SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE: Articles, Videos, Updates & Announcements, The Weekly Harvest, Gardening Tips and more!
Hello FaRmily! Wow, it is so hard to believe that we are at week 10 of summer - Yikes, time absolutely fly's by! I hope you are getting in that last minute summer trip and squeezing in as much Summer as you can!
Well, we sure are trying to squeeze in every last bit of summer as the "peak" is now behind us and it seems that these cooler temperatures are telling us that the fall season is right around the corner and we have a lot to do!
As it is, it continues to be a great summer of veggies, classes, events and markets. A ton continues to happen on the farm as we just finished a new greenhouse and our new cold room this week! We are also in the process of opening up new locations (Elizabeth, Hugo, Woodland Park and Fountain), we are planning for our Fall and Winter markets, the nursery is closing soon and our Fall and Winter activities are picking up quickly!
This week the onions were harvested and they will need to be dried and cured. Next comes the potatoes, the pumpkins and the winter squash! Oh boy! Things never slow down around here and that's how we love it! There's a lot to talk about down below, so don't miss a thing and enjoy the newsletter!
Have a Blessed Week!,
Farmer Yosef
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ATTENTION
REMINDER:👉 Every week we will be sending out this newsletter on Monday/Tuesday and every Thursday we post to the blog and to the Ahavah Community Facebook Group all the details of your bag contents, the extras available for purchase and what to expect to be available for Market-Style members. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF CHANGES AND UPDATES DUE TO WEATHER AND CHANGES DUE TO HOLIDAYS OR OTHER UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS THAT MAY ARISE (we are a small family farm, not a grocery store, after all😄 )
👉Please see the weekly updates below including a word from Farmer Yosef, some educational articles, announcements, changes, interviews, highlights and more.
📢See below for event updates, new articles and announcements!📢 ⭐Enjoy your shares this week and don't forget to join the fun and share your recipes and pictures in the Facebook Community Group!⭐
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🚨FALL Registration is OPEN!!
👉SHARES ARE STILL AVAILABLE!👈
Don't Miss the Best Season of them All!
Sign up today to our Fall Veggie-Share CSA program and secure the purest, most nutrient-dense veggies available for 14 weeks (September through December)!
As other farms are shutting down until next year, we will be starting yet another season - a season full of beautiful produce! In the fall we will continue to have all the favorite greens like kale and lettuce. We will also have most of the summer crops like tomatoes, peppers, carrots and beets for a while, but most importantly, we will also have all the pumpkins, squash, potatoes and onions coming in then too! Fall is a great season - it's the only season of the year where almost everything we grow is available! We hope you will join us!
LOT'S OF MEMBERSHIPS STILL AVAILABLE!
✔The highest quality, 100% local, produce you can find, harvested and delivered fresh every week! ✔Pure, chemical-free, regeneratively grown produce. ✔Flexible payment options. ✔Many discounts are available - see website for more! ✔NOW SEVEN!!! 7 Locations for CSA pickup (Peyton, COS, DEN, Monument, Fountain, Woodland Park & Elizabeth!) ✔Door to Door delivery options available! ✔Got SNAP!? Get 50% off your CSA share automatically! ✔Every share supports families in need through donations. ✔Flexible CSA options, holds, credits and more! ✔Classes, events, tours and community opportunities.
⭐100% of everything we sell is grown and harvested and delivered by Ahavah Farm and Ahavah Farm ONLY - All produce is grown 100% on our farm in Peyton Colorado, near Colorado Springs without a single chemical, in rich, composted soil. We use biodynamic principles to grow the purest, most nutrient-dense vegetables available and deliver them to you fresh, every week!
Go to www.ahavahfarm.com/csa to learn more and to sign up today!
ATTENTION!
We are now opening up 3 NEW LOCATIONS!
🥕Woodland Park
🥒Fountain
🍅Elizabeth
See website for details. All 3 locations will be volunteer led and will be "Traditional" style only.
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Ahavah Farm & Ahavah Community Initiative
UPCOMING Schedule
👉August 26th @ 9am to 12pm: Community Event! Farmer's Market with vendors of all kinds!
👉August 26th @ 10am to 11am: Children's Class! Grow with Me Storytime with Ms. Tracy!
👉August 31st @ All Day: DONATIONS - ACI APPLICATION DEADLINE!
👉September 2nd @ 2pm to 5pm: Adult CLASS! Grow Your Own Micros w/ Lorin!
👉September 2nd @ All Day: END OF SEASON!! Nursery closing for the season (we will still have plants at the markets).
