Sandy Spring CSA

July 28, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: watermelon, potatoes, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, Swiss chard, onion, corn and herb.
Too many potatoes? Cook them lightly and store them in the frig for the week. You can make potato salad, cold potato soup, potato lasagna (used sliced potato instead of pasta).
Also you can saute [...]

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June 23, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Beets with tops (cook these like other greens), herb, Blueberries, potatoes, zucchini and 2 of these 3: Chinese cabbage or Swiss chard or kohlrabi, (see photo of kohlrabi above).
There are many kinds of Chinese cabbage and all are good for stir fry or slaw. I [...]

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In case you get “tired” of an item, we remind you that the share boxes reflect the natural rhythm of Nature’s harvest. By mid-summer, you might be tired of zucchini. By fall you might be tired of cabbage, etc.
The answer is preserving, e.g. canning or freezing.  Check out a book called Saving the Seasons: [...]

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May 12, 2010: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Asparagus, rhubarb, radish, spring onions, spinach, salad mix, head lettuce, herb (chives with flowers - which are edible). And an extra bag of rhubarb for everyone - it is going strong.
Recipes:

We will attempt to give you recipes for unfamiliar vegetables. Please send me any [...]

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Here’s a book recommendation from National Public Radio. Beat This! by Ann Hodgman happens to be a cookbook, but it’s also a humor book, a self-help book and a kind of bible.
From NPR –
It is a happy day when I am asked to publicly recommend a book. It is also a dilemma. [...]

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May 13, 2009 - This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are asparagus, rhubarb, salad mix, herb, spring onion, spinach, radish and head lettuce. Please check the list of items at pick-up for substitutions.
We are so glad you are participating.  Starting this week, weekly information will be posted here on the website under NEWS, and [...]

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The week of November 10, 2008 we got winter squash, cauliflower, Russet potatoes, cabbage (either Chinese or green), apples, broccoli, radishes and turnips.
Hi All,
Thank you all for participating. You are making an important contribution to sustainable farming practices, a healthier environment and your own health!
On Nov 24, coordinators will be on site to accept [...]

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Yes, you can eat radish greens. They are spicy and good in a salad. You can also cook the greens from the kohlrabi, just as you would turnip greens.
You can make a puree with parsnip, kohlrabi, potato and leek or garlic. Delicious. Just skin, steam until tender, blend, add butter and salt. Better than [...]

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The week of October 13, we got sweet corn, sweet potatoes, Chinese cabbage (it is really nice), peppers, head lettuce, apples and radish.

Hi All,
After this week, we will not send any more weekly emails until close to season’s end. Instead the weekly newsletter will be here. We attempt to provide this info to you [...]

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The week of October 6, 2008 we got chard (big green leaf w/red or yellow stems), Broccoli, Carrots, Turnips, fruit, a leafy green (either bok choy or kale) and Winter squash.
Welcome to your first Fall pick-up. I will repeat the locations and some logistics below. This post will tell you the list of produce for [...]

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