2018 Harvest 4

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Howdy folks and welcome to week 4 of your Tumbleweed Farm haul. We hope you enjoyed last week's veggies and are clearing room in the fridge for more spring treats. I hope you all aren't sick of bok choy yet (I swear it'll slow down soon) because this week it's looking big and beautiful. As always, we're sharing plenty of recipe ideas if you find yourself struggling with some of the harvest. We're excited that kohlrabi is making its seasonal debut along with the purple turnips. The garlic scapes are looking great this week and so are the heads of romaine lettuce (which we love slicing in half and throwing on the grill!). It's a bountiful box this week and we hope you enjoy it!

The main news from the field is that we finally got some rain!!!!! It felt so damn good to stand out in the pouring rain and get soaked. The plants are happy which makes us farmers even happier. The sugar snap and snow peas are growing quickly and zucchini blossoms are popping up in the first squash planting. The potatoes are growing by the day and the corn in the upper field is almost knee high (though I'm only 5'1 so it's probably only calf high on Taylor) Regardless, we're pretty excited to see how healthy and happy it's looking!

Alrighty folks, we hope you enjoy the harvest this week. The temps are creeping up so hopefully you'll find yourself firing up the grill. And you can grill any and all of the veggies (grilled spinach tastes like a kale chip and is really good!)

Cheers from Tumbleweed

-A & T

Harvest 4

  1. Romaine Lettuce
  2. Spinach
  3. Beets (remove greens and store separately)
  4. Bok Choy
  5. Mizuna
  6. Purple Turnips (remove the greens and store separately)
  7. Garlic Scapes
  8. Kohlrabi 

Recipe Suggestions

Steak Salad with Charred Vegetables (use the mizuna instead of arugula and add the turnips instead of carrots!)

Steak Salad with Charred Vegetables (use the mizuna instead of arugula and add the turnips instead of carrots!)

Green Garlic Risotto with Mizuna (sub the garlic scapes for the green garlic)

Green Garlic Risotto with Mizuna (sub the garlic scapes for the green garlic)

2018 Harvest 3

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Howdy folks and welcome to week three of your Tumbleweed CSA share. We hope you've all been enjoying your vegetables so far and are excited for this week's haul. Today we're stoked to have our first harvest of carrots and garlic scapes. The carrots are sweet and tender and taste great eaten straight up or simply drizzled with oil and thrown onto the grill (greens and all!). The garlic scapes are treated like royalty around these parts. Their season is short so enjoy them while we've got 'em! They're similar in flavor to the green garlic but with a more pungent garlic flavor. They're lovely diced up and tossed into salads, thrown onto the grill (whole) or added to salad dressings, pestos, or yogurt dips. 

As far as the report from the field-- I'd say no news is good news!! We're in the thick of planting late summer and early fall crops and continue to prep new sections of the farm for those late season veggies. The weeds continue to grow almost as fast as the plants so we're spending all day every Wednesday weeding with the crew (weeding Wednesdays has a nice sound to it right?) It's been fun harvesting for local restauruants and the farmers market is always a nice change of pace from being up at the farm. Thanks for everyone who's stopped by and said hi at the Hood River market on Saturday's. If you find yourself down in the neighborhood it's a great place to head to grab all the other essentials for getting through the week. Eggs, meat, dairy, fermented foods, baked goods, Kombucha and more!

Anyhow we hope you all had a restful weekend and are ready for this weeks haul! Happy cooking!

Your farmers,
A & T

Harvest 3

  1. Head Lettuce
  2. Radishes (remove the greens and store seperately)
  3. Turnips (same as above)
  4. Carrots (same as above)
  5. Baby Bok Choy
  6. Spinach
  7. Garlic Scapes
  8. Collard Greens

Recipe Suggestions

Scallion Miso Butter with Spring Veggies (sub one or two garlic scapes for the scallions here!)

Scallion Miso Butter with Spring Veggies (sub one or two garlic scapes for the scallions here!)

Mustard Braised Rabbit with Turnips and Arugula Pesto (swap the turnip greens for arugula)

Mustard Braised Rabbit with Turnips and Arugula Pesto (swap the turnip greens for arugula)

 

 

2018 Harvest 2

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Howdy folks and welcome to week two of your Tumbleweed Farm share. We hope you enjoyed last weeks veggies and have cleared room in the fridge for this week's harvest. If you're anything like us, you may have an "oh sh*t, it's CSA delivery day" panic attack if you haven't been able to eat through last week's share. We have a little concoction that we whip up when we need to make room for more veggies and we call it "compost pasta." Basically, we take the contents of what's leftover and sauté everything in butter and garlic and toss it with hot pasta and cheese. It tastes great and no recipe required! 

The past seven days have been pretty darn wonderful at the farm. The weather has treated us well with cool and comfortable temps and we feel like we can actually watch the corn grow by the minute. The upper field is filling up quickly with summer crops and the squash, cucumbers and melons are established and looking great. We're starting to plant the first of the tomatoes in one of the hoop houses and we'll follow those up with peppers and eggplants.  It may still be May but we can almost taste the summer bounty.

This week we are really happy to have kale in the boxes because this same planting (over half of it) was wiped out by root maggot a few weeks ago. We didn't think we'd have enough for CSA but alas, what did survive is growing strong! The next succession of kale (which is in another part of the field) is looking pretty good so we're hopeful that you'll get your kale fix this season. The greenhouse beets continue to produce well and we think that carrots will be in the shares next week (fingers crossed!) This week we're happy to have spinach and mustard greens making their seasonal debut, along with the always popular "French Breakfast" radishes. We hope you're hungry this week and look forward to hearing what you all whip up in the kitchen.

Happy eating!

Your farmers,
T & A

Harvest 2

  1. Kale
  2. Head Lettuce
  3. Spinach
  4. French Breakfast radishes (remove the greens and store them separately)
  5. Beets (remove the greens and store them separately)
  6. Green Garlic
  7. Bok Choy
  8. Mustard Greens

Recipe Suggestions