2025 CSA Harvest 4

Howdy folks and welcome to week 4 of your Tumbleweed Farm CSA share. Hot damn it’s getting toasty out here! We’ve had quite the week of heat but our crew busted butt and we got everything that needed to get done, done! Honestly, working in the heat and grime with a good group of folks makes everything more tolerable and even our young kiddos had fun helping out in the heat this week. Running through the irrigation sprinklers helped!

This week’s haul is a good one! I asked my girl’s what they were most excited about in the shares this week and they both said “kohlrabi”. If you haven’t experimented with kohlrabi yet don’t let this gnarly looking vegetable scare you. It’s absolutely delicious and so crunchy! My kid’s favorite way to eat kohlrabi is to have me slice the kohlrabi into thin matchsticks and sprinkle sea salt and nutritional yeast over it. Don’t knock it till you try it! It’s good!

Alright, we hope you all get a chance to sit down at the table for some good meals this week with the people you love. Below are some snap shots of the past week here in the fields.

Happy cooking!

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper, Maize & our amazing crew!

Harvest 4

  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. Salad Mix—These leafy greens are a rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Also a good anti- inflammatory leafy green.

  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. Garlic Scapes—the list of health benefits is almost too long!! It’s anti-fungal, anti- inflammatory, boosts immune health, and is full of antioxidants! Just eat garlic with every meal!

  5. Kale—super high in antioxidants, contains vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese and various polyphenols

  6. Carrots—Rich in beta-carotene which your body converts into Vitamin A. This vitamin is important for vision, bone and immune function. Carrots are also high in antioxidants and important minerals for overall body health. Remove the greens on the carrots before storing them so they don’t go soft.

  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.

  8. Kohlrabi— Kohlrabi is great for gut health as it contains both soluble and insoluble fiber. It also contains a wide array of antioxidants, such as vitamin C, anthocyanins, isothiocyanates, and glucosinolates. These plant compounds protect your cells against free radical damage that may otherwise increase your risk of disease.

Recipe Suggestions

Chili Lime Kohlrabi Salad (very refreshing and SO easy!)

Salmon Crunch Salad with Peanut Sauce (this uses kohlrabi and carrots!)

Kohlrabi & Chickpea Curry (very tasty!!)

Alright! Now for all of you CSA Kiddos!! Below are some of my kid’s favorite farm fresh recipes. Dig in!!

Double Chocolate Beet Muffins (these are fudgy and delicious. Naturally gluten and refined sugar free.)

Spinach Apple & Date Muffins (we LOVE these!)

Beet Tzatziki (AKA Best Dip EVER!!)

Lamb & Beet Curry Meatballs (an old time favorite!)

2025 Harvest 3

Howdy folks and welcome to your Tumbleweed Farm CSA week #3! We hope you’re feeling the need for a healthy week of leafy greens because that’s what you’re getting! In all honesty, sometimes these EXTRA green heavy boxes make us feel a little bad that there isn’t as much variety but this time of the year it really is all we have. The good news, I just whipped up the most kick-ass salad using most of this box and it’s the best salad I’ve had in ages. Eating this way is a good reminder that our bodies move and crave the season we’re in if we just tune in.

I hope you all give the below salad a whirl. It keeps well in the fridge for up to 3 days so that’s a major win! The tacos we made last night in recipe number two below are also bomb! Keep us posted on what you make this week.

Below are a few snap shots of this past week on the farm. We got watermelons and cantaloupes planted, fall cauliflower is already germinating in the greenhouse, and the summer corn is looking awesome in the fields!

Have a wonderful week of healthy meals and good company.

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper, Maize & our amazing crew

Harvest 3

  1. Rainbow Chard—this dark leafy green is high in antioxidants and important vitamins and minerals including vitamin C, K and A and a healthy dose of magnesium (which many people are deficient in).

  2. Romaine Lettuce—It’s high in folate (if you’re suffering from allergies this season eat this green up!) It’s also a good source of copper and vitamins A, K and C.

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

  4. Radishes—are a rich source of magnesium, potassium and vitamin C. They have been studied and results confirm that they likely alter the way cancer cells reproduce so they may reduce cancer risk. They are full of fiber and for their tiny size contain a lot of health benefits. Remove the greens from these to help keep the roots crisp for storing.

  5. Salad Mix—These leafy greens are a rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Also a good anti- inflammatory leafy green.

  6. Baby 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.

  7. Garlic Scapes—the list of health benefits is almost too long!! It’s anti-fungal, anti- inflammatory, boosts immune health, and is full of antioxidants! Just eat garlic with every meal!

Recipe Suggestions

CSA Crunch Salad (AKA “The Longevity Salad”) This was so stinking good, refreshing and healthy! Give it a whirl!

Spinach & Green Garlic Chicken Patties with Garlicky Mayo (use garlic scapes in place of green garlic!)

Swiss Chard & Feta Frittata (so easy and good!)

Garlicky Swiss Chard & Chickpea Stir Fry (this is an oldie but a goody! I love this simple dish so much!)

Now for those CSA Kiddos!! These Recipes are LOVED and Tested my my own two kids and we hope your little ones love them too!!

Spinach, Apple & Date Muffins (these are so stinking good!)

2025 Harvest 2

Howdy folks and welcome to week 2 of your Tumbleweed Farm CSA share. We hope you had a great week of healthy eating and are ready for another week of farm fresh goodness!

We’ve been busy out here in the fields. The past week we had rain, heat, wind and got a lot done! We’re feeling a bit behind on our weeding as the harvest days are taking up a lot more time this year (our CSA shares have grown and we’re so grateful that we get to feed so many of you!) But with that, we’re learning to manage field days with this bigger harvest. We continue to transplant and direct seed thousands of plants and seeds each week. It’s a LOT! But we’re here for it and we’ve got a solid crew busting their butts right alongside us.

Here are a few snap shots of this past week in the field.


Alrighty folks, we hope you get to sit down to a lot of meals this week with people you love. Happy cooking and eating!

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

Harvest 2


  1. 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.

  2. Collard Greens—Also high in vitamin K they are also a good source of cancer fighting compounds and 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. 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.

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

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

  6. Arugula OR Baby Kale Mix—baby kale mix is super high in antioxidants, contains vitamin C, Vitamin K, Manganese and various polyphenols. Arugula— one of the healthiest leafy greens! Containing a ton of antioxidants and inflammatory properties.

  7. New Red Fire Head Lettuce—a rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Also a good anti- inflammatory leafy green.


Recipe Suggestions


Spring Harvest Chicken Bowls (another winner for our family last week!)

Breakfast Salad with Maple Glazed Turnips & Bacon (one of our all-time favorites!)

NOW FOR OUR CSA KID RECIPES!!

Beet Tzatziki (my kids love this dip and the color is unreal!)

Beet Falafel ( a great recipe for young eaters that the whole family will love!)

Miso Salmon Turnip Cakes (these are awesome!)