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CSA Summer Share #3 June 27th

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Life in the garden is rolling along. The plants seem to double in size overnight in this heat and the cucumber vines crawl up the trellis. Tomatoes are setting fruit and the 1st rotation of cabbage just about ready to harvest. It’s pretty cool! Our week was spent seeding in more carrots and beets for late season harvest. The second “season extender” zucchini patch went in, another rotation of green beans and another of edamame too. We transplanted out 300 broccoli starts, and a couple hundred cabbage too. We are weeding maniacs and so far seem to be on top of things. It looks snazzy and no wading through calf high weeds in our walkways this year.

Pea harvest has just begun. We had our 1st pick last night. 1 variety of 4 and next’s week harvest is going to be huge…We are thrilled! Best pea crop we have had in years…..2 varieties tower over our heads on the trellis and all varieties are loaded with peas.

Scott doing a quick taste test.

Fantastic sugar snaps…

This is how we will spend our week…..staring at the pea vines.

Here is our big experiment this year. We planted all the spaghetti squash and summer squash in between the pea rows. We are banking on the peas being done and the trellis out of there before the squash gets too big. Yikes! It’s going to be close-real close! I’ll keep you posted.

The hoop house is transitioned to our “leafy green” house for the summer except for carrots where the turnips come out…

The lettuce house.

We’ve settled into a nice routine. The garden is FULL! and hoop house too. Our days will shift to harvest and maintenance.

NEXT WEEK PICK UP IS WEDNESDAY JULY 3RD.

SUMMER SHARE #3

I forgot to document weight the past 2 weeks in the blog. That is always fun! This week 261 pounds of garden goodness went home with CSA members.

Full.

Snack

What is in your share….head lettuce, pac choi, kohlrabi, turnip, garlic scapes, sugar snap peas (snack only), baby beets (full only), zucchini (full only), and snow peas (full only).

Head lettuce-snack 1 snappy summer crisp and full 1 summer crisp and 1 fluffy bi color.

Triple rinsed and ready to bag.

Pac choi-I LOVE pac choi and eat it almost every day. It is so juicy and flavorful. It is a favorite. Fresh in salad, saute, or in broth all delicious.

Pac choi at harvest.

Morning dew on the Pac choi.

Kohlrabi-We had a great harvest of kohlrabi this week-green and pretty white.

Kohlrabi chilling in the dunk tank.

Beautiful.

Salad Turnip-Surprise! We thought we would give it a shot and it worked. A great harvest of these gems from the hoop house.

Morning salad turnip harvest.

Garlic Scape-Always a fun crop. Use as you would garlic. Great mild garlic flavor.

Sugar Snap Peas (snack only)-1st pick of the season and a 1/2 pound in every snack pack share.

Bumper crop Pea year for us…get ready for next week.

Baby beets (full only)-A small harvest of an experimental mini beet crop…Sweet little gems.

Garden gumballs!

Zucchini-(full only) The very 1st pick of the season of these garden staples. 4 varieties were planted this year. We harvest daily so they are small and tender.

Summer Squash bloom.

Summer Squash season has begun.

Snow Peas (full only)-1st picking of these beauties as well. Delicious fresh or in the summer stir fry.

Snow peas at harvest.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-Tons of peas, TONS!, beautiful broccoli, head lettuce, swiss chard, chinese cabbage, zucchini, and more!

Remember next week’s pick up is Wednesday!

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Summer Share #2 June 20th

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Happy Summer! A fantastic week in the gardens. Amazing how all the crops in the ground have taken off….

Tomato plants have doubled in size!

The watermelon crop is in! 180 plants. An early morning duty. We always wait a bit in transplanting this crop and grow the plants nice and big for time of transplant. Works well for us and the plants seem to thrive in the warmer temperatures. 6 different varieties went in the ground.

Watermelon transplanting in the morning sun.

We seeded in more carrots, lots of beets, and long rows of beans again. Another rotation of cucumbers at the trellis and we weeded all the onions. Fall rotations of broccoli, kohlrabi, cabbage were seeded in the green house for transplant too.

We LOVED!!! this week….

We are hopeful Peas next week….a little bit of sunshine and we will have a bounty.

SUMMER SHARE #2

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

Full Share #2

Snack Pack #2

Basil Plant (1 snack/2 Full), sweet leaf lettuce, mesclun mix, broccoli, bunching onions, tokyo bekina (fluffy chinese cabbage), kohlrabi, mint (full only)

Basil Plant- We started several different varieties for members to select a favorite to take home.

