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City Commons CSA week 20

CSA week 20: one last big basket

It’s week 20, which means the last distribution of the CSA season. We’re expecting a hard frost this weekend, so we couldn’t expect the bounty to continue, yet I’m sad to see the end of the weekly parade of vegetables. This week’s box contains butternut squash, leeks, carrots, kohlrabi, kale, potatoes, […]

CC CSA week 19 distribution

CSA week 19: end of the garden

Week 19: it’s almost the end of the 20 week CSA season. This week’s box contains kale, collard greens, sweet potatoes, lots of jalapeño peppers, mixed salad greens, mustard greens for cooking, butternut squash, potatoes, and a lovely bunch of mint. There have already been frosts, so I don’t expect to see […]

City Commons CSA week 18

CSA week 18: soggy & chilly

Wet chilly weather today, and I’ll bet there are wet chilly farmers, too. My CSA box was dry and ready in the storage shed. This week it contains leeks, mustard greens, Swiss chard, potatoes, parsley, green onions, mixed salad greens, eggplants, and what I can only assume are the last […]

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CSA week 17: autumn

Aside from a few peppers, we’re seeing all cool-weather crops. There are only three more weeks of CSA distributions, plus for those who planned ahead, a storage share that will contain hardy vegetables. I’ll store those in a cool place for weeks. Today’s box contains baby beets and their greens, Swiss […]

City Commons CSA week 16

CSA week 16: goodbye, tomatoes

There’s a definite shift in my CSA box this week. We’re leaving summer behind! Goodbye, summer tomatoes. Hello, squash, fennel, and cool weather crops. Today’s box contains Butternut squash, fennel, radishes, Italian flat-leafed parsley, dried black beans, red and green spicy peppers, mixed greens, Swiss chard, and a few small tomatoes. I […]

CSA week 15: fall crops coming in

Sweet potatoes and spaghetti squash appear in my basket this week, along with jalapeño peppers, green beans, mint, mustard greens, cherry tomatoes, kohlrabi, and Swiss chard. My basket tells me to get ready for fall eating patterns, and to use up fresh ripe tomatoes while we have them – because […]

City Commons CSA wk 14 distribution

CSA week 14: Cooler Weather

Thank goodness, a Tuesday without rain! Sunny weather makes the garden pickup much more pleasant. My box was waiting at the farm today, with kale, sweet potato greens, chives, mixed salad greens, new potatoes, garlic, slicing tomatoes, green beans, and green banana peppers. The weather is chilly this week, so I am planning […]

CSA week 13: warm and cool crops

Today’s City Commons box includes wonderful summer produce: red ripe slicing tomatoes, a quart of yellow cherry tomatoes, chard, hot peppers, and basil. I’m seeing cool weather crops again, as well: kohlrabi, beets, kale, and peppery arugula. Altogether, it’s a lovely box. I’m planning to freeze kale for fall and winter soups. […]

CSA week 12: hints of fall to come

No rain today – at least, none this afternoon, and I barely got my toes wet fetching the CSA  box. We have the first hints of the fall produce: a lovely orange winter squash. There are also basil, broccoli rabe, slender little green beans, slicing and cherry tomatoes, arugula, red onions, […]

CSA week 11: jalapeños

What is it with rain every Tuesday? I got today’s basket under cover just in time; the rain was sudden and strong. No matter! This week I have an abundance of jalapeño peppers, along with tomatoes, cucumbers, Swiss chard, kale, lovely little red cabbages, oregano, basil, and cranberry beans in their pods. […]

CSA wk 10: halfway done!

I beat the rain today for my City Commons pickup – hooray for staying dry. This is week 10, which is the midpoint of the CSA season. This week’s box included basil and chives, carrots, cucumbers, both slicing and cherry tomatoes, varicolored beans, jalapeño peppers, and garlic. It almost seems a shame […]

CSA week 9: the flood

Yep, we had us some rain: “drenched” doesn’t even begin to describe it. The photo above shows a freeway intersection right near my house with about 15 feet of water under the overpass. We had word from our plucky farmers at City Commons. It was too rainy to harvest on Monday, but they were […]