CSA week 11: more tomatoes, please! We’ve definitely begun tomato season, and that’s a good thing – no, it’s a great thing. The whole family loves tomatoes. We’re looking forward to several more weeks of all tomatoes, all the time. The vegetable treasures this week: six ears of corn one big head […]

CSA week 10: the radishes are back! (I love radishes.) We also have the summer’s first cherry tomatoes. Those won’t last long; in this house we are tomato fiends. This week our box holds fantastic stuff: six ears of corn one big head broccoli radishes one yellow summer squash carrots cucumbers one […]

CSA week 9: our first tomatoes, and don’t they look grand. We’re definitely into summer produce now, and I’m ready for tomato sandwiches and fresh corn! This week our box is heavy, because it contains: a dozen ears of corn 3 cantaloupe lettuce kale green beans cucumbers and red, ripe tomatoes […]

Definitely July, definitely CSA week 7, and definitely hot weather. Things are growing well, and our farmers have, yet again, packed our box with goodies. For the first week, though, there are no radishes. This was an excellent spring for radishes! The box does have these: romaine lettuce (2 big […]

CSA week 6, and the beginning of July. Today, thank goodness, is moderate in temperature, but last week was as hot as we might expect in late August – infernally hot. I console myself by thinking that the heat will only help make really good tomatoes. Alas, no tomatoes yet, but […]

It’s CSA week 5 – still June, though just barely – and my farmer at Vanhoutte Farms surprised me. This week’s box held sugar snap peas and snow peas, and I thought that the hot weather spelled the end of the pea distributions. I’m happy to be wrong, though, these taste great. […]

Most of the last week has been hot and sticky, so my prediction was correct: no more peas, because peas hate the heat. In CSA week 4, the greens are shifting, too, away from the tender early spring cool weather types, to the more robust (and tough, sometimes bitter) greens. […]

We’ve had warmer weather this past week – great for summer crops, but not so good for those that prefer cool spring weather. CSA week 3 gives us peas in the shell today! I’m fairly certain this is the end of the short season; peas hate the heat. (Maybe I am […]

Well, well, well! It’s CSA week 2, and today’s box brings us greens – 3 kinds of lettuce and kale – but also radishes, broccoli, potatoes, onion, and, surprise, strawberries! Those berries are an unexpected treat. While the last part of May was sunny and warm, the temperatures have become […]

Here in SE Michigan, we’ve just begun the season for local produce. Think that’s late? Where I live, the frost free date is May 29 – so I count myself lucky to get a basket of produce in early June. We participate in a CSA from Van Houtte Farms in Armada, […]