Some members have asked why we are not seeing more corn in this year's share. Area wide this has been a poor start to sweet corn season. Corn likes warm soils to start germinating and then it likes warm sunny weather to grow. Typically the corn harvested in late July and August would have been seeded from mid-April through mid-June. The first part of the growing season this year (May-July) was cool, moist and cloudy. This is far from ideal corn growing weather. As a result, the first corn this year has been late, small and few.
Moving forward the corn harvest looks better, but still not as plentiful as past years. Yet, some of those cooler loving crops such as broccoli have been loving this cooler than normal summer. Typically we grow little summer broccoli as it does not respond well to the high temperatures of the summer. Yet we have been harvesting delicious broccoli all of August (this might be a record broccoli summer for us)!
Farmer Dave
What's in The Share: Week 11
We've reached peak season! Everyone's favorite vegetables and fruit are being harvested! Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, peaches and melons will be in the shares this week. The greens are still beautiful and summer squashes continue to shine.
Vegetable Share:
Lettuce, Kale, Arugula or Sorrel
Slicing or Pickling Cucumbers
Beets or Carrots
Kohlrabi or Fennel
Assorted Sweet Peppers
Eggplant
Summer Squash, Kousa Squash, Patty Pan or Zucchini
Onions
Chives, Mint, Sage or Dill
Tomatoes
and more!
Fruit Share:
Donut Peaches!!!!!!!
Peaches
Watermelon or Cantaloupe
Apples
and possibly more
This is what we are planning and hoping to harvest this week. Ultimately Mother Nature has the last word so the actual contents of your share will vary.
Vegisode of the Week: Grate Expectations Part 2: Recipes for Grilling!
In this VEGISODE™, Stacey and Denise give you some ideas for using the grilling techniques demonstrated in
Part 1.
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Place your add-on orders today to pick up next week with your CSA share.
As the summer progresses we'll be adding more local and seasonal products. For the food preservers in the group, we will be offering bulk quantities of some of our vegetables and fruits, on weeks that we have extra available.
Groundwork Share-a-Share Update
Thanks to generous donations by you (CSA members) to the Groundwork Share-A-Share™ fund, we were able to subsidize the cost of shares in 2016 for over thirty individuals and families, as well as shares for local food pantries.
We've reached peak season! Everyone's favorite vegetables and fruit are being harvested! Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, peaches and melons will be in the shares this week. 
