2026 Harvest 2

Howdy folks, and welcome to week two of your Tumbleweed Farm harvest!

Before I get to the newsletter I wanted to invite anyone who’s interested in joining us at the farm on Thursday evening for a crop talk. We’ll tour our farm and have a change to answer any questions from the public. This is being put on my Gorge Grown Food Network but I wanted to pass it along to our CSA members as well. It’s potluck style so bring a side dish or snack (or just come for the tour and bail before food!) Whatever you fancy! The tour starts at 5:30 at the farm.

Alrighty, this week is ALL about the greens. This is the time of year when the fields really start showing off, and that means your boxes are overflowing with all the leafy goodness. We know it can feel a little overwhelming at first, especially if you’re staring into the fridge wondering how on earth you’re going to make it through mountains of greens before next week’s pickup. But trust us — once you find your rhythm, it gets a whole lot easier (and tastier).

One of our favorite tricks is doing a little veggie prep right when you get home. We like to chop and wash greens right away, then store them in glass or stainless steel containers stacked neatly in the fridge. Having everything prepped and ready makes it so much easier to toss greens into scrambled eggs, soups, stir fries, grain bowls, smoothies, pasta dishes, or quick sautés throughout the week.

For root veggies like radishes, turnips, or beets, we recommend separating the roots from the greens before storing them. Keeping them attached can cause the roots to soften faster because the greens continue pulling moisture away. We store the greens and roots separately in the fridge, and it really helps everything stay fresher longer. It takes a few extra minutes up front, but future-you will be grateful during a busy weeknight dinner scramble.

This week’s haul is absolutely jam-packed with nutrition, vibrant flavors, and the kind of fresh food that reminds us why we love this season so much. The fields are thriving right now, and we’re excited to share the abundance with you. We hope the recipes below help inspire you to cook your way through the box and maybe even try something new along the way.

One recipe we’re especially excited about right now is the Coconut Braised Collard Greens. It’s rich, cozy, flavorful, and quickly became a new farm favorite around here. If collards aren’t usually your thing, give this one a whirl — it just might convert you.

As always, thank you for trusting us to grow your food this season. We’re working our butts off to make this a beautiful, abundant season for our CSA community, and we’re so dang grateful to have you along for the ride.

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper, Maize, and the whole Tumbleweed Farm crew

Harvest 2

  1. Spinach— rich in iron, potassium, vitamins C & E, and magnesium. Spinach can also aid in digestion and has anticancer properties. Eat this veggie up!!

  2. Collard Greens—not only are they high in vitamin K they are also a good source of cancer fighting compounds. They are rich in glucosinolates which is a sulfur-containing compound which is thought to help stop cancer process at different stages of development. Pretty rad!

  3. Bok Choy— Full of anti-cancer properties such as Vitamins C & E, beta carotene, and selenium which is thought to slow the growth rate of tumors.

  4. Head Lettuce — A rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Contains anti-inflamatory properties.

  5. Green Garlic- the list is too long!! It’s anti-fungal, anti- inflammatory, boosts immune health, and is full of antioxidants!

  6. Lettuce Mix—A rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Contains anti-inflamatory properties.

  7. Beets—rich in folate, manganese and copper. Copper is very important as it helps make red blood cells and helps keep your immune system healthy.

Recipe Suggestions

Coconut-Braised Collard Greens (these are FANTASTIC!! TRUST US!!)

Sesame-Ginger Chicken Skillet Dinner with Bok Choy, Spinach, Green Garlic & Turnips (if you don’t have leftover turnips from last week you can leave them out of substitute with zucchini) This was really delicious!

Lamb Meatballs with Beet Relish & Yogurt (you can use beef in place of lamb if needed)

Beet Tzatziki (AKA the best dip EVER!!)

Coconut Ginger Chicken (so flavorful and minimal effort)

Bok Choy, Kale & Beet Slaw with Creamy Cashew Dressing (use collard greens or beet greens instead of kale for this slaw) This tastes great and the dressing is on point!!

Now for all of you CSA Kiddos out there! Here are some of our favorite kid friendly recipes!

Lamb & Beet Curry Meatballs (these are fantastic and my kiddos love them!! They’re not very spicy and a great way to add beets into their diet. Dip in yogurt to take away the itty bitty bit of spice—but these really aren’t spicy!)

