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All I can say is tomatoes!!!!….best tomato season ever for us. We harvest 400+ pounds 1 day and over 600+ 2 days later. How does that even happen! And will pick again tonight….a bit overwhelming and fun all rolled together. We are out of space and we are busy making our own sauce to enjoy during the winter months.

When we were not harvesting tomatoes we transplanted spinach into hoop 2 for Autumn harvest.

Scott seeded in long rows of Fall radishes in hoop 2 and we irrigated like crazy even after all that rain. The next rotation of beans is flowering and the edamame is just about ready.

We had a weather casualty. All that Fall broccoli we planted was just heading up when the heat and rain hit and those perfect little heads baked in the hot wet sun. We walked down the rows and cut the heads with hopes we get some jumbo side shoots. We have a late season broccoli crop out there too so hopefully we will all eat a bit more broccoli at the finish of the season.

The spaghetti squash is harvested and curing in the greenhouse and we had a great watermelon harvest this week.

CSA #11

Head Lettuce, Kale, Superior Potatoes, Italian Fry Peppers, Lunchbox peppers (snack only), Cherry tomatoes, Slice Tomatoes, Sweet Summer Onions, Zucchini, Watermelon, Cantaloupe (snack only)

Head Lettuce-A pretty bicolored mini oakleaf. Sweet flavor

Kale-We harvested the smaller tender leaves. This year we only grew Lacinato varieties as we think they taste best!

Potatoes-Superior is the variety….fluffy and delicious. I think we might be having the best potato year too….there is something to say for sure for 100% weed free and perfect growing conditions.

Italian Fry Peppers-We had to go down the rows and pick some green ones to thin them out. The plants are loaded-the peppers are crowding each other out and also tipping the plants over with weight.

Lunchbox peppers-snack only-delicious sweet peppers and so pretty too.

Cherry tomatoes…..The bounty continues.

Slice tomatoes-Great selection this week….4 again for Snack and 6 again for Full.

Sweet Onions-This is the end of the sweet onion harvest. We will move on to storage onions next.

Zucchini-Happy to say patches are slowing down.

Watermelon-2 or 3 in all Full Shares 1 in Snack Pack. Enjoy!

Cantaloupe-snack only-Sweet cantaloupe has returned to the CSA. More for Full Share next week…

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-HEAD LETTUCE, CORN, CARROTS, EDAMAME, TOMATOES, PEPPERS CANTALOUPE AND MORE….

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An amazing week of big harvests in the garden, early morning to beat the heat and a very odd rhythm with the storms that popped up quickly-even in the sunshine! Over 3 inches total for the week here with no severe damaging weather and we are grateful. Somehow the days flew past with many outfit changes out of wet clothes. The tomato patch is amazing we pull over 400+ pounds out of there every other day. The tomatoes are beautiful but we see decline crawling in with this high humidity and heat and storms. Glad to say several weeks of harvesting to go. The potato harvest is fantastic and we believe it may be a “best ever” potato season for us. We will be eating a lot of potatoes! Hoop 2 was cleared of 3 great carrot rotations for future shares and we are preparing the space for Fall spinach.

The season are changing. And we grabbed 2 more pumpkins from the patch this week again just for fun.

Daily melon checks in both the watermelon and cantaloupe patches….next week these beauties will be in the shares…..

CSA #10

Head lettuce, leeks, red norland potatoes, zucchini, corn, cherry tomatoes, slice tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers.

Head Lettuce-A favorite here. Juicy mini heads. A variety called Newham.

Leeks-These are an early summer variety.

Potatoes-Red norland. These are a waxier variety and great fried or boiled. Delicious with the leeks pan fried or frittatas… They hold their shape well and do not break down. IF you want to make potato leek soup-hold those leeks until next week…..next week’s variety great for soup.

Zucchini-Patch 1 almost “retired”…#2 chugging along….daily harvests to keep them small and great texture. We add zucchini to EVERYTHING!. Maeve is the stirfry gal.

