Harvey is excited for the first summer fruits. Yes, they are fruits, I know some of you roll your eyes at that, but peas, cucumbers and zucchini are all fruits. And broccoli is a flower. We have to wait a little longer for the fruiting crops to start, but once they start, boy do they come in! this is the first harvest - so there won't be massive amounts of fruits in your share, but there will be enough to enjoy!

We've also got a great amount of broccoli and cabbage coming your way this week.

I know I'm still been working long hours, since I've got some great sunrise and sunset photos on the phone this week. They sky, as always, is very spectacular here.

We've had some fun animal sightings on the farm (like the giant snapping turtle in the drive path on her way to lay her eggs and the swallow tail caterpillars on the bronze fennel seedlings). Also, I didn't get a photo, but I swear I saw a moose chasing a deer in the field this morning when I was taking the sunrise photo - it was early and far away, but I'm pretty sure it was a moose. It was a playful chasing. Maybe I was just dreaming.

Have I told you I have a mocking bird friend? Every time I went to the greenhouse in the afternoon after around March 15th this year, a mocking bird would be there, trying to show me every bird call, frog noise and machine imitation it could muster. I could tell that it knew who I was, so one day I asked my mom to look it up, and yes, mocking birds are very intelligent and are able to recognize individuals. Now it comes and sits on the ridge of the greenhouse and I swear is trying to figure out what bird language I speak.

I haven't gotten a good picture of it yet (we'll need Bob Durling to come up for that).

Wow, re-reading this section I am realizing you all might be wondering if I am losing my mind - I'm wondering that too . . . it was a really hot day, I'm sure I'm fine . . .

As always, our crew has been working hard picking, planting, seeding, weeding, watering, trellising and mulching all these delicious veggies! We'll get to another crew member mini-profile next week!

It's a great one!

Lettuce (small): one head, sorry to those of you who missed out on romain last week - the bunnies had made a tunnel through the patch, but the lettuce was so big I couldn't see it until we started harvesting. I hope you enjoyed the lettuce mix.

Choose one bunch: Beets, Turnips, Radish, Scallions, Kohlrabi, Kale, Bok Choy, Collards,

One pound mixed, cukes and zucchini: These are the first fruits of the year - there will be many more to come. Fruits always come on slowly to start, build to a heavy yield and then slow down.

Choose one bag of greens: arugula, pea tendrils, microgreens

Broccoli/Sprouting Broccoli: One head or one bunch

Peas! One pint snow or sugar snap

Cabbage Choice: Green or Napa! Note, some of the napa is a little bolty (the flower is starting to grow out of the center) but I made a slaw out of napa, scallions and radish for Kevin for father's day and it was delicious. The center stem is still edible (I just chopped it up and put it in, but you can also cut it our if you don't want to eat it). It tastes great and we hate wasting good food just because it's not perfect.

This is the napa slaw I made - you can google it (just do "napa slaw ramen noodles"). I got this idea from my aunt a number of years ago now and I still love it.

Chop and mix: One head napa, one bunch scallions, one bunch radish and one packet of dried ramen noodle crunched up into little bits.

Stir together, 3 tbps olive oil, 1/4 cup mayo (we use Veganaise because we love the flavor) 1-2 tbsp rice vinegar, a dash of soy sauce, a tsp of salt and, if you want, the flavor packet from the ramen pouch.

Mix the dressing with the vegetables and let rest, the longer the better, it always tastes the best the next day, kind of like soup. This makes a lot of slaw so you can halve the recipe and use the extra veg for salads and stir fry!

This recipe calls for vacuum-packed cooked beets but I cook my own. I love to roast them but for a recipe like this (or if it's a hot day) I'll steam them. Here's how: https://www.marthastewart.com/1075090/how-steam-beets

NAPA CABBAGE SALADhttps://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/18517/napa-cabbage-salad/

REMEMBER! IF YOU WANT TO SWITCH YOUR PICK UP DAY I PREFER 48 HOURS NOTICE WHENEVER POSSIBLE!

If you can't make it, please feel free to send someone else to pick up your share, or reach out to us and we can coordinate an alternate pick up plan.

CSA Pick Up Hours:

34 Rogers Rd, Holliston

Tuesday, 1pm-6pm

93 East Main St (but don't use the main entrance. At the light in front of the Nursery, turn uphill on Legacy Farm road and make your first right. It's a back entrance and you'll see the box truck!)

Thursday, 12pm-5pm

65 Brookline St, Pepperell (but really it's more like 60 Brookline st, just east of where the GPS will take you. There's a big sign and a parking lot.)

Thursday 4pm-7pm