Produce Storage and Tips

Produce Storage and Tips

Produce Storage and Tips

Produce Storage and Tips

produce storage & tips for CSA members Apples Apples should be stored in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator away from other produce as they emit ethylene gas. For the best flavor bring the fruit to room temperature for serving. Asparagus How to Store Asparagus place the ends in a container of water.  If storing… Read More »
produce storage & tips for CSA members Apples Apples should be stored in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator away from other produce as they emit ethylene gas. For the best flavor bring the fruit to room temperature for serving. Asparagus How to Store Asparagus place the ends in a container of water.  If storing… Read More »

Celebrate Earth Day

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Celebrate Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day

It’s mid-April already and we have been busy planting in our greenhouses and high tunnels since January, but did you know that we have also been busy in our fields? We started planting crops including peas, corn, and onions, as soon as the ground warmed up at the beginning of April. You can celebrate Earth… Read More »

It’s mid-April already and we have been busy planting in our greenhouses and high tunnels since January, but did you know that we have also been busy in our fields? We started planting crops including peas, corn, and onions, as soon as the ground warmed up at the beginning of April. You can celebrate Earth… Read More »

Keep On Growing

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Keep On Growing

Keep On Growing

It’s a new month and time to start focusing on new things like getting outside,  preparing planting beds, and planting seeds or transplants in your garden. April is typically a time of year in this region when soil temperatures are warm enough to begin planting cold-weather plants such as lettuces, and cole crops (those include… Read More »

It’s a new month and time to start focusing on new things like getting outside,  preparing planting beds, and planting seeds or transplants in your garden. April is typically a time of year in this region when soil temperatures are warm enough to begin planting cold-weather plants such as lettuces, and cole crops (those include… Read More »

Growing Through the Seasons

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Growing Through the Seasons

Growing Through the Seasons

The colder temperatures and diminishing light start to move all of us indoors. That doesn’t mean we stop cultivating crops, we do it a little differently. Instead of working primarily in the fields we are busy planting and harvesting in our high tunnels and greenhouses. These methods are a way to extend the growing season… Read More »

The colder temperatures and diminishing light start to move all of us indoors. That doesn’t mean we stop cultivating crops, we do it a little differently. Instead of working primarily in the fields we are busy planting and harvesting in our high tunnels and greenhouses. These methods are a way to extend the growing season… Read More »

Catering to All Foodies

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Catering to All Foodies

Catering to All Foodies

You Knead To Eat. There is something about being outside in the fresh air on a farm that brings out the hunger in people. Maybe it’s the fun pick-your-own activities, the fresh vegetables and fruits in their natural habitat, or spending time outdoors in the beautiful scenery that stimulates appetites like no other. Folks are… Read More »

You Knead To Eat. There is something about being outside in the fresh air on a farm that brings out the hunger in people. Maybe it’s the fun pick-your-own activities, the fresh vegetables and fruits in their natural habitat, or spending time outdoors in the beautiful scenery that stimulates appetites like no other. Folks are… Read More »

Broccoli Salad II

Broccoli Salad II

Broccoli Salad II

Broccoli Salad II

1 head of broccoli or use 1/2 broccoli and 1/2 cauliflower 1 cup shelled steamed peas or thinly sliced snow or sugar snap peas (optional) 1/4 – 1/2 red onion thinly sliced 1/2 cup sliced black and green olives 1 jar of marinated artichoke hearts, sliced Roasted peppers thinly sliced Cut the broccoli into florets… Read More »

1 head of broccoli or use 1/2 broccoli and 1/2 cauliflower 1 cup shelled steamed peas or thinly sliced snow or sugar snap peas (optional) 1/4 – 1/2 red onion thinly sliced 1/2 cup sliced black and green olives 1 jar of marinated artichoke hearts, sliced Roasted peppers thinly sliced Cut the broccoli into florets… Read More »