Double Chocolate Beet Muffins (these are sweetened with dates and are gluten free. You can’t taste the beets so this is a nice way to incorporate beets if you’re worried about the flavor being overpowering. It’s not!)

Spinach, Apple & Date Blender Muffins (these are perfect for young toddlers or babies. And of course I eat them too!)

Spinach Pesto Pasta (the whole family loves this recipe!)

High Protein Spinach Banana Pancakes (only 4 ingredients!)

2026 Harvest 1

Howdy folks and welcome to your first Tumbleweed Farm CSA haul of the 2026 season! We’re honored to feed you and your families this season. Thank you for trusting us to grow the safest, healthiest, most nutrient dense food you can find locally. We hope you get to sit down to a lot of family/friend/neighborhood dinners and enjoy the flavors of the season.

We’ve been hustling out the in the fields the past two months getting things prepped, planted, weeded, watered and fertilized. It’s a busy time around here but we have a great crew with us and we’re excited for the weeks and months ahead.

The rain this past week was a blessing and we got to take a break from irrigating the fields. The greenhouses still needed tending to, but it was nice to let mother nature take care of the rest. As we get into the groove of weekly deliveries we just want to emphasize that the early spring boxes are definitely “greens heavy” meaning that there’s just a ton of leafy greens to work with. As always we have recipes below to hopefully help inspire you if you’re feeling overwhelmed with your box. As we move through the spring the variety will increase and you’ll be blessed with more options. But for now, this is the vitamin rich, what the doctor ordered after a long winter box! We hope you enjoy the bounty this week! Also— for storing veggies I find the easiest way to make things manageable in your fridge is to take the time on delivery day to chop up your veggies and bag them up or store them in glass containers in your fridge for space saving.

Alrighty folks we hope you enjoy this week’s haul! Below are a few snap shots of harvest day! Happy cooking and eating everyone.

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper, Maize and our awesome crew

Harvest 1

  1. Head Lettuce — A rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Contains anti-inflamatory properties.

  2. Kale—super high in antioxidants, contains vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese and various polyphenols. To make this easier to digest make sure to cook your kale or massage it really well before eating raw.

  3. Bok Choy— Full of anti-cancer properties such as Vitamins C & E, beta carotene, and selenium which is thought to slow the growth rate of tumors.

  4. Green Garlic- the list is too long!! It’s anti-fungal, anti- inflammatory, boosts immune health, and is full of antioxidants!

  5. Radishes- are a rich source of magnesium, potassium and vitamin C. Remove the greens from these to help keep the roots crisp for storing.

  6. Turnips—Rich in vitamins and minerals turnips are high in antioxidants which help provide anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antibacterial effects, among other benefits. The greens boast a whole list of their own nutritional values but the biggest ones are that they’re high in vitamin A and calcium. Please remove the greens from the turnips and store them separately so the roots don’t get soft.

  7. Spinach— rich in iron, potassium, vitamins C & E, and magnesium. Spinach can also aid in digestion and has anticancer properties. Eat this veggie up!!

  8. Arugula— one of the healthiest leafy greens! Containing a ton of antioxidants and anti -inflammatory properties along with being jam-packed with magnesium which helps prevent high cholesterol and high blood pressure.


    Recips Suggestions

Slow Cooker Coconut-Ginger Chicken with Bok Choy (feel free to add spinach and turnips greens to this recipe too!) It’s so tasty and easy to throw together!)

Radish Salsa (this is really delicious and a fun spring salsa. We like it with chips obviously but this tastes really good spooned over grilled steak, chicken, or fish!)

Quick Pickled Radishes (you’ll be putting these on everything!!)

Breakfast Salad with Maple-Glazed Turnips & Bacon (the recipe calls for mustard greens but you can use arugula, spinach, lettuce or turnip greens (or a combination of them all!)

Miso Glazed Turnips (this is the gateway CSA recipe to get folks STOKED on turnips!)

Spiced Sausage, Kale & Gnocchi Casserole (this is a family favorite meal!)

Now for all of you folks with small kiddos. Here are some of our favorite CSA kid recipes!

Flourless Chocolate Spinach Brownies (we make these weekly!!) they’re naturally sweetened with dates and chock full of nutrients!

Spinach & Feta Meatballs (easy for meal prep!)

Miso Salmon Turnip Cakes (my kids LOVE these!!)