👉September 9th @ 9am to 12pm: KIDS CLASS!! Painting with Tess! -*No need to register. ONGOING DURING THE MARKET*
👉September 16th @ ALL DAY - CSA - Last week of Summer CSA Season!
👉September 19th @ 6pm: CSA - Fall preseason VIRTUAL meeting.
👉September 22nd @ All Day: CSA! Fall Season Begins in Monument and Denver!
👉September 23rd @ All Day: CSA! Fall Season Begins in Colorado Springs and in Peyton!
👉September 23rd @ 9am to 10:30am: SEE THE FARM! Farm Tour w/ Yosef!
Go to www.ahavahfarm.com/classes to learn more, to register and to see the rest of our schedule of events and classes!
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👩🌾Around the Farm This Week👩🌾
👈The market stand has been looking great lately! It's been loaded with food and the community has really been giving us awesome feedback - THANK YOU!
👉I love seeing so many of our community's kiddos enjoying our bounce-house every Friday at the Farmer's Market!
👇The onion harvest was this week! WHOA! It's always so many onions and so much fun, everyone gets involved in the harvest!
👈Rabbi Shapiro rocked the onion harvest this week!
👉Ope! Look who got caught on camera! Me, Yosef and a few of the little ones worked hard to get the onion harvest done!
👈This little guy sure is turning out to be an amazing little helper!
👉Mine, mine, mine! Elisheva loves being a part of...EVERYTHING! 🤩 Here she is helping the squash harvest!
This week the team had a BBQ in honor Eliana and Lorin's birthday's! Happy birthday ladies!👇
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The nursery is getting close to the end of the season. We will be continuing to offer Fall plants like lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower and others, as well as lots of herbs, garden boxes and accessories, soil, medicinal plants and house-plants. Come on by through September 2nd. Reference this newsletter and get 20% off through the end of the season!
We will continue to offer the purest, locally grown plant starts (the majority are heirloom crops and they are all tested to be successful to our area, started from seed - all Organic with no fertilizers or chemicals of any kind!).
We will also have planter boxes, pots, soil and other items available. Come check us out and support us as we start small and aim for a bright future of supporting our Calhan, Peyton, Falcon communities!
✨Open Monday - Friday 9am to 3pm✨
📢As always, current CSA members receive 10% off EVERY DAY!📢
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🔥🍁HARVEST FEST IS COMING!🔥🍁
Our 7th Annual Harvest Fest!
Sunday, October 23rd from 4pm to 7pm
Put it on your calendar and DON'T MISS IT!
You are invited to come out for a FREE night of FUN to help raise money for families in need! Come on out to the farm to meet the community, enjoy some music, a bonfire, eat some good food, play some fun games and do some shopping! It's our 7th Annual Harvest Fest and it's bound to be the best one yet!!
🔥We hope you come out to this FREE and incredibly fun and incredibly important fundraiser for Ahavah Community Initiative. 15% of all sales, from all of our vendors, are being donated to help raise money to provide FREE VEGETABLES to families in need!
DON'T MISS IT!
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Soil - The Building Block of Life - Part 4
-By Yosef Camire
Organic Matter
Last week we talked about the important issue of tilling - whether to till or not to till. Our take? Don't do it! Go back to our last newsletter to read all about it HERE. This week we continue our series on soil-health by talking about the importance of organic matter. Before we get into the definition of what makes up this amazing substance, let me first say that organic matter in soil is more important than the make-up of your soil, the nutrient density in the soil or even the PH of the soil! To put it plainly, organic matter is critical to your soil and one of the most important things you can measure on a regular basis. Organic matter is important in the soil because it is what builds the soil, feeds the microbes and releases nutrients to your plants.
Each percentage of organic material in your soil releases 20-30 pounds of nitrogen to the soil, 4.5-6.6 pounds of phosphorous and 2-3 pounds of sulfur per year!
Organic material in the soil holds up to 90% of it’s weight in water.
Organic material improves soil structure.
Organic material will help regulate PH levels.
Organic material reduces erosion loss (1-3 % organic matter reduces soil erosion by 20-30% due to increased aggregate formation and water infiltration).
So, what is "Organic Matter?" I'm glad you asked!
