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A fantastic start to the 2019 season….!

The 1st CSA Share of the season is always exciting.  It’s the kick off to the summer and we are thrilled.  The hoophouse is fully stocked and crops look wonderful. 

Many nights of covering the crops in the hoop house to protect from the chill and then off again quickly in the mornings….this secured a great harvest of early season greens.

Our heated greenhouse is fully stocked with little seedlings ready to go out in the garden whenever it dries up a bit.

Peek inside the greenhouse….FULL!

Scott even had to add on an additional “wing” as we had run out of available space…this nice addition keeps all cozy until we are assured that the temperatures are warm enough overnight to start transplanting outside.

Heated greenhouse with additional “wing”.

It’s a fun time of year with lots of activity inside the greenhouse, hoop house and outside in the garden.  We scurry about and all is weather dependent.  It has been a long cold wet spring so the outside garden duties are about 2 weeks behind last year’s inground planting schedule.   We planted 1800 feet of peas!  A bounty to look forward to in the near future.  Sugar snap, shelling and snow are all up and on their way.  A long trough of outdoor spinach went in and is thriving.

SPRING SHARE #1

All produce is washed, weighed and carefully packed in cloth totes chilling in our walk in cooler at time of pick up.  Please return cloth tote for reuse the following week.  A note about packaging….feel free to return all packaging.  Hard plastic shells will be sanitized for reuse and any plastic bags or plastic film will be responsible recycled.

What is in your share.

HUGE bag triple rinsed wintered over spinach, pea shoots, gemstone asian greens mix,  mesclun leafy greens mix.

Spinach-A wonderful early season treat.  This spinach is wintered over and planted last September.  Hard to believe it survived the deep freeze of last winter.  We are harvesting 5 different varieties and all have different leaf structures and texture.  Enjoy!

Beautiful spinach in the hoop house.

We harvest all spinach leaf by leaf by leaf and then triple rinse and spin….

Scott harvesting Spinach.

Spinach from dunk tank #2- #3.

Pea Shoots.  Taste just like fresh peas.  Snip and add to fresh salads, garnish a pasta dish or a topping to a favorite sandwich.  Keep in a bright window sill and water as needed…

Pea Shoots!

Gemstone Greens Mix-A baby leafy greens mix of mild mustards.  Can be enjoyed fresh or slightly steamed and wilted. Delicious with a little kick of spiciness.

Perfect for morning harvest.

Mesclun Mix-Baby greens-lettuces, chois, and mild mustards.  Best fresh in salads or as a garnish to warm dishes.  A favorite.

After the morning harvest. We do a second cutting off this patch and then pull the crop.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK.

Baby arugula, leaf lettuce, spinach, chives radishes and more!

Just about ready for next week’s harvest.