This Week’s Share: Chard Cherry Tomatoes Cucumbers or Eggplant Green Beans Mixed Peppers (Poblano, Sweet, or Mixed Bag) Heirloom Tomatoes Parsley Pears Summer Squash Introducing Greydale Farms Greydale Farms is a new grower with City Commons this year. You may have seen their squash, beans, tomatoes, or potatoes in your Read more
This Week’s Share Beets Basil Cherry Tomatoes Heirloom Tomatoes Cucumbers OR Eggplant Pears (smaller units than we planned, something ate all the pears at Singing Tree) Oregano Green Peppers Nasturtium (Tuesday Only) Cilantro Flowers (Friday/Saturday Only) Summer Squash OR Green Beans (Tuesday Only) Carrots (Friday/Saturday Only) This week fall Read more
This Week’s Share Salad Mix Green Garlic (last week) Strawberries – small boxes (last week) Snap Peas Cooking Greens (Swiss Chard or Kale) Head Lettuce Garlic Scapes (last week) Tarragon Cilantro Radishes Before and after trellising the hoophouse tomatoes Goings on at Iroquois Ave Farm This week is going to Read more
This week’s share: Salad Mix Strawberries (double pints for Friday and Saturday) Hakurei Turnips Cherries (Tuesday only) Radishes Garlic Scapes – Double Bunches Head Lettuce Cucumbers Thyme Freshly Weeded Turnips, Head Lettuce, and Fennel Goings on at Iroquois Ave Farm The hot weather last week definitely slowed me down, but Read more
Trellising Cucumbers at Iroquois Ave Farm Welcome to the first week of City Commons CSA! This week’s share: Salad Mix Strawberries Head Lettuce Garlic Scapes Green Garlic Cooking Greens Sweet Cherries OR Sugar Snap Peas Chamomile Oregano Scallions (TUESDAY ONLY) Baby Beets OR Turnips (FRIDAY/SATURDAY ONLY) Goings on at Iroquois Read more
I love storage veggies, I hope you do too. Here is what is in there, in approximate order of which store the longest (at the bottom): Hot Peppers Kohlrabi Jerusalem Artichokes aka Sunchokes Storage Radishes Rutabagas Celeriac Parsnips Sweet Potatoes Potatoes Onions Garlic Winter Squash (Acorn and Butternut) Dried Herbs Read more
On the agenda for this weeks blog: the produce list, some ideas on how to use borage and other veggies this week, and then some overall updates about the farm and season. This week’s produce share includes: Apples Cherry tomatoes Heirloom tomatoes Cucumbers Green beans Watercress Hot peppers Chives Borage Read more
Welcome to the first week of the 8th year of City Commons CSA! We are so happy to have you. This week the standard produce share includes: Salad Mix (2 bags) Head Lettuce Radishes Spinach Oregano Tarragon As you may have heard, things are a little behind our usual Read more
This week at City Commons we have a great and delicious share for you. Last night we had the season’s first frost and tonight is going to be even colder. I don’t know about you but I love this season. When it gets chilly, somehow I feel even warmer. I Read more
If you enjoy cooking and baking, this is the time of year to start firing up the oven again! The warmth and aroma is the perfect compliment to chilly October nights. What to cook though? Consider the recipe below for a roasted pepper spread. In Poland and eastern Europe, peppers Read more