Week 6 2024 CSA

This weeks’ share: 2 pounds of cucumbers, 1 bunch multicolor carrots, 1 bunch of torpedo onions, 1 bunch of basil, 1 bulb of garlic, 1 pound of green beans, 2 pounds of broccoli, 1 head of cauliflower, 1 pint of blueberries.

The summer heat is on! We are moving irrigation around daily to keep things growing well and quickly saying good-bye to spring crops that can’t take the heat; like kale and broccoli.

The basil is here! This is the first picking from the plants. There will be more to come. We really enjoy roasted cauliflower and broccoli with pesto on it. In this heat though, maybe turning on the oven is not what to do… It’s also yummy to steam broccoli and cauliflower florets and then chill them and dip in pesto and/or hummus.

The garlic crop is in from the field and laid out in the barn to “cure” (dry). The bulbs in your box today are not cured and so you can use them now but if you’re not going to use them in the next few days, store it in your fridge.