Organic matter, or "OM" for short, is everything that was once living and will now break down to provide nutrients to your soil and the soil-food-web (ie. bacteria, animals and insects). Some examples of good organic matter would be manures, mulches, compost and even plant material like the roots of harvested plants etc. This is essentially the definition of what being "organic" truly is (the actual definition is more to do with carbon, but I digress) - it's using natural, non-synthetic sources of inputs ( chemicals, fertilizers, herbicides etc). "Certified Organic" fertilizers are ones that are made up of organic materials, and those that aren't are what you would call "synthetic."
OM has all the nutrients necessary for plant growth and for the microbial activity taking place. The key is how and when to apply the organic matter, what kind of organic matter to add for what process and how to maximize the use of the organic matter you have access to. Yes, you heard that right, you can literally farm (AS WE DO!) with recycled plant and animal matter - it's called compost, and it, along with a few other simple and natural inputs are all we use on our farm to grow the most beautiful produce this region has ever seen! How we do that and more...next week!
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WORD FROM YOUR FARMER:
Weekly video update for Ahavah Farm CSA members and Non-members. There's always a ton happening on the farm, so we make a new video every week and talk about what to expect in the CSA, any special updates and events and sometimes a little ramble or two. Enjoy!
There's a lot going on here at Ahavah Farm! Come take a walk with Yosef and Ovi around the farm and talk about all the ongoings happening this week!
0:01 - Intro
0:05 - New Cool Room!
2:25 - New Greenhouse!
4:05 - Fall CSA Update.
6:14 - ⚠️ATTENTION!!⚠️ - Fountain, Woodland Park, Elizabeth...(and Hugo!?) members!
6:42 - Hugo CSA Location!????
7:28 - Fall and Winter Market! 📢
10:00 - Nursery Closeout!
10:30 - Attention Local Artisans!
11:59 - Storytime w/ Tracy
12:53 - ACI Deadline - IMPORTANT!
13:38 - CSA Update!
15:06 - Outro
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We are now on Twitter!
Yes, Twitter has been in the news a lot lately, and no, that's not why we are jumping in. Actually, this has been in the "thought-shed" for quite awhile now. Well, it's here. Join us - we'll see how much we utilize it and go from there!
Come Follow Us
Click the bird to follow us!
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VOLUNTEERING
Our volunteers are the backbone of our organization and we couldn't do it without you...but we need more help!
We need help with so many things:
Construction Projects
Landscaping Projects
Composting Projects
Harvesting, washing and prep.
Weeding
Bag Packing
Teaching Classes
General farm cleanup
and more...got a skill you want to share? Let us know!
Volunteering is Monday through Friday 8AM to 4PM.
Please let Jessie know you are interested, she will send more information and necessary paperwork, and we will welcome you with open arms!
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Weekly Farmer's Market Update
Ahavah Farmer's Market is Every Friday from 9a - 12p
👇Never been to our market!? Watch THIS to see what you are missing! We hope you come out! 👇
We are continuing to have successful Farmer's Market's every week, here at the farm. We keep scratching our heads and wondering why we have been so blessed to have so many amazing vendors! From pastured chicken and grass-fed beef to beyond-organic vegetables, local baked goods, crafts, cosmetics, cleaning products, coffee roasters and even a Palisade peach vendor - we have it all! So many wonderful vendors and so many awesome activities make our market very special and unique! We hope you join us this week as we welcome a new vendor: Sam's fruit! We will also have "Painting with Tess," which is always a good time. As always we will have the bounce-house, the playground, the splashpad and the free coffee!
We Love Our Community!❤️
📢FEATURED VENDOR OF THE WEEK!📢
If you love coffee, you will absolutely L-❤️-V-E Good Shepherd Coffee Roasters! Good for the planet, the farmers, the local community and economy and best of all, it's Certified Organic and roasted by an amazing person. Ellen's mission is "To bring the finest coffee's from around the world to your door! Handcrafted and roasted here in Colorado!! For a unique coffee experience!" You can come by their booth at our Ahavah Farmer's Market every Friday from 9am to 12pm and follow them on Facebook HERE.
HUGE MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are announcing that we will be continuing the Ahavah Farm Farmer's Market through the
Fall and Winter! We have room for 24 vendors and are looking for more, for our INDOOR / OUTDOOR (Heated and indoor in the cold - outdoors with nice weather) EXTENDED SEASON Market!
Put it on your calendar to come to our HEATED Fall and Winter Market every Friday from 9am to 12pm until January!
We are so excited about our current line-up of vendors, but we are still seeking more!
👉If you are a local vendor and are interested in attending our FREE farmer's market, please reach out directly at contact@ahavahfarm.com and we will send you information and the vendor agreement.
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AUGUST Monthly Give-Away!
