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The grand finale from my Sport Hill Farm 2012 CSA. Patti’s back!!!

Week 21 – 10/18

• 2 acorn squash
• 2 spaghetti squash
• 2 Delicata squash
• 2 butternut squash
• 2 fennel bulbs
• 1 bunch scallions
• 2 heads of broccoli
• 1 head of escarole
• 2 heads of lettuce: green and red

This has been another wonderful year of a CSA. I highly recommend this model to anyone who is interested. Choose your farmer well! Thank you Patti, Al, and the Popp family!

Lot’s more food from my Sport Hill Farm 2012 CSA.

Week 18 – 9/27

• 1 spaghetti squash
• 1 Delicata squash
• 1 acorn squash
• 4 eggplant
• 1 bag of beans
• 2 bell peppers
• 1 bag tomatillos
• 1 bag edamame
• 3 tomatoes
• 1 fennel bulb

Week 19 – 10/4

• 1 spaghetti squash
• 1 Delicata squash
• 1 acorn squash
• 6 ears of corn
• 2 Asian eggplant
• 1 bag green beans
• 1 bunch Tuscan kale
• 1 bag bok choy
• 1 bunch scallions

 Week 20 – 10/11

• 1 butternut squash
• 1 spaghetti squash
• 1 buttercup squash
• 1 bunch kale
• 1 bunch collards
• 1 bunch beets
• 1 bunch of Swiss chard
• 2 heads of broccoli

I have a few weeks of CSA bounty in the queue. The food has been fabulous and I have a good amount saved up for the dark days and have enjoyed quite a bit “live.”

Week 14 – August 30, 2012

• 1 bag of potatoes (with a garlic bulb)
• 6 ears of sweet corn
• 2 bell peppers
• tomatoes: 3 red slicing, 6 heirloom
• 2 bok choy
• 1 cantaloupe
• 2 heads of lettuce
• 1 bunch of kale
• 1 bunch of collard greens

my cart runneth over…

Week 15 – September 6, 2012

• 2 heads of lettuce
• 1 bunch of collard greens
• 1 bunch of kale
• 1 watermelon
• 6 ears of sweet corn
• 1 eggplant of choice (Asian/Italian)
• 1 bag of string beans
• 1 bag of edamame
• 2 bell peppers
• 4 slicing tomatoes

Week 16 – September 13, 2012

• 2 heads of lettuce
• 1 bunch of collard greens
• 1 bunch of kale
• 1 bag of edamame
• 1 bag of tomatillos
• 1 bunch of carrots
• 1 bag of sweet peppers
• 1 bag of mixed tomatoes
• 1 watermelon
• 1 bag of eggplant

 Week 17 – September 20, 2012

• 1 watermelon
• 2 Italian eggplant
• 1 bunch of beets
• 2 peppers
• 1 bag of string beans
• 2 slicing tomatoes
• 1 bag of edamame
• 1 bunch of kale
• 1 bunch of collard greens

Week 13 at the 2012 Sport Hill Farm CSA is definitely NOT unlucky! The bounty continues.

• 1 cantaloupe
• 1 bag of potatoes and garlic
• 3 cucumbers
• 1 Italian eggplant
• 1 Asian eggplant
• 2 green bell peppers
• 2 heads of lettuce
• 2 heads of bok choy
• 1 bag of adorable tomatoes
• 1 head of kale
• 6 slicing tomatoes

Frittata: bok choy, garlic, and tomatoes from Sport Hill Farm. “Cry Baby” cheese from Arethusa. Woodbury Laid Eggs.

Pan-seared cucumbers. Next could be battered in corn meal and deep fried…

Still pumping along on the 2012 Sport Hill Farm CSA. Look at this bounty!

8/9, week 11

• 4 cucumbers
• 2 Asian eggplant
• 2 Fairytale eggplant
• 1 bag of onion and garlic
• 1 bag of tomatillos
• 1 bag of string beans
• 4 red slicing tomatoes
• 2 green bell peppers
• 3 heirloom tomatoes

8/16, week 12

• 1 bag from the tomato bar, mix as you wish (cherry, black cherry, Juliet plum)
• 2-4 cucumbers
• 2 Italian eggplant
• 8 ears of corn
• 2 green bell peppers
• 1 bag of string beans
• 1 cantaloupe
• 3 heirloom tomatoes (1 of each kind)
• 1 red bok choy
• 2 heads of lettuce
• 1 bag of red tomatoes

The freezer is perilously close to being full.

Here are a few more weeks of my 2012 Sport Hill Farm CSA. We’re getting to the time of year where it’s hard to keep up with the food—and making the hard choices between what to consume now and what to put by for the dark days.

7/26, Week 9

• 8 ears of sweet corn
• 1 white eggplant
• 1 Asian eggplant
• 4 cucumbers
• 1 bag of Julie and plum tomatoes
• 1 bag wax beans

8/2, Week 10

• 4 ears of sweet corn
• 3 cucumbers
• 3 Asian eggplants
• 1 bunch of Tuscan kale
• 1 bunch of Swiss chard
• 1 bunch of beets with greens
• 5 field tomatoes

Time to get busy busier!

Here are a few more weeks of my 2012 Sport Hill Farm CSA. The bounty has been fabulous. Some of it is getting gobbled up the minute it gets home and the rest is being put by for the dark days of winter.

7/5, Week #6

• zucchini: 2 yellow and 2 green
• 4 summer squash
• 2 yellow cukes
• 2 heads of