Welcome to the Spring 2015 CSA! Here is what we have in the box this week: As usual, we rinse our veggies before they come to you–but they do come right out of the garden. We don’t use herbicides or pesticides, but bugs and dirt do occasionally come along for the ride. We recommend washing …
Our Seed Swap is coming up on Saturday March 28. To help things run smoothly, here are some guidelines for swappers: If you don’t have seeds, come anyway! We’ll have seeds and chili (we are asking for a donation for the chili). Our friends at Oleo Acres are having a propagation workshop at 1pm–right around …
When: Saturday, March 14, 2015; 10am – 2pm Where: Oak Hill Farm What: Spring Seed Swap Farmers, gardeners, and plant-lovers! Bring your extra seed and share with other like-minded folks. If you don’t have any seed to swap, that is OK! Seed packets will be available by donation, too. Look for more details on …
One of our favorite treats is a roasted fresh ham. People are used to pink, pre-sliced, cured ham. Fresh ham, on the other hand, is pork-colored and succulent. Think ‘pork roast’. Our favorite recipe is a variation of one that friends in New York made once upon a time, that they in turn got from …
It takes a village to fill a box. With the strange weather this spring, we’ve had to replant some things and others are either gone or off schedule. Enter two other farms: Tim and Betty at Oleo Acres and Michael at the farm-formerly-known-as Cluck-N-Neigh. Tim provided the sweet potato, basil, and oregano; their farm has …
Finally, a sunny day (even though it rained again in the evening) for our Thursday CSA delivery. This spring has been both unusually cool and ridiculously wet–and because of that we have lost crops. The CSA rolls on, but our summer crops that we should have been starting to pick (squash, beans, chard, etc.) are either …
Two years ago, we were covered up in beets. CSA members complained–too many beets! This year, we planted and replanted and the beets are just now coming in. This is a great example of how crops can vary from year to year, depending on the climate and other factors. Never fear, though! Thursday boxes contain …
Reminder! Please return your empty CSA boxes! We have 2 boxes per CSA share, and each week we fill one and hope to get one empty back. I love the spring rain. One of my favorite outdoor activities is running in the rain, but I also like picking veggies in the rain. Shoes become useless …
This has been a strange spring; last year, we were all about the kohlrabi. Year before that, we had beets (and beets, and more beets). This year, we are covered in greens! Turnip, mustard, spinach… greens everywhere. We have beets and kohlrabi (technically, that counts as a green, too) coming–but we have had to replant …
Spring 2014–Week 1! Spinach, Mustard/turnip greens, Lettuce, Green Onions, Collards, Arugula, baby beet greens. Welcome to the Oak Hill Farm Spring 2014 CSA! A few opening notes: Now, on to the contents! This week we are heavy on leafy greens: Look for more veggies next week!