Every month we will be having a monthly give-away for our members and non-members. Here is this week's MONTHLY GIVE-AWAY!
Give us a review on Google and get 1 FREE item!
It would mean the world to us if you would give us your feedback on Google Reviews! you wouldn't believe how important having positive reviews on Google helps our business reach others. For taking the time to do a review for our business, we will give you a coupon for 1 free item of your choice to be used at any of our CSA booth's, the Ahavah Farm Nursery or at the Ahavah Farmer's Market. Simply click on the link below to do a review, then send an e-mail to contact@ahavahfarm.com to confirm it. That's it! Thank you so much, it means the world!🙏
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*reward coupons will be e-mailed to you after the survey is completed in August.
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🥕🍅🥒🧅🌳🌵EXTRA VEGGIES and PLANTS FOR SALE - Every Week!
Please be sure to check out the extras table, available for all members and even NON-MEMBERS!
Simply come to any of the CSA locations on Thursday and Friday and pick up some of our beyond-organic veggies for sale!
And as always, remember: SNAP PARTICIPANTS ALWAYS RECEIVE 50% OFF!! & all prices are
"Pay-What-You-Can-Afford."
For Payment: Cash or Check at the drops or the balance can be sent via PayPal to contact@ahavahfarm.com or Venmo to 719-233-7828
FOOD PRODUCING GARDEN PLANTS ALSO QUALIFY FOR SNAP AND DOUBLE-UP BENEFITS!!!
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Try traditional. Try market. Try them both!!
Change Any Time!
Did you know that you can choose either Traditional OR Market-style for your CSA membership? That's right, and it's one of the things that makes the Ahavah Farm CSA program unique. Not sure which one to try? Try them both - feel free to change your share selection any week. Simply e-mail Jessie and let her know that you would like to change from a Market to Traditional or vice-versa any time you choose. PS. You can do the same with your locations!
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Got SNAP (EBT)?
Save 50% off your veggies, garden plants, meat, treats and more!
👉Did you know that Ahavah Farm accepts EBT / SNAP? Did you also know that we are partnered with the State of Colorado to offer our members and non-members 50% off every purchase!?
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That's right, with #doubleupcolorado you can receive 2x your veggies, meat or bread (etc) purchases either as a CSA member or as a customer at the Ahavah Farm Nursery & Garden Center as well as the Ahavah Farmers Market on Fridays.
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Want to Change Your Location!?
We Invite You!
Switch your CSA pickup location to the Farm and visit the farmer's market happening at the time of pickup, join the classes and events, view the farm, visit the nursery and meet YOUR community!
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⚠ ⚠ ⚠ BAGS! We need your bags (PLEASE🙏) !!⚠ ⚠ ⚠
Thank you everyone for recycling your LARGE bags with us! When we receive your bags we immediately quarantine them for 2 weeks before reusing them to ensure they are safe of any yuckies. Thank you for bringing them and any others you may have (we need any large PAPER-ONLY grocery bags you may have) THANK YOU!
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REFERAL PROGRAM!
Refer a friend to Ahavah Farm's CSA and you BOTH will receive $35 in credit to use ANYTIME you want! Use to buy extra vegetables, or take $35 off your next CSA purchase - your credit will never expire!
New members simply send an e-mail to contact@ahavahfarm.com to let us know who referred you and you BOTH receive your $35 certificate! It's that easy!😁
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📢DID YOU KNOW? 📢
Our "DID YOU KNOW" this week comes from KRDO News in Colorado Springs. We were featured by them for a cover on water issues (they reached out to us). It's a short clip, an informative clip and one that perhaps left a backstory lurking and wanting to be told. You see, we aren't perfect, and I don't want anything we say to come across as if we are or that we think we are - BECAUSE WE AREN'T - nor as if we judge anyone else for where they are currently at.
To be clear, I do not believe that there is one "perfect" way to farm, nor do I believe it can ever actually be achieved. We just do our absolute best to eliminate any harm to our planet, community or our health that we can while trying our best to constantly refine and improve our practices to be one step closer towards that "perfect" goal, that elusive, potentially impossible goal that we strive for none-the-less, to bring our community the purest food with the least environmental impact possible.
We are all on a journey, and we do not take pride in being "better" than anyone...enjoy the video.
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Taking Applications: ACI BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER OPENING
ACI currently has a few board openings and we are taking applications until vacant positions are filled. If you are interested in being considered as a member of our board we would love to hear from you!
