Feeling ready for fall? This week is a teeny weeny bit cooler. Thank goodness for fall! If this weeks basket doesn’t make you feel like doing some fall cookin’, then I don’t know what will!

We have been harvesting our winter squash and pumpkins the last few days. As you know, each week we try to have a new winter squash in your baskets. This week is delicata winter squash. You don’t need to peel! Just wash slice and roast with a little olive oil, salt, pepper and herbs and spices of your choice. Delicata is one of our favorites.

What’s in your basket this week? Well, we did some rooting around for it!

Beets

Parsnips

Carrots

Onions

Peppers (hot and mild)

Greens ~ look for the greens bag you prefer. They are all a little different in each basket.

Bartlet Pears

Delicata Squash

And of course the extras of your choice!

Next week…Leeks

Two weeks we are hoping the sweet corn will be ready! Very excited for that!

Ahhh…. What a nice week! It certainly makes growing more of pleasure when those temps drop below 100!

PLEASE NOTE: This fall we will have a basket or two of miscellaneous produce. This is part of your share. Feel free to take what you will use, while being mindful of others. If you take a winter squash, make that be the only thing…if you want fruit, take four or five and maybe a pepper or two. If you are making eggplant Parmesan, take what you need for that! Get the just of it?

This weeks baskets ~

Galia Melon (let this melon develop its full ripeness on the counter for a couple more days)

Spaghetti Squash

Summer Squash

Cherry Tomatoes

Small Onions

Asian Pears

Bell Peppers

Green Beans

Carrots

Next week we are pulling parsnips and more carrots! These are great roasted together.

We have begun!

Fall shares last eight weeks. We strive to have a different winter squash each week. We cure these a few weeks before putting them in your baskets so they have the highest sugar content making them richer tasting. So eat up or save for a later time in the fall.

This week is a transition week in the gardens, so this means there is some variances from basket to basket ~ not all baskets are the same. The difference is; sweet salad turnips, beets or beans. First come first serve. Also we have extra peppers and summer squash you are welcome to take from the basket as you come in the door.

Bad and sad peach crop for us this year. While we were excited for how abundant the peaches were and we provided extra care, the fruit beetles were even more excited for our labors. They devoured anything that had the slightest color. We are hoping for the later Fairtime Peaches to be successful. So needless to say, there are very few peaches in your basket this week.

If you have a need for culinary herbs, we will be happy to cut what you need for your weeks meal prep. Just let us know, and we’ll happily gather it up for you when you arrive (providing it is growing).

This weeks baskets~

Peaches (few)

Asian pears

Apples

Bay leaves (can be dried for later soups and dishes)

Butternut squash

Kale

Bell peppers

Anaheim peppers

Walla Walla onion

Eggplant

Beans, beets, or hakurei turnip

Plus extras of your choice

Today is the first day of fall shares! Pick up time will be after 2 p.m. Please remember to bring your basket, box or cooler to put your produce in.

We will see you today!

TEN WEEKS? Already? I kept counting back because I am in awe at how fast summer flow by! Don’t forget, Fall Shares begin August 30th, giving us a two week break.

We want to thank you for your support and for your friendship!

Here’s the run down of this weeks share;

Cantaloupe

Onions

White peaches – these are the ones with a green hue. Give a little time to ripen.

Yellow peaches

Black Mission Figs

Sweet Bell Pepper

Tomatoes

Cherry Tomatoes

Spanish Roja Garlic

Zucchini & Yellow Squash

Beets

Cut Flowers

Summer shares are almost to a close. One more week to go after this weeks share, ending on August 9th. We take a two week break, giving us time to regroup and begin Fall Shares August 30th.

Every year we have something that challenges us. This year is the Japanese Beetle attacking the fruit before it ripens. We have always had issues of these pests moving in but this year is the worst yet. We are building traps to help control them, but meanwhile we are picking our peaches before they destroy them. Oh, there is always some kind of a challenge!