Leaf lettuce-Sweet juicy tissue paper thin harvest. Nothing better than early season leaf lettuce. All triple rinsed. This crop will return in Fall.

Leaf lettuce at harvest.

Mesclun Mix- A fun leafy mix of a few spicy asian greens with kale and leaf lettuce to round it out. A favorite mix.

Dew kissed Mesclun mix in the morning.

Head Lettuce- A snappy head of Summer Crisp. Sturdy leaves great on burgers and sandwiches.

Head lettuce at harvest.

Broccoli-This is the start of the broccoli bonanza. An early variety called Blue Wind. Smaller head size. 3 rotations are in the garden now of broccoli. Hopefully a summer of broccoli for all of us….

Morning Broccoli Harvest.

Bunching onions-1st of the onions. We plant these in the hoop house for an early harvest.

Bunching onions planted against the side wall in the hoop house with tokyo bekina in front.

Tokyo Bekina-This is 1 of my favorite hoop house crops. Great cabbage flavor, great texture, and so pretty.

Tokyo Bekina shining in the sun!

Kohlrabi-1st early harvest of these crunchy gems…we are going to be kohlrabi maniacs this year. MORE! to come….white, purple and those jumbo guys in Fall.

Kohlrabi floating in the dunk tank.

Mint (Full Share Only)- Add to your summer beverages, step in the evening for a hot tea, add to a fruit salad. Mint shouts summertime.

Mint crop ready to harvest.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK…

Peas!!!???, swiss chard, garlic scapes, head lettuce, kohlrabi, pac choi and more…

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1st Summer CSA Share June 13th

Posted in Uncategorized on June 13, 2019| 1 Comment »

The gardens look fantastic after a slow cold Spring start. We are thrilled! We hustled between the raindrops and planted and planted and planted and planted. A few long days but everything is in and thriving.

All the tomatoes settled in.

Potato planting out at Uncle Jim’s again this year.

Hands after planting 520 pounds manually.

Our crops look strong. Pea plants flowering and itty bitty peas forming…not too long of a wait for these beauties.

I saw garlic scapes forming today and the cabbage is heading up too. Summer is on it’s way. We are excited for the 2019 Season!

1st Summer CSA Share….

All produce is washed and portioned out prior to pick up time. All Shares are packed and ready for pick up in our walk in cooler at designated pick up time. Members names are on a list attached to cooler door. Names are crossed of when share picked up.

Any packaging material can be returned for reuse or recycle.

Please return your tote for reuse the following week for reuse.

ALL Full Shares packed in orange totes.

ALL Snack Pack Shares packed in Green totes.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

Outdoor Spring Spinach, Radish medley, Sunflower shoots, Turnips, Baby kale, Head lettuce-(2 snack/3 full), Pac choi, Mini Green Pac choi (Full only), leaf lettuce….

Full Share

Snack Pack

Outdoor Spring Spinach-We picked the last of our early outdoor Spring Spinach. It is delicious lightly steamed or saute. The crop was pulled and the area transitioned to carrots.

Radish Medley-Tons!! of crunchy radishes. Big bags in the Snack Packs and even bigger in Full Share. A great harvest. Long storage life in fridge.

Look Like candy in the sun….

Garden Gumdrops….

Maeve weighing out the radishes.

Sunflower Shoots-A fun “nutty” flavored treat. Place on a sunny windowsill-snip for garnish, add to salads or soup.

Turnips-Those amazing Spring Turnips! We saved a few from our last harvest to include in the 1st share. Enjoy! More to come in the future.

Turnips at harvest.

Baby Kale-A baby kale mix. Fresh eating or saute-delicious. Or great for juicing. We LOVE chomping on the thin stems. Super sweet.

Baby Kale at early morning harvest.

Head Lettuce- Lettuce overload! 3 great head lettuce varieties decided to be ready for harvest this week and a sweet leaf lettuce too. Grab your salad forks and enjoy it all. Unique flavor in all varieties. 2 heads snack 3 heads full.

Leaf Lettuce…a bumper crop harvest. A sweet leaf assortment.

Leaf lettuce crop in hoop house…

Pac choi-Juicy stems and leaves are a great addition to fresh salads…or a quick stir fry.

Pac Choi washed and ready to be bagged for this week’s shares.