All board appointments are two year commitments with monthly board meetings, events and official activities requiring board presence. We anticipate that all board members provide a personal, anonymous, donation to ACI as well as be an active participant in serving our community.
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AHAVAH COMMUNITY INITIATIVE BRING-A-BUCK!
"Hi, nice to see you! Did you bring your buck today!?"
These are the words you should hear every week when you show up at the CSA locations to get your veggies.
That's because, supporting families in need through ACI, is the MOST IMPORTANT and BEST part of being a CSA member with Ahavah Farm! Don't say your $1 isn't important! IT IS!! The Bring-A-Buck program is how ACI has sustained its food donations, so we thank you members! - EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS!
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Meet YOUR Community!
Interview #12 with Evan!
"Working for a place that's trying to do things right and help the earth and help people, I really appreciate that!"
This week's interview is with Evan, one of the most upright and wholesome people I know. Evan is a real blessing to our farm and our family and I am very happy to introduce him to many of you, as I did in this interview. I hope you enjoy!
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Microgreen CSA Shares Are Available! Sign Up Today and SAVE 💲💲💲!
Love our microgreens but haven't signed up for a Microgreen CSA?
✔ You can sign up anytime after January 26, 2022 to receive your weekly Microgreen CSA starting the first week of February. You can cancel anytime in 2022 too!✔
All Packaging is Compostable and Green!👉👉
We pride ourselves on our microgreen quality as being not only absolutely pure - grown without chemicals, fertilizers or inefficient energy (we grow with 100% solar, renewable energy!), but they are absolutely beautiful, long-lasting and delicious! We really can't rave enough!
WHAT'S IN A SHARE? In your Microgreen CSA you will receive a combination of 3 microgreens every week with the option to purchase add-ons and extras when available.
Pickup locations and times are the same as Ahavah Farm Veggie Share CSA but you do not have to be a veggie-share member to be a microgreen CSA member - these are two independent programs combined into one.
Order yours today at https://www.ahavahfarm.com/microgreen-csa
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Be a part of our ZERO-WASTE mission here at Ahavah Farm and bring us your compost! PLEASE REMEMBER - NO PLASTIC BAGS or Animal products (except egg shells). Want more information? CLICK HERE to learn about the program. Thank you everyone who has been bringing their compost! We are so excited that we can help on your personal mission to become Waste Free!
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CSA PICKUP LOCATIONS AND TIMES
Times are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
**Please be aware that it is your responsibility to check the newsletter at www.ahavahfarm.com/blog for updated information and changes.
North Colorado Springs @ Colorado Mountain Brewery
- THURSDAYS
- 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
- 1110 Interquest Parkway,
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
Go to cmbrew.com to learn more about this location.
Denver @ Jewish Community Center
NOW INSIDE! Turn left, park then use main enterance. Bring ID. Thanks.
- THURSDAYS
- 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- 350 S. Dahlia St, Denver CO 80246
Go to www.jccdenver.org to learn more about this location.
Peyton @ Ahavah farm
NEW CSA LOCATION AT AHAVAH FARM!!
- FRIDAYS
- 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (All)
- 7545 N. Log Rd., Peyton, CO 80831
Central Colorado Springs @ Ranch Foods Direct
NOW INSIDE! Enter the bay right of the main enterance.
- FRIDAYS
- 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM (All)
- 3:31 PM to 6:00 PM (Traditional ONLY)
- 4635 Town Center Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80916
- Go to www.ranchfoodsdirect.com to learn more about this location.
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This Week's Harvest
As always, nothing is guaranteed. These are the items that are "in season" and are anticipated to be ready this week (which may or may not be available at the CSA).
Small = 4-6 items per week
Medium = 7-9 items per week
Large = 10-12 items per week
Redbor Kale and Darkibor Kale - Some of the most amazing kale you have ever seen or tasted! Taste is NOTHING like in the store - those that know, know! Try some this week, massage is real good, follow one of THESE recipes and let your tastebuds have a party!
Carrots - Oh sweet and amazing carrots, you are so beautiful this week!
Radishes - beautiful radishes. Stunning in color, crisp and juicy without too much spice. Harvested young and small in the summer.
Scallions - Who doesn't love scallions!? Did you know that if you leave the roots on and stick it in a glass of water the scallions will re-grow for a second cut!? It's true - try it!
Garlic - An heirloom hardneck variety, from our own stock, it is potent and amazing garlic! Ready to store if you aren't ready to eat it. The bulbs are small, but still delicious! 2 Small bulbs per serving.