Corn!-More delicious sweet corn from Raupp Family Farm-Scott’s relatives grow amazing sweet corn and we are thankful they share the harvest with us. This corn is conventionally grown.

Cherry tomatoes-Several varieties and Maeve handles the washing and packaging all on her own. Great harvest this year. We have cherry tomatoes on the extra table too this week as the harvest was HUGE!

Slice tomatoes-A bounty! Such a great year.

Peppers-Baby bells for all shares….and sweet mini picnic peppers in Full share only. And tons of hot peppers on the extra table this week.

Cucumbers-this is the official end to the cucumbers. I picked what I could find and 2-3 in every share.

Cilantro-on the extra table. I planted flats of cilantro and will have it out with snippers for those that love it. Feel free to snip away….

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-LETTUCE, PEPPERS, KALE, TOMATOES, CHERRY TOMATOES, MELONS!!!, ZUCCHINI, ONIONS AND MORE….

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The weeks rolled by and somehow we turned the calendar to August. The days are shorter and the light has changed to create deeper tones in the garden….We can feel the garden transitioning to late summer. The potato vines are dying back and the cucumber vines too are offering up their final cucumbers. The watermelon are just about ready and the tomato patch blazes red. We will start pulling the spaghetti squash next week and dig early leeks for the shares. I love this time of year even though it seems summer has zoomed right by….

CSA #9

Head lettuce, chinese cabbage, garlic, fennel, beets, cucumbers, zucchini, slice tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, corn and sweet summer onions.

Head lettuce- We are loving the taste of this beautiful dark lettuce. Sweet flavor and a great crunch.

Chinese Cabbage-Makes a fantastic slaw with blue cheese. This is a mid sized head variety and the last of the chinese cabbage for the season.

Garlic-We have a great garlic crop this season. We save our garlic from year to year and use the biggest heads for seed the next season.

Fennel-Fennel is delicious in the chinese cabbage slaw. Grilled and charred has amazing flavor and we love LOVE! it in a cold beet salad. Enjoy!

Beets!-We grew this variety-Zeppo in hoop 2.

Cucumbers-This may be the end of cucumbers….The vines are slowing down.

Zucchini-Patch #1 is nearing the end of harvest and #2 planting is just picking up speed. We harvest zucchini every morning and it still amazes me how they grow so quickly in 1 day.

Tomatoes!-Here come the slicers. Heirlooms, paste and perfect burger red beauties. They will be out for members to pick their favorites.

Cherry tomatoes-A HUGE! harvest of these delicious gems. Great assortment of color, flavor and texture.

Corn-The corn is fantastic this year. A HUGE! thank you to Scott’s relatives-Raupp Family Farm for sharing their sweet corn with our CSA. We are grateful……This is conventionally grown sweet corn.

Sweet summer onions-More! of this delicious summer staple. Another great harvest this season for us.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-TOMATOES, CHERRY TOMATOES, POTATOES, ZUCCHINI, CORN, HEAD LETTUCE, LEEKS, KALE AND MORE………

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We are in full summer garden bounty mode here. HUGE! harvests hauled up from the garden and the tomatoes are kicking in and the peppers too. The days are full and happy. Irrigation is running around the clock as it is dry but we are keeping up. The plants love the heat and bright sunshine. All outside crops are in for the season and we joke we are riding the wave to the end now…..it’s fun to watch the brussels sprouts grow tall and the squash size up.

We placed the heart and square molds on the watermelons this week and excited to see what we get this year. Always a fun experiment.

CSA #8

head lettuce, leaf lettuce (full only), bell peppers, cucumbers, arugula, sweet summer onions, purple filet beans, carrots, kohlrabi, basil, slice tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, sweet mini peppers (full only)

Head Lettuce-Another delicious and crunchy head from hoop 1. It’s called salad bowl.

Leaf lettuce-Delicate leaf lettuce is a treat in the summer heat. Sweet.

Bell Peppers-We planted an assortment of Bells this year-mini to full sized. The plants look great and this is the 1st big harvest of peppers for the season….

