Sandy Spring CSA

Good morning – another beautiful day
Hope all went well yesterday – am sure that everyone behaved themselves & only took one jug of cider each
We hope that everyone enjoyed their cider - you will have more next week. We used some to glaze our roasted root veggies – wow. [...]

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Our farmer sent some info on the sweet potatoes we’ve been getting.

The dark–orange/red skin dark orange flesh – Beauregard (my fav & great for making pie & biscuits),
light almost white tan skin – smooth – white Haman (a gourmet delight – hard to find in regular stores),
gold skin/gold flesh – Puerto Rico, [...]

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July 22, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: Sweet corn, kale, potatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, onions, carrots, and beets with tops.
CSA Customer Service: Isn’t it great when your farmer has a face - and an open email box? If you ever have any questions about the condition of your produce, you should feel [...]

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July 8, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are: leeks, onions, potatoes, beans, zucchini, cucumber, beets with tops and salad mix.
Farmer Pam writes with news from the farm
Good morning – a cool quiet morning – we are in the changeover time of the year – planting the fall crops and getting ready for [...]

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June 24, 2009: This week’s featured fruits and vegetables are carrots, bok choi, kohlrabi, beets, garlic scapes, herb, peas, potatoes, salad or baby spinach, and cherries.
Farmer Pam notes that “the cherries are compromised by the weather - they will not hold - please wash, pit and eat right away.” There’s real-life food for you!
And [...]

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I hope everyone had a great Halloween! This week’s treats in our boxes: Russett potatoes, carrots, sweet corn, cauliflower, broccoli, apples and green cabbage.

CALLING ALL BOXES!
We are gathering boxes in anticipation of the last delivery on Monday Nov. 24th. Please return all boxes that you may have. Also, it will make things [...]

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October & November are traditional months for Amish weddings- usually held on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
Weddings usually go from  - 9am ( oh yeah) – worship service, wedding , then mid day meal – dinner – then afternoon worship & then ‘visiting & singing’ the singing goes on for about 3 hours – you better be [...]

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Hail has been our nemesis this week – it took out the beautiful bumper crop of peaches, it shredded the lettuce & destroyed the blackberries.
We are still reeling from the damage – fortunately – we still have ‘maters.
This week the boxes may be varied – we will have plenty of corn & bean (I hope). [...]

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We had some ‘hail-like’ precipitation – we can tell by the torn tree leaves, etc.
Those pesky tomatoes - we won’t know for another 24-36 hours – you folks hopefully won’t see it – we will just have a gazillion tomatoes to make into sauce, juice etc. This is the second MAJOR set back with the [...]

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The week of July 14, 2008 we got zucchini, cucumber, Swiss chard, head lettuce, onions (fresh - keep in the fridge), Sweet corn, Beans, APRICOTS, and tomatoes.
Here is what Farmer Pam advises about our bumpy cukes.
You will notice that this old fashion variety does have little bumps on it, not like those smooth cukes [...]

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