Mini Green Pac Choi- Full only…3 cute little mini choi in each full share. Great flavor.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-broccoli (tons of broccoli!), head lettuce, leaf lettuce, bunching onions, tokyo bekina, pac choi, basil plant and more….

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Final Spring Share-Spring Share #4 May 23rd

Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2019| 2 Comments »

A fantastic week of working through the wind and rain and cold. We decided we were just going to get it done and we did. Long rows of beans were seeded in, onions, swiss chard, chinese cabbage and parsley all settled into the garden.

Lots of progress and finally the days are warm and bright. I do not think we have experiences a Spring this wet and cold. Temps are 20+ colder than years past and from past documentation crops are 2-3 weeks behind due to these conditions. So, we are patient and all will happen in time. Ever year is different and offers unique challenges.

The peas are just about ready to grab on to the trellis…

This week is our final Spring Share. Main Summer CSA season will start Thursday June 13th and roll for 20 consecutive weeks. A 2 week break to let the outside crops catch up a bit.

SPRING SHARE #4-FINAL SPRING SHARE

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

Turnips again!!!!, 1st harvest outside Spinach, beta mix (blend of baby beet tops and mini swiss chard), mini head lettuces, basil plant, tokyo bekina (fluffy chinese cabbage), asian greens saute mix (full size pac choi, carlton and vitamin green)

Turnips-this is our favorite Spring crop, and this weather pattern is perfect for growing these beauties. They have the best flavor and texture when grown in cool temps. We only grow these gems in the hoop house. Our best harvest ever. Tops are edible too.

Tackling the turnip harvest.

Spinach-1st harvest from the Spinach trough outside. Thick juicy leaves. 4 varieties.

Spinach crop ready to harvest.

Scott waaaaaaaay down there finishing up the row.

Maeve with the spinach on the air drying tables.

Beta Mix-We love this mix fresh or saute-so pretty. Assorted mini swiss chard and beet tops in this blend. Flavorful and great texture.

Beta Mix after triple rinse.

Head Lettuce trio-We harvested again from the hoop house a collection of these delicious Spring head lettuces.

Harvested head lettuces in the morning.

Basil Plant-A basil plant to take home. A choice-tradition flavor 2 different leaf structures.

Basil ready to go to a new home…

Tokyo Bekina-Flavor similar to fluffy chinese cabbage. Adds great loft to salads and a snappy mild cabbage flavor. Pretty bright green color.

Tokyo bekina in full glory.

Asian green mix-A collection of asian greens to saute or add crunch to your fresh salads or sides. Also fantastic in broth-my favorite. Assorted full sized pac choi, vitamin greens and carlton make up the mix. And…. darn forgot to take a photo.

Thank you for sharing this Spring Season with us. A wonderful start to the 2019 season.

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Spring Share #3 May 16th

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A whirlwind of activity around here with few dry days available. We needed to take advantage of them while we could and hustle. More rain expected the next few days…

Scott drove the tractor sunup to sundown getting the garden tilled and plastic mulch and irrigation set. All in. Even a bit of expansion.

As Scott finished up I was right behind him transplanting into the established rows. 1000+ seedlings were transplanted out in 5.5 hours. Assorted cabbage and broccoli varieties filled 2 200 foot rows. And now rain again for several days.

Broccoli seedlings in the row behind and mini cabbage starts going in.

The hoop house is transitioning to summer share rotations. Long rows of leaf lettuce and lettuce mixes seeded in where the radishes were harvested.

The greenhouse is FULL!-even all available floor space. We wait out the chilly wet Spring weather delay. The tomatoes are growing tall and eggplants and pepper plants sizing up too. We need heat and a bit of sunshine. All 1st rotations of cucumbers, watermelon, and summer squash has been seeded in.

The tomato carpet in the greenhouse.

Next week is Spring Share #4-the final Spring Share. We are planning a 2 week break before the launch of Summer Share. We need to give the outside gardens a chance to catch up a bit. June 13th is our projected goal. I’ll keep everyone posted…

SPRING SHARE #3

What is in your share…mini pac choi, head lettuce trio, turnips!, baby arugula, Hot Shot spicy greens mix, mesclun mix, mild mustard mix

Mini pac choi-Cute juicy mini pac choi. Delicious raw but great in a fresh stir fry. Maeve’s favorite snack.

Pac choi at harvest from the hoop house.

