Lucy with her favorite green

 

Hello My Friends!

So hopefully by today you have been enjoying the amazing spinach that you have been getting from our CSA shares. Although I love my treats that have meat in them, I am totally loving the sweet taste of the spinach. Who knew I would like so many veggies. So far carrots and spinach are my absolute favorites. I have even tried strawberries... my mom told me that the ones they grow are so much better than the supermarket and I should not have to wait too far into June to try them.

You want to know the cool thing about the spinach that Farmer Dave grows? He plants 4 different times between late September and the middle of April. This may seem crazy to most people!?!? Why not just plant is all at once? Well, let me explain because I just figured out the method to my Dad's madness.

He seeds the spinach outside in the fall as well as the unheated greenhouse. Spinach is a really sturdy veggie and can last in the winter cold both unprotected and protected. The spinach outside grows really slowly and if we have a lot of snow, that snow protects these baby growing leaves from the elements. The spinach in the unheated greenhouse is what we are eating now. This also grows slowly during the winter, but with the early sun we had this spring, it started to grow faster! Come the spring we seed spinach in the heated greenhouses in order to transplant into the fields. Lastly, our fourth method is planting the seeds directly into the field in the spring. WOW, this sounds like a lot. I think it is, but Dad says it is needed in order to make sure everyone has an abundance of this yummy spinach during the spring.

Well my friends, I hope you have been enjoying the spinach as much as I have. If not, there is plenty to go around! We just finished harvesting the spinach from the winter unheated greenhouse and will be harvesting the spinach that was growing all winter outside. Wag, Wag, Wag....happy eating everyone!


Lucy

CSA Member Appreciation Discount Day & Greenhouse Tours: May 22nd  

 

Did you know that Farmer Dave's hosts pick ups for two other exciting Community Supported Programs at our Dracut pick-up location on Tuesdays?

We host a pick-up for New Hampshire Community Seafood's fish share. Take home fresh, locally caught fish along with your vegetables and fruit! Learn more and sign up directly through the New Hampshire Community Seafood website. The Spring/Summer session starts May 3rd!

We also host a pick-up for Tansy and Mallow's flower share. Ten Tuesdays of beautiful flowers starting in July! Learn more and sign up directly through the Tansy and Mallow website. These beautiful flowers are a mile from our Dracut farm!

 

The following items may make an appearance in your shares this week.  The actual contents of your share may differ based on harvest conditions.  As always Mother Nature ultimately dictates what is available.   

• Beets
• Basil
• Spinach
• Baby Lettuce Mix
• Lettuce Heads
• Hakurei Turnips
• Cortland Apples 
• And more!

Unsure what's in your share? Check out our  produce ID guide for help identifying any new to you vegetables. You'll be a CSA pro in no time! 

 

 

from Kayotic Kitchen

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 2015 for over thirty individuals and families, as well as shares for local food pantries.

Please consider helping us in our efforts to make the CSA accessible to more families by donating to Groundwork Share-A-Share.