This week we will be getting some fabulous spring produce, including green garlic, cilantro, and spinach. These cool-weather crops will only be around briefly, so be sure to enjoy them! The early weeks of the season will be heavy on greens, so get ready for some big salads and green smoothies. As the season moves along the types of produce will shift, first to more root vegetables, then to tomatoes, cucumbers, and summer squash, and finally to winter squash, eggplant, and peppers. Throughout the season there will be leafy greens, lettuce, onions, garlic, and more to round things out. So if you are itching for a certain vegetable, know that it will be coming and enjoy the current bounty while it’s here.
This week we are starting off with a bang. Many years we are light on produce for the first week or two and add in pecans and honey to fill the gap, but this year the produce is already going strong. We have lots of green goodies to cool you down now that the weather is heating up, including Willowbrook’s incredible salad mix, spinach, Swiss chard, and bok choy. Looking forward, we also should be enjoying a lot of fruit this season. Willowbrook Farm has a big apricot crop coming up and we expect that the favorable conditions this spring will mean plenty of peaches, plums, and apples later this season as well.
Sedona shareholders can find us under the small ramada between the baseball fields at Posse Grounds Park. Parallel park across from The Hub and skate park or by the basketball court and go through the gates. Once you come around the concession stand/restrooms you will see us. Cornville distribution will continue at Windmill Park, and Camp Verde shareholders will pick up produce at Willowbrook Farm. Addresses and pickup times are listed at the very bottom of this email.
Please bring your reusable bags to take home your share of produce. If you are unsure of where exactly to pick up your share, contact me ahead of time at verdevalleycsa@yahoo.com or at (928) 300-8623 on Wednesday. You can also review the email I sent earlier this month with detailed instructions about our pickup locations if you need a refresher. For those of you with flower shares, this week is the beginning of the season for produce only. Flower shares begin on June 12th. If you have not yet signed up for a flower share but would like to, please contact us.
Thank you all for being members of Verde Valley CSA! We look forward to another great year providing the freshest local produce and flowers.
Have a lovely week!
Meghan
What’s in your basket – May 22nd
Cilantro – Whipstone Farm
Green garlic – Whipstone Farm
Radish – Willowbrook Farm
Salad mix – Willowbrook Farm
Spinach – Whipstone Farm
Swiss chard – Willowbrook Farm
Perfect little radishes!
Bok choy in the field at Willowbrook Farm.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such big, beautiful heads of lettuce this early in the season.
Garlic harvested and curing before it enters our baskets in a few weeks.