Sweet mini Snack Peppers (full only)-These little gems are just starting to color up. They are called picnic and we love them….

Cucumbers-We are thrilled with our selections this year of cucumbers. Great flavor thicker skins and nice storage too.

Arugula-Another variety of this zippy green. We love it added to our fresh salads.

Sweet summer onions-Enjoy! We had a great harvest this season of summer onions….and a great onion cleaner too.

Purple filet beans-These are the beauties that were flattened in that terrible storm. We had a great harvest off the pancaked plants BUT it is a 1 and done……impossible-or near impossible to pick and not break the stem. Enjoy! this is the last of the beans until the next rotation in a few weeks.

Carrots-A great harvest from hoop 2. Crunchy and flavorful.

Kohlrabi-An outside kohlrabi crop. A great addition to fresh salads and shredded in a slaw.

Basil-Basil to kick off the tomato season. Grown in the greenhouse so tender and sweet.

Slice tomatoes-Here they come….over 20 varieties!

Cherry tomatoes-Weekly cherry tomatoes will be here for awhile…

Zucchini-Huge daily harvest from patch 1 and the 2nd patch is kicking in….

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-TOMATOES!!!! CHERRY TOMATOES, HEAD LETTUCE, CUCUMBER, POTATO, ZUCCHINI, GARLIC, KALE AND MORE…..

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Another happy week….Maeve is home and the mornings were cool and crops strong. We were on a good roll. Alllllll the onions came out and processed for drying.

A Great onion year for us….We are thrilled and we planted tons of shallots for late season delight.

2 very long rows of late season Fall broccoli went in and another rotation of cabbage. Transplanting is pretty much over for outside crops. More Fall Spinach was seeded in to fill Hoop 2 when the carrots and beets come out. We still follow our “routine” of daily harvest of cucumber, beans and zucchini. And we hand dug 1/2 a row of potatoes to kick of the season. Next week we will hook up the potato digger and harvest a long row of potatoes for next week’s share. Potato crop and sweet potatoes look to be best ever for us and we are excited.

CSA #7

head Lettuce. zucchini, cucumbers, sweet onions, corola potatoes, green beans, sunflower shoots, bell peppers (full only), cherry tomato (full only), 1 slice tomato (full only), broccoli side shoots (snack pack only)

Head Lettuce-A favorite! Lovelock. Just delicious-crunchy and flavorful.

Zucchini-1st patch is hitting stride and 2nd patch just started producing.

Cucumbers-A seeded in rotations are now producing.

Sweet onions-Maeve was the onion cleaner this week….

Potatoes-Corola is the variety. Great mashed or fried.

Green Beans-The plants were loaded this week….next up the purple beans

Sunflower shoots-Snip and add to fresh salads- or garnish. Nutty flavor.

Bell Peppers-Enough for Full Share…more peppers sweet and hot on extra table.

Cherry tomatoes-the cherry tomato row is just kicking in….enough of these little gems for Full Share.

Slice tomato-1 in full share only this week.

Broccoli Side shoots (snack only)-We are blown away at the side shoot production on these plants that were started in the greenhouse in March! Crazy. We do not need the space so we are leaving the row to see how long this goes.

We harvested a ton of eggplant this week and it will be on the extra table for members this week. Enjoy!

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-TOMATOES!, CARROTS, BEETS, FENNEL, POTATOES, CUCUMBERS, ZUCCHINI, PURPLE BEANS, LETTUCE AND MORE….

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Baraboo experienced a significant weather event yesterday around 5 pm. High winds, hail and over 2 inches of rain. We are fine. No damage here and garden good and loved the big drink. The edamame crop got pushed around a bit but nothing snapped off or damaged. The purple bean rows were flattened but here is the funny thing….this is the 5th!!! year in a row this happens with this crop. I saw it this morning and actually laughed and said to myself “of course it happened again!”. A big storm blasts through right at the wrong time. Makes for difficult harvesting but we are relieved as things could have been much worse.