White Bean & Arugula Pancakes (don’t knock these until you try them! My kids love dipping them in yogurt and they surprise me every-time I make these!)

Sausage & Egg Spinach Breakfast Muffins (best breakfast muffins ever!!)

2025 Harvest 23

You did it.
Twenty-three weeks. Nearly half a year of filling your fridge with leafy greens, vibrant roots, and vegetables you maybe had to Google once or twice (hi, kohlrabi). That’s no small thing. Truly—take a second and let that sink in.

You showed up week after week. You remembered pickup days (even on the weeks when life was wild and the fridge felt like a game of veggie Tetris). You got creative. You snuck greens into breakfasts, blended squash into soups, handed your kids cucumbers and carrots like they were snacks from a secret garden. You fed your family real food. And that’s something to feel pretty damn proud of.

One of my favorite things I heard this season came from our family doctor—who also happens to be a CSA member. He told me that one of the healthiest decisions a family can make is joining a CSA. Not just because you’re getting loads of nutrient-dense food (though your bodies are definitely thanking you), but because it often leads to something even more powerful: families sitting down at the table together. In his words, diverse vegetables plus shared meals equals stronger bodies and stronger connections. He says he recommends joining a CSA to his patients daily, if they’re able.

So from the bottom of our tired, dirt-under-the-nails, grateful hearts: thank you.
Thank you for committing to the rhythm of the farm. For trusting us with your meals. For bringing our vegetables into your kitchens, your lunches, your kids’ snack plates, your Sunday dinners, your Tuesday scrambles.

Our family loved growing food for your family.
And if your fridge feels a little too quiet next week… just know we already miss being part of your meals too.

— Until next season 💛


Harvest 23

  1. Baby Kale Mix—(we love adding this to smoothies!) It’s super high in antioxidants, contains vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese and various polyphenols

  2. Lettuce Mix—Anti-infamatory and a rich source of vitamins A, K and folate.

  3. Red Radicchio— It’s rich in vitamin K, a good source of dietary fiber, and it healthy source of antioxidants. Consuming radicchio may help reduce the risk of health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, and heart disease.

  4. Spinach-rich in iron, potassium, vitamins C & E, and magnesium. Spinach can also aid in digestion and has anticancer properties. Eat this veggie up!!

  5. Turnips—Rich in vitamins and minerals turnips are high in antioxidants which help provide anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antibacterial effects, among other benefits. The greens boast a whole list of their own nutritional values but the biggest ones are that they’re high in vitamin A and calcium. Please remove the greens from the turnips and store them separately so the roots don’t get soft.

  6. Beets—rich in folate, manganese and copper. Copper is very important as it helps make red blood cells and helps keep your immune system healthy.

  7. Jalapeño Peppers—jalapeños are rich in vitamins A and C and potassium. They also have carotene -- an antioxidant that helps protect your cells from disease– as well as folate, vitamin K, and B vitamins.

  8. Potatoes—Potato skins and flesh are both very beneficial to human health. Fun fact—potato plants draw some of the highest concentration of macro and trace minerals from the earth. This was news to me!! They are high in potassium and rich in vitamin B6, as well as a fantastic source of amino acids, especially lysine in its bioactive form. Lysine is a powerful weapon against viruses such as Epstein-Barr and shingles that are behind rheumatoid arthritis, joint pain, autoimmune disease, and more. Potatoes also contain tyrosine, a chemical needed to produce thyroid hormones. So cool! Eat more potatoes folks!

  9. Winter Squash —Winter Squash is a highly nutritious and alkaline food which is rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants. It’s easy to digest and contains high amounts of Vitamins A, E, C, B-complex, and beta carotene, iron, zinc, calcium, and potassium which are vital for a healthy and strong immune and nervous system

Recipe Suggestions

Harvest Chicken Salad (this is a fabulous salad!!)

Mild Butternut Squash & Lamb Curry (this is a family favorite! Use any variety of winter squash in the stew!)

Chicken, Chickpea & Spinach Soup (so easy and delicious!)

Beef & Beet Patties with Spinach Avocado Pesto (so good! The pesto is bomb and this is great for meal prep!)

Kiddo CSA Recipes

Double Chocolate Beet Muffins (these are such a fun and tasty way to enjoy beets!)

Pumpkin Molasses Chili (a family favorite!)