Turnips! A Springtime favorite. A huge perfect harvest. We are thrilled. Best raw but a light saute is tasty too. Greens are delicious lightly steamed. More to come next week.

Turnips at harvest.

Beautiful washed turnips in the dunk tank.

And banding for the shares this week.

Baby Arugula-Again! This is a funny error on my part. I seeded in 2 rotations by mistake. I thought I did not get to it 1 evening and did it first thing the next morning. Didn’t realize it until germination. So this is a bonus extra.

Arugula at harvest….

Hot Shot! Spicy mixed greens- This is the only spicy mix we grow. Hotter mustards in this mix. Fresh or saute it’s pretty special. Can be mixed in to a salad to add just a hint of heat.

Maeve bagging up the Hot Shot mix while I do pac choi behind her. We we quite the team this week.

Head lettuce trio-3 different mini heads. Beautiful and sweet juicy heads. You will love this! These varieties grow best in Spring.

Mundling the mini head lettuces for the Shares.

Mesclun Mix-Tasty leaf lettuces, cho, baby kale and more in this salad mix.

Mild Mustard Mix-this is the 2nd and final cutting of this variety. Fresh or saute it has a mild kick of spiciness.

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Best Guess for next week- SPRING SHARE #4 FINAL SPRING SHARE. basil plant turnips, head lettuces, assorted pac choi, 1st harvest of outside Spring Spinach, tokyo bekina and more….

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Happy New Year-Welcome 2019! CSA registration open to all past members.

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Foxline City Farm CSA Registration Open to any current or past member for the month of January. Open Enrollment for waiting list and general public starts February 1st.

2019 CSA Shares

SPRING SHARE

SPRING SHARE 2019 SOLD OUT 2019

4 consecutive weeks of cool loving crops from the hoop house starting in May. A green lovers delight! Share will include 6-10 different offerings each week. Spinach, lettuce, salad mix, saute mix, sunflower shoots, pea shoots, arugula, salad turnips, radishes, baby carrots, pac choi, asian greens and more! A delicious treat after the long cold winter!! $130.00 ($32.50 week) Sold Out 2019

FULL SHARE

Full Share-20 consecutive weeks starting in June. A perfect share for a family or couple that cooks most weekly meals at home. Feel free to share a share with another family and split the bounty weekly or every other week. Weekly offerings of seasonal produce all summer long. Tons of leafy greens!, spinach, lettuce, salad mix, saute mix, asian greens, swiss chard, celery, rhubarb, radishes, carrots, beets, summer squash, winter squash, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, beans, peas, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, melons, eggplant, peppers, brussels sprouts, onions, leeks, shallots, garlic, turnips, honey, flowers, peaches, pears, ginger and more…..Produce is clean, carefully packaged and stored in our walk in cooler until time of pickup. $610 ($30.50 a week)

SNACK PACK

SNACK PACK SHARE-20 consecutive weekly pick ups starting in June…..Back by popular demand after 2014 launch….. The perfectly sized share for a single person or busy couple or family. Smaller portions-1 meal, “ready to eat” produce, low preparation time all considered when we pack the snack pack share. We love this share! Seasonal garden produce all season long. Tons of leafy greens!, spinach, lettuce, salad mix, saute mix, asian greens, swiss chard, celery, rhubarb, radishes, carrots, beets, summer squash, winter squash, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, beans, peas, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, melons, eggplant, peppers, brussels sprouts, onions, leeks, shallots, garlic, turnips, honey, ginger, peaches, pears, flowers and more…..Produce is clean, carefully packaged and stored in our walk in cooler until time of pickup. $390 ($19.50 a week)

This year we are going to follow the late season “bonus share”/ “season extender share” model we practiced at the end of the last 2 season….We loved it and so did our 2017-18 CSA members….! So, no winter share offered this year BUT several fantastic bonus shares will be available for purchase on a weekly basis after the 20 week main season ends-same as 2017/18.

Feel free to contact us with any questions at foxlinecityfarm@yahoo.com or 608 393 0383.

Registration form is attached below. Click copy and mail with your payment to Foxline City Farm 1200 Carpenter Street Baraboo WI 53913.

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Goodbye 2018

Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2018| 3 Comments »

A final post for 2018. And a test of sorts to see if the blog is FINALLY fixed and back in working order after a very long haul of not figuring it out.

Our overwintered spinach in the hoop house looks amazing. Best ever! The plants are thriving with this mild weather. 2 long rows are chugging along…..