…
Final CSA Share Fall 2013 season
Welcome to your final fall/winter share from the farm. We are simply overjoyed to be able to end in abundance with an out of the ordinary late January harvest! And you have a wild surprise in this week’s box… Broccoli—These…
Approaching Winter, Building for Spring
It’s mid December and tomorrow is the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice. This is a time rich with symbolism and heavy with anticipation. Everything is dim and cold and in a state of semi-rest. The plants that…
2013 Fall CSA Share #5
Here’s this week’s CSA share! See what your box holds this week. Lots of root veggies this week! Most root crops should be stored without their tops, and sealed in the fridge so they stay crisp. Wash them just before…
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