A week that flew! We planted a sunflower patch for Autumn Splendor. A final “hail Mary” crop of carrots in hoop 2, the Fall Spinach was seeded in, long rows of radishes planted and we stuck to the “routine” of daily harvest of zucchini, beans and cucumbers. We pulled the garlic and prepped it for curing on a really hot day.

A good strong garlic year for us. Fresh just pulled garlic in every share this week.

We noticed that those long rows of beans we seeded in right before the heat wave had lame germination. VERY spotty. This happens sometimes when it gets just too hot. The bean seeds cook and rot. So, we seeded in again and noticed this morning all is well. Full germination down all 4 rows.

The melons are forming and about the size of a baseballs, peppers are forming too and a few jalapenos ready for the “extra table” this week. Tomato plants look fantastic! Won’t be long now.

CSA #6

Head lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, beans, beets (snack only), collard greens, garlic, shallots, cabbage, and eggplant (full only), broccoli side shoots (full only)

Head lettuce-We harvested 2 varieties this week from Hoop 1. A romaine and an oakleaf. We mixed them up and 1 or the other is in every share.

Cucumbers-The long trellised rows are just starting to kick in. We planted larger varieties this season with tougher skin so they hold up in storage a bit longer.

Zucchini-The patch looks strong….Huge morning harvests.

Green beans-We crawled down the bean rows every day and always amazed at the bounty.

Beets-We did a selective harvest of the beets out of hoop 2. Pulled the bigger ones and those that needed to give their neighbor a bit more space. Snack Pack only this week. More to come.

Garlic-Fresh garlic is delicious. Enjoy the flavor.

Collard greens-A huge favorite around here. We use it as our wrap for sandwiches. Cut the center spine and use as you would a wrap or bread. Also, delicious in side salads or stirfry. Chop, saute and add to the mix. Makes a great slaw too.

Shallots-A mild onion flavor. We planted tons of shallots this year and harvested a few early birds for fun.

Cabbage-More of the sweet crisp mini heads.

Eggplant- We tucked some cuties in Full Share again this week.

Broccoli-(Full Only) We cannot believe the side shoot production off these plants. We are pulling the plants this week as we need the space for Fall Broccoli to go in.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-HEAD LETTUCE, SWEET SUMMER ONIONS, CUCUMBERS, ZUCCHINI, CUTTING CELERY, POTATOES! (FINGERS CROSSED) AND MORE….

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Another happy week in the gardens. We transitioned to “summer routine”. Early morning daily harvests, watering and maintenance. The plants loved the heat-us not so much but we powered through… Scott is making his way down the tomato patch securing the plants to the trellis. The vines are loaded with fruit and cherry tomatoes started showing color this week.

Cantaloupe patch is in full bloom, and the 2nd rotation of beans flowering too. All major crops are in and now just seeding in the lettuce rotations, Fall Spinach and radishes. We will start pulling the garlic and shallots next week and of course we weed every free moment available. Over a half inch of rain fell and with the cool temperatures we feel like we are in our own perfect paradise. Such a great start to the summer.

CSA #5

Head Lettuce, Kale, Zucchini, green beans, cucumber sweet onions, and eggplant (Full only)

Head lettuce-A fantastic lettuce harvest this week. 2 pretty varieties. Delicious.

Kale-We decided to only grow lacinato varieties this year as we feel they have the best flavor. A wilted kale cold salad is delicious and we love kale chips too.

Zucchini-The 1st patch is kicking in looking great. 2nd patch is settled in and in flower too. Zucchini will be a staple in the shares for many weeks to come.

Green Beans-Daily morning harvest. We pick them smaller as who wants to eat a pencil? The flavor and texture so much better. Enjoy! A summer of beans for us…..

Cucumbers-3 varieties producing this week.

Sweet onions-We planted 4 varieties this year of sweet onions. This is the 1st.

