Radishes- remove leaves and store in a plastic bag

Red Head Lettuce

Green Head Lettuce

Spinach

Kale- try cutting up leaves, hard stem removed, and add near the end of any stir fry

Green Garlic- very versatile

Dill-can be placed in a small glass with water at the bottom (cilantro to) like a bouquet in the refrigerator or on the counter

Cilantro

Asparagus

Green Garlic

Rhubarb

Salad Mix

Green and Red Head Lettuce

Radishes- remove leaves and store in plastic baggie

Swiss Chard

Kale

Wild Mint- sun tea or mojito’s anyone?

*If anything looks wilted soak it in a bowl of very cold water before refrigerating.

*Remember to wash your veggies before eating.

1 Bunch Watercress – high in multivitamins

1 Bunch Green Garlic- as you would scallions or mild garlic

1 Bunch Swiss Chard

1 Bunch Kale

Asparagus

Rhubarb

Salad Mix

Sunchoke sample- Peel, slice and add to salad.  It has a sweet, dry, crisp flavor.  Our sunchoke patch is growing we’ll have more next year.

You might get an extra bunch of this or that we had some extras and tossed them in random boxes!

The nature of the CSA, what does it stand for?  Community Supported Agriculture and when you reverse it you have an Agricultural Supported Community.  This means a closer connection between you and your food and the farmers who work to produce it.  It means having a face to put behind your meal, and remembering food comes from soil and toil not the grocery store, via who knows where.  Being in a CSA means eating locally with the seasons and at the whims of Mother Nature.  We tickle her with our hoe  and she laughs with a harvest.

In the beginning expect the boxes to be easy to carry containing mostly scrumptious salad fixings of spring and early summer.  By August and September  the boxes will be full and varied.

The farm is 1 1/2 hours from Madison so we rely on you to make the pickups go smoothly.  Write your pickup days on your calendar.  Find the box with your last name (or the name of the Primary Household with whom you are sharing) marked on the box label.  If a check off sheet is provided at your pick-up site check of the appropriate name.  Leave last weeks box neatly folded for your site host, to be picked up by our driver.  IF YOU DO NOT FIND YOUR BOX DO NOT TAKE SOMEONE ELSE’S, contact your site host and the farm immediately.

You may bring your own bags and transfer your produce and leave the waxed box, carefully and neatly flattened.  Or you may take the box with you, carefully flatten and store to be returned at your next pick up.  We thank you in advance for taking care of these reusable boxes.

If you are unable to pick up your share you must make alternate arrangements ahead of time.  You can instruct someone to pick up your box for you, you can ask the farm by Monday not to make a box for you that week, or you can ask your site host to hold your box for a later pick up.  If you are a no call, no show your box will be donated to an appreciative family at the end of the pick up window!

Please make sure that anyone you send in your place to pick up your box knows these instructions.  Thank your site host for sharing their space.  We could not be doing this without them!

Remember to check our website a couple of times a week.   Rather than the traditional newsletter we will be posting on our blog news, recipes, pictures and veggie storing tips.  Please feel free to post comments.  We would love if you sent us your favorite recipes to share with other members! You can also find us on Facebook!

Two really good Cookbooks for CSA are From Asparagus to Zucchini produced by MACSAC can be found at their website www.macsac.org.  Also Tastes from Valley to Bluff, The Featherstone Farm Cookbook. www.featherstonefarm.com

We will have a farm party this summer!  An invitation will be posted on our website when we confirm the date.  If you are in the Kickapoo Valley area and would like to arrange a farm visit please give us a call. We have had a great Spring so far here on the farm.  We have a lot of plants and seeds in the ground and are expecting a phenomenal growing season!

If you have questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact me immediately!

Star 608-606-0373 or csa@keewaydinfarms.com

We work hard to bring you your CSA share.  Your job is to remember to pick up your box of veggies.  Please mark your pick up days on your calendar!

All Standard and Double Shares begin June 1^st and will run every Wednesday until the last pickup on October 12^th.

Every Other Week ,  June 1st:  for Oregon, Commonwealth, Bloom Bake Shop, and Whole Foods

June-  1^st, 15^th, 29^th

July- 13^th, 27^th

August- 10^th, 24^th

September- 7^th, 21^st

October- 5^th

Every Other Week,  June 8th: for John Deere, Waunakee, Lowell, LaFarge, Viroqua, and Richland Center

June- 8^th, 22^nd

July- 6^th, 20^th

August- 3^rd, 17^th, 31^st

September- 14^th, 28^th

October- 12^th

This is a general guideline for the vegetables we grow the most of.  There may be other surprises in your box that are not listed!

Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Brussels Sprouts

Winter Squash- Red Kuri

Onions

Garlic

Spinach

Salad Mix

Cabbage

Kale

Chiogga (or candy cane) Beets with greens-cut off greens and store in a plastic bag, use like Swiss Chard

Turnips- white or red

Radishes

Scallions

Herbs- combination thyme, oregano and rosemary

Sorry no Carrots this year.  Our late carrot crop was terrible.  Apparently this was so for the other farms in our area as Rufus and I could not track any down

I will be posting storage tips and recipes soon so check in again!

Salad Mix – Crisp and Luscious.

Spinach – Sweeter after frost!

Head Lettuces – wrap in a plastic bag for storage.

Scallions – the greens make great chives!

Salad Turnips – slice and add to salad.  remove greens for storage in fridge

Radishes – to keep crisp remove  greens and store in water in fridge.

Dill – place in a cup with small amount of water in fridge.  Use in salads, sandwiches and on burgers.  Use with garlic to make salad dressing

Garlic – to use in a homemade salad dressing.  Check our recipes.

Broccoli – Be sure to soak in salty water to remove worms, cut up and enjoy in your salad.

Bag of Caribe Potatoes

2 Heads of Leafy Lettuce

Bag of Spinach

Onion

2-3 Garlic

Winter Squash

Kale

Brussel Sprouts- They store the longest on the stem.

2-3 Heads of Lettuce

Spinach

Kale

Green, Yellow and Purple Beans

Pie Pumpkin

Garlic

Scallions