WEEKLY SHARE: Here's an example of what you can expect in your weekly share based on previous years. Yields will vary slightly season-to-season based largely on weather as well as other factors.

2011 CSA Week #1 Full-share includes: (coming soon)

2009 CSA Week #1 Full-share includes:

SNAP PEAS Whole pods, best eaten raw as a snack (do not shell).
SPINACH Sauté or eat as a salad green.
RAMPS Treat as asparagus. Sauté French-style (Julienne-cut and skillet with butter and coarse salt).
ITALIAN DANDELION Bitter green. Wilt and serve, or add to other dishes, soups or stir-fry
MIZUNA Braise or treat as a raw green.
RADISH Raw snack, prepared for salad topping, or sliced and baked with olive oil and salt for “radish chips.”
RAPINI (Brocolli Raab) Sauté, stir-fry, or incorporate into soups.
PAC CHOI (Mei Quing Choi) Use as a raw green, sauté, stir-fry, or incorporate into Asian soups.
HERB: LAVENDER Edible flowers or dried for its aroma (use as a satchel in drawers, in laundry dryer).
HERB: SAGE Use fresh or dried
CUT FLOWER: KNIFOPHIA

CSA Week #2 Full-share includes:

Sugar Snap Peas: Whole pods, best eaten raw as a snack (do not shell).

Tai Sai (heirloom): Sauté, steam, stir-fry or bechamel.

Scapes (Garlic topsets): Treat as asparagus. Grille, bake or sauté with olive oil & coarse salt.

Arugula (heirloom): Salad green, but may be sautéd or added to side dishes. Use edible flowers to decorate salads and soups.

Lettuce (1 red, 1 green): Raw green.

Rapini (Sessantina Grossa): Sauté, stir-fry, or incorporate into soups.

Pac Choi (Mei Qing): Use as a raw green, sauté, stir-fry, or incorporate into Asian soups.

HERB: Potted Genovese Basil

CUT FLOWER: Wildflower bunch

CSA Week #3 Full-share includes:

Shungiku Salad green.

Chinese Spinach (Yukina Savoy) Sauté or salad green.

Frisee (Endive, Bianca Riccia) Bitter salad green.

Mizuna Braise or treat as a raw green.

Red Leaf Lettuce

Swiss Chard Sauté or stir-fry.

Pac Choi (Mei Quing Choi) Use as a raw green, sauté, stir-fry, or incorporate into Asian soups.

CUT FLOWER: Yarrow, Baby’s Breath

CSA Week #4 Full-share includes:

Asian Baby Field Greens Salad green.

Radish

Carrot

Red Curly Kale Braise or treat as a raw green.

Red Leaf Lettuce

Pac Choi (Mei Quing Choi) Use as a raw green, sauté, stir-fry, or incorporate into Asian soups.

Italian Dandelion (full only)

CUT FLOWER: Lisianthus

HERB: Basil (Genovese)

CSA Week #5 Full-share includes:

Green Beans

Mesclun Field Greens Salad green.

Summer Squash (Zephyr)

Carrot

Choi (Longevity) Braise or treat as a raw green.

Swiss Chard

Gai Lon  

HERB: Basil (Genovese)

CSA Week #6 Full-share includes:

Green Beans

Mixed Salad Greens (Endive, red kale, red lettuce, shugiku) 

Summer Squash (Zephyr)

Carrot

Cucumbers.

White Radish (Ping-pong) Salad topping, or slice & bake with olive oil, salt, cayenne pepper & garlic powder.

HERB: Sage

CUT FLOWER: White Phlox

CSA Week #7 Full-share includes:

Green Beans

Summer Squash (Zephyr)

Chinese  Cucumber (“Suyo Long”)

Cucumbers

Kohlrabi  (See our video on YouTube: “Funky Kohlrabi” for ideas)

Bok Choi (Joi Choi)

White Radish (Ping-pong) Salad topping, or slice & bake with olive oil, salt, cayenne pepper & garlic powder.

HERB: Parsley plant

CSA Week #8 Full-share includes:

Sweet Corn

Summer Squash (Zephyr)

Eggplant

Cucumbers

Red Potato

Tomatoes (full only, this week)

CSA Week #9 Full-share includes:

Zucchini

Summer Squash (Zephyr)

Green Beans

Cucumbers

Red Potato

Sweet Corn 

SPECIAL NOTE:     Due to last night’s aerial spraying of the pesticide “Anvil” by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Friday & Saturday baskets were picked the evening before and refrigerated.

You can visit the Health & Human Services website for “FAQ about Anvil spraying for EEE” at:

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=6&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Community+Health+and+Safety&L3=Environmental+Health&L4=Environmental+Exposure+Topics&L5=Pesticide+Spray&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_environmental_c_mosquito_anvil_application_faqs&csid=Eeohhs2 He

There is also a telephone info line: 2-1-1, but they failed to answer most direct questions.

New York State Dept. of Health has the most comprehensive fact sheet we could find: http://www.health.state.ny.us/publications/2738/

Anvil use has been controversial since its inception. It is a synthetic pyrethroid, manufactured and distributed by Clarke Mosquito Control. This chemical is toxic to fish, beneficial insects (such as carnivorous ladybugs and pollinating bees and butterflies) and all other invertebrates. Anvil was previously used by the Commonwealth in 2006.

CSA Week #10 Full-share includes:

Heirloom Tomatoes (assorted)

Eggplant (Italian)

Patty Pan Squash

Zucchini Squash

Zephyr Squash

Cucumber

Green Beans

Red Potato

Sweet Corn

CSA Week #11 Full-share includes: 

Kohlrabi

Heirloom Tomatoes (may include; German Striped, Red Piriform, Brandywine, Rosetta’s Cherry, Cherokee Purple, Japanese Black, Golden, Washington Cherry, or Grape Cherry)

Patty Pan Squash

Bon Bon Squash

Zucchini Squash

Zephyr Squash

Cucumber

Red Potato

Sweet Corn