Eggplant (full only)-HUGE! Surprise that the eggplant had such an abundant harvest this week. The plants are large and strong this year. We are thrilled after a so so eggplant year last year.

Best guess for next week. Head lettuce, collard greens, fresh garlic, shallots, green beans, cucumbers, zucchini and more….

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It rained! And rained! Just perfect. We were getting to the point of being a bit worried after we got a huge dump of 2 inches in a little over 20 minutes but that was the end of it….The sun is shining and crops are loving the warm bright sun and lots and lots of moisture. Tomatoes are taking off and setting fruit.

We crossed the finish line of the weeding maraton and for the 1st time in our gardening history we are 100% weed free. Feels really good. We even had a little extra time and did some “recreational” weeding around the edges and flower beds too.

A final rotation of cucumbers went in and edamame too. Another big row of kohlrabi for the end of the season and 2 long rows of beans. Fun to start picking the cucumbers and summer squash and the green beans are slowly kicking in. Feels like summer.

CSA #4

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-LEAF LETTUCE, BABY KALE MIX, SWISS CHARD, GARLIC SCAPES, PAC CHOI (FULL ONLY), CUCUMBER, GREEN BEANS (FULL ONLY), ZUCCHINI (FULL ONLY), RADISH (SNACK ONLY), BROCCOLI SIDE SHOOTS (SNACK ONLY)

Leaf Lettuce-A sweet mix of leafy lettuce.

Baby Kale-baby kale is delicious added to fresh salads or we love it quickly wilted with garlic scapes and a bit of olive oil.

Swiss Chard-Fantastic with scrambled eggs. And a tasty (and pretty) addition to fresh salads. Cut the stems into matchsticks-beautiful and crunchy.

Garlic scapes-End off the scapes before we move on to FRESH garlic. Use as you would garlic cloves. Long storage life too in the crisper drawer.

Pac choi (Full only)-Last harvest of this crunchy family favorite until Fall. Funny but our dog LOVES the white stalks.

Cucumber-2 varieties just started to produce this week. More to come.

Green Beans (Full only)-The bean row was a bit slow to produce this week in the overcast weather but full production should kick in this week!

Zucchini (Full only)-Slow to kick in too this week from the overcast days but here they come.

Radishes-(Snack Only) Crunchy Gems from Hoop 2!

Broccoli-(Snack Only) I think this is the end of the fantastic looooooooong broccoli run. Enjoy! 2 other broccoli rotations planted now in the garden for future harvest.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-LETTUCE, SWEET ONIONS, KALE, CUCUMBERS, DILL, BEANS, ZUCCHINI, BABY CABBAGE AND MORE….

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Another powerhouse week. We continued our weeding marathon all week long and made our way through a 2nd pass in hoop 2 and all the carrots and beets look perfect. 2nd passes in the onions and beans and peppers too. Scott is weed wacking the walkways and edges and in his free time tied up the tomato plants on the trellis as they shot right up in the heat and irrigation. Tomatoes are forming and the plants look strong. Best news is……the potato patch walkways are covered and it is 100% weed free! A huge thank you to Cousin John for cultivating the walkways before we came to lay the landscape fabric. 500 staples and a few hours later it looks fabulous. The plants are just starting to flower and I think this is going to be a best ever year for us with potatoes. Fingers crossed.

We transplanted lettuce into hoop 1 after harvest and got looooong rows of broccoli and cabbage out in the garden for a later harvest. More cucumber transplants went in to extend our rotation just as we saw the 1st cucumbers forming on the 1st plants.

A row of late HUGE! german kohlrabi went in for Fall harvest and we are pondering 1 more rotation of edamame.

The pea tragedy continues…this week’s peas are it. They just could not handle the heatwave. They quit flowering and kinda gave up. So we will pull the vines this weekend and the 2nd zucchini patch goes in. It is disappointing but we are grateful for the harvest we had. They are sweet and delicious.

A few zucchini were harvested this morning and I snuck them into a few full shares….hopefully they will kick in next week….and look what else we hope for next week…..