Beets - In the words of Dwight Schrute "Beets are best!" yes, we think so! One of our absolute staples in our family are beets. Beets are on nearly every Shabbat table in the form of a beet salad: Roasted beets, de-skinned, lemon juice, parsley and salt - served cold. Yum! Don't like that idea? Try these!
Celeriac Greens - Similar to celery, but more bitter. Celeriac is great in stews and in cooked dishes or other places where you would like to substitute celery.
Fennel - Fennel is one of our favorites! Don't forget to use those fronds - eat them now, or dry them and save them - but don't waste them! :) Here are some ideas.
Parsley - Parsley is one of my (Yosef) favorites! Who doesn't like parsley!? Ready to eat raw or hang and dry to save for later. Need some recipe ideas? GO HERE.
Kohlrabi - Gorgeous bulbs with tasty leaves! We love kohlrabi raw with lemon and salt, but it's fairly versatile. Don't forget to eat those amazing greens and click here for some more ideas.
Hakurei Sweet Turnips - The absolute best turnips on the planet - they are SO sweet and delicious, kids eat them like apples and they are extraordinarily versatile. Definitely a CSA staple and favorite for so many!
Tomatoes - So many tomatoes! We have red ones, yellow ones, green ones, purple ones and orange ones! They are SOOOOOOOOOO good! Expect a lot of these throughout the summer!
Summer Squash - Fully in now, we have scalloped squash, zucchini squash, romanesco squash and so much more. Try them all, they are all unique and are all delicious! Our favorite and easiest way to eat it all summer long is by grilling it!
Swiss Chard - One of my absolute favorite greens to saute' and wilt deeply. I love garlic, oil and salt and taking this amazingness and adding it to a bed of rice or quinoa and adding in different vegetables, some tofu (or meat) and then we love an asian peanut-based dressing and it's to die for.
Salad Mix lettuce- A beautiful and soft/fluffy salad mix (with some arugula and flowers mixed in - YUM!). perfect for a salad base or even a bed of rice etc.
Cucumbers - Two kinds of cucumbers: Pickling and tendergreen. Our favorite? The tendergreen, but they are all delicious!
Plants - There will be plenty of plants to choose as an item this week, even some garden varieties. Enjoy!
Living Herbs - We have basil, chamomile, mint and a lot more!
Red Russian Kale - Baby kale is always so tender! Sauté' it, eat it raw, add it to stews...there so much to do. Here are some ideas.
Garlic - Our garlic is harvested and ready! We are so excited for garlic season, but unfortunately, much of our garlic turned out smaller than we had hoped due to an "oopsie" while growing. BUT, it's still absolutely delicious garlic (the largest ones we will keep for seed come Fall)!
Dried Herbs - Basil, dill, mint and fennel (our herb room smells like heaven!😇).
Radish Microgreens - Next to the barley grass and the sunshoots, radish microgreens are some of the most nutritiously-dense items we grow on the farm and not only that, but during our annual survey last year, they ranked as the #1 most requested and love item we grow! They have a fantastic bite to them, last considerably long in the refrigerator and are beautiful in appearance.
Kohlrabi Greens - Stalk and all, these amazing greens are delicious! I love to eat them similar to collards, or broccoli greens, sautéed in butter with some garlic and salt, but they have a unique flavor that is very nice! Absolutely delicious greens!
Pea Shoots - One of the most desired and sought after items we provide are these pea shoots! Quite literally the best you added to any dish or salad. Our favorite way is to add them to stews and soups. A perfect topper too! Here are four fun ways to use Pea Shoots: http://blog.bostonorganics.com/4-fun-ways-to-use-pea-shoots
Broccoli Microgreens - Last week we told you that Radish Microgreens were the #1 most loved item we grow, well, these microgreens weren't on the list then! I have a sneaking suspicion that these microgreens are the real winners!
Sunshoots - Our sunshoots are certainly some of the nicest, most high-quality sunshoots you will ever find (that actually goes for all our microgreens). They are one of the most beloved items we grow as well and a regular staple to our CSA. Here are some ideas to use your sunnies this week: https://www.martinsgardenacf.com/sunflower-shoots-recipes
That's it for this week! We love you to pieces, are incredibly grateful for each and every one of you and we are blessed to the core to be YOUR farmers!! ❤️
-Yosef, Havah, Asher, Aiden, Israel, Eliana, Ovadya, Elisheva, Nedira and of course our amazing team: Josh, Tess, Lorin, Evan, Katie, Holly, Casey, Jessie, Joe and Charles! ❤️
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