This weeks basket:

Onions

Tomatoes

Beans or carrots

Peaches

Figs

Basil

Cherry tomatoes

Zucchini and summer squash

Tomatillos

Microgreens

Satsuma plums

Peppers

Also! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! We need baskets returned. For our Fall Shares we absolutely will no longer allow any baskets to leave the farm. If you forget to bring a basket we do have boxes in the old Chevy pickup you are welcome to use instead. We have purchased over 25 NEW baskets this year alone and still find ourselves scrambling each week to find something to put the produce in. Thanks so much for you help!

Hot Hot Hot! Boy, it’s hot out there.

Ya, we are celebrating the heat with a mix of HOT peppers! Time for making some salsa!

We have a lot going on here. Tory, our senior doe goat is due today, the pumpkin and winter squash patch is in full swing, weeds and all. The corn for fall shares is lookin’ pretty darn good. Many root crops have gone in the week. Yup, no rest in the shade with iced tea for us farming folk this week.

This week we have a extra odds and ends. A little this, a little that. When you come into the cool room you see a couple baskets with some mixed produce. Squash, eggplant, Chinese noodle beans and some fruit bags. Choose two items to add to your share.

What you will find in your shares this week:

Cherry tomatoes

Slicing tomatoes

Garlic

Mix of hot peppers

Eggplant

Green beans (and a few purple)

Walla Walla onion

Micro-greens

Figs

Cucumber

Plums

Herb pack (parsley, rosemary, tarragon)

New produce next week. Tomatillos, Elberta Peaches and patty pan squash.

Two more week of summer shares ending on August 9th. There is a two week break and then fall shares begin August 30th. We have a couple spots open for fall. We strive to have a different winter squash each week and this year we will have sweet corn!

Can you believe this is the last week of spring shares? Don’t forget we are skipping a week next week before summer shares begin June 7th.

This weeks basket includes:

Shallots

Green onions

Mustard greens

Salad Blend

Rainbow carrots (washed, peeled and sliced)

Cherries

Mixed herb bag

And, one of either a fennel bulb, artichokes or kohlrabi (unfortunately we didn’t have enough of each for everyone to have so we mixed it up).

Thank you all for your support!

See ya in a couple weeks!

This week the gardens are going through some major transitions. Several of our early spring crops like spinach, arugula and lettuce are bolting with the heat. Out they go and in with the new! Change is welcome, but tender greens will be missed as the weeks go by. Broccoli will be ready this week as well as the shelling peas, garlic and strawberries. Yay! The first of the fruit! The cherries are just starting to get the slightest of color change. With any luck, they will be in spring Shares.

A quick note~ we are looking for some old fashioned wood frame windows with the glass. If anyone has some floating around and want to trade for some extra produce, we’d love to make a deal! We are looking to build a protected area for our transplants with them.

We are so excited to begin the growing season once again!  Shares for 2018 are now available.  This year we have some new and exciting things happening around the shop and garden.  We are increasing our growing as well as new organic food opportunities.  One of our new things this year is our weekly artisan bread share.  We will be offering more artisan cheeses, kombucha and more!  We will keep you updated!

All shares will be picked up at our shop, Ali’s Organics & Garden Supply.  We will be changing our time to make it a little easier for pick up by increasing the time by a few hours.  New pick up hours will be from 2:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

We also would like our share holders to be sure to bring a basket this season to pick up their shares.  This way we don’t have to hound you for our baskets back!  We will be using wooden boxes, as we can stack them in our new “up and coming” cooling room this year.

Some things to look forward to this year in your shares.  This year our asparagus patches will be able to be picked for a longer season of at least three weeks rather than the one week.  There is nothing better than fresh cut asparagus!  Our strawberry patches have grown and we should have a larger abundance as well.  Possible ramps this year.  We have been waiting patiently for our patch to be harvested for three years now and this just might be our lucky year!

Last fall we included a recipe every week using produce that was in your share.  We thought this might help those that wasn’t to sure what to do with some of your produce.  This did take extra time and love, so PLEASE, if you loved it, give us feed back on weather you would like us to do it or not!

Now, get signed up on the shares tab (or click link below) and we will see this spring for the best season ever!  Thank you!

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