2024 Harvest 7

Howdy folks and welcome to week 7 of your Tumbleweed Farm CSA share. We hope you enjoyed last week’s harvest and have made room in your refrigerator for more veggies. As the season progresses the harvest does get a little larger so hopefully you’re keeping up okay (remember it makes good compost too!!)

This week the weather is supposed to get HOT!! We’ll keep fields irrigated and hopefully the lettuces don’t get to scorched. We’ve been here before without much of an issue so we’re expecting things to survive just fine.

We hope you all have a fun and safe 4th of July and we’ll see you all soon. Happy cooking and eating everyone.

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

Harvest 7

  1. Cilantro—Cilantro is one of the most potent and detoxifying herbs for our bodies. It helps remove heavy metals from our bodies and has antibacterial properties along with being one of the most adrenal supporting herbs out there.

  2. Head Lettuce—A rich source of vitamins A, K and folate. Also a good anti- inflammatory leafy green. Keep this stored in a plastic bag or tupperware to stay fresh.

  3. Cabbage—this tasty brassica helps reduce inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the leading cause of disease and incorporating more anti-inflammatory foods is very beneficial.

  4. Fennel—This anise flavored veggie is packed with important vitamins and minerals to help maintain overall health. Rich in Vitamin C, magnesium, potassium and manganese fennel is also been proven to help reduce inflammation and contains antibacterial properties.

  5. 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.

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

  7. Fresh Garlic— 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! Because this is fresh garlic please eat it within a week and store in your fridge. It hasn’t been cured yet.

    Recipe Suggestions

Beet Tzatziki (AKA BEST DIP EVER!!!) Please just make this!

Cilantro Lime Dressing (drizzle this on everything! It’s so good!)

Beet & Fennel Soup (this is absolutely divine!)

Apple Fennel Crisp (such a fun way to use fennel!)

Tumbleweed Farm’s Favorite Kale Salad (even my kids eat this one!)

2024 Harvest 6

Howdy folks and welcome to week 6 of your Tumbleweed Farm CSA! We hope you are having a great week and are ready for some fresh veg! Before I get to this week’s haul I want to address an issue that was brought to our attention last week. A CSA member was incredibly upset with her arugula last week. Her bag wasn’t up to our standards and we apologize to anyone who had a similar experience. I want to assure everyone we harvest when things are ready and pack and bag only vegetables that are in superior shape. We think the arugula may have gotten too warm in transit and that caused wilting. We hand harvest and hand wash everything (it takes anywhere between 9-10 hours of farm labor to just wash the veggies.) We are very particular with our harvest and wash process. I just want to assure folks that we work really hard to keep up with the quality of our produce but we’re also humans working with mother nature and sometimes things are out of our control.

Anyhow, onward to this week’s haul! We are STOKED with the cabbage. The spring planting looks phenomenal and we had fun harvesting these bowling balls. We’re also starting the long process of harvesting all of the garlic and before we cure it all we wanted to make sure and get you all some fresh stuff. Please use this garlic up within a week because it’s not cured.


We hope you all enjoy the harvest this week. Happy cooking and eating everyone!

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

Harvest 6

  1. Cabbage—this tasty brassica helps reduce inflammation in the body. Inflammation is the leading cause of disease and incorporating more anti-inflammatory foods is very beneficial.

  2. Dill—is great for digestion and helps with bloating. Because of its antacid properties it’s great at easing indigestion, gastritis and other inflammatory conditions.

  3. 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).

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

  5. Garlic—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!

  6. Scallions—Great for overall immune health. Scallions are a good source of vitamin C and a flavonoid called quercetin. Both can strengthen your immune system and help it fight illnesses.

Recipe Suggestions

Farm Fresh Ranch Coleslaw (this is SO good and tastes great all week long!)

Coconut Chickpea & Turnip Curry (sub the chard for the spinach or use the turnip greens)

Pasta with Turnips, Sausage and Greens (so easy and good! My kids love this too!)

Breakfast Salad with Maple Glazed Turnips & Bacon (use the salad mix instead of mustard greens or toss in some turnip greens to the mix!))



2024 Harvest 5

Howdy folks and welcome to week 5 of your Tumbleweed CSA. Not to worry there is NO MORE BOK CHOY!! We understand that getting the same things over and over again can get old, however, we are in a position to harvest what’s ready and in season when it’s available. If you want more bok choy we’ll have it for a few more weeks at the farmers market but you won’t be getting it in your box for a while. Hopefully distance makes the heart grow fonder and when it’s available again in the fall you’ll be ready!

This week we’re excited to debut the first harvest of our spring broccoli. Broccoli can be a pretty finicky veggie for us to grow here at the farm and over the years we’ve had our ups and downs. However, the spring weather has been ideal for the broccoli and it’s looking great! We hope you all are as excited as we are about this veggie!

The spinach is coming in hot again along with more arugula, romaine lettuce (this makes the best Caesar salad ever!) radishes, collard greens (this will be the last week of collards for a while) and scallions. We hope you all are enjoying the spring bounty.

Happy cooking and eating everyone!

Your farmers,
Andrea, Taylor, Pepper & Maize (and our badass field crew)

Harvest 5

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  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. Scallions—Great for overall immune health. Scallions are a good source of vitamin C and a flavonoid called quercetin. Both can strengthen your immune system and help it fight illnesses.

  5. Arugula—Arugula is thought to be one of the most nutrient dense leafy green veggies. It’s high in calcium, potassium, folate, and vitamins A, C, and K. It’s also an excellent source of phytochemicals like flavonoids and glucosinolates that can scavenge free radicals and offer anticancer properties. 

  6. 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!

  7. Broccoli—Broccoli contains many vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. Broccoli’s benefits include helping reduce inflammation, keeping blood sugar stable, and strengthening the immune system.

Recipe Suggestions