Such a great start to the summer.

CSA #3

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-HEAD LETTUCE, ASIAN GREENS MIX, KOHLRABI, TOKYO BEKANA, CABBAGE, BROCCOLI, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, ARUGULA

Head Lettuce-This beauty is called Cherokee. LOVE! the color and the crunch of the sweet ribs.

Asian Greens mix-Spicy. Great in fresh salads or lightly saute with garlic scapes.

Kohlrabi-White and green. These are the last of the huge harvest. They will return in Fall.

Tokyo Bekana-The flavor is great in a fresh salad. Just like a fluffy chinese cabbage

Mini Cabbage-Perfect size. 2 in Full Shares 1 in Snack Pack-Delicious sliced and grilled or maybe another coleslaw week.

Broccoli-Side shoots are coming on strong. It takes forever to pick but so worth it.

Peas-Sugar snaps. Eat pod and all. 2 varieties harvested in every share. And as mentioned…this is it for peas this season.

Arugula-A snappy addition to a fresh salad and wilted with a bit of olive oil and a splash of vinegar is delicious as a side.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK. SWISS CHARD, ZUCCHINI, GREEN BEANS, ROMAINE HEAD LETTUCE, GARLIC SCAPES AND MORE…..

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A wonderful week! The watermelon and cantaloupe patches went in. More beets were planted and lettuce rotations too. We snipped all the garlic scapes and weeded like maniacs! A first for us-we made it alllllll the way through the potato patch. Weeded the entire thing-every hole. And next week we will get the walkways covered after they are tilled.

The irrigation runs around the clock and we look to the sky for rain. It is dry but Scott is on top of it and the garden is thriving.

Cucumbers are flowering and the 1st rotation of beans too. Baby zucchini is forming on the plants and maybe next week we will pick our 1st of the season. Blossoms on the eggplant. Exciting to go on our garden walk about in the mornings.

Hoop 2 is almost fully transitioned to beets and carrots! 1 last lettuce rotation we will be harvesting for next week’s share and then it will be allllllll carrots and beets. We LOVE hoop 2.

1 tragedy….the 1st rotation of early sugar snap peas burned up in the heat. Not sure why but they fried. BUT good news is 2 more rotations of different varieties are just about ready….next week sugar snap peas again.

SUMMER SHARE #2

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE-spinach, head lettuce, garlic scapes, carrots, basil plant, bunching onions, kohlrabi, pac choi and chinese cabbage

Spinach-This is the end of spinach until Fall. We held back some from the last harvest last week. Enjoy! A great Spring spinach season for us. Spinach will return in the Fall.

Head Lettuce-A mini beauty this week-great flavor. Our goal is fresh lettuce every week. Hoop 1 is completely dedicated to lettuce rotations now that the last pac choi is harvested.

Garlic Scapes-Our garlic patch planted in the Fall looks great! Big strong stalks. We snipped the scapes. Tastes just like fresh garlic. Use as you would garlic cloves. Lasts forever in the fridge.

Carrots-1st crop of the season! Enjoy. Great flavor growing slow in the cold.

Basil Plant-Genovese variety. If you were in the Spring share this is a different variety. Great for pesto. Transplant into your garden or a BIG! pot and it will thrive.

Onions-Last of these little bunching guys from the hoop house.

Kohlrabi-What a harvest! Perfect and tender. 2 varieties.

Pac choi-Delicious thick juicy stalks. We love it as an added crunch in our fresh salads. And fantastic in a stir fry.

Chinese Cabbage-A great harvest of this mini variety. This is the perfect week to make a fancy coleslaw-the cabbage, carrots onions kohlrabi and garlic scapes.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-HEAD LETTUCE, LEAFY GREENS MIX, MINI CABBAGE, DILL, SUGAR SNAP PEAS, KALE, TOKYO BEKANA, BROCCOLI SIDE SHOOTS, AND MORE….

REMEMBER TO RETURN YOUR SHARE BAGS EACH WEEK…..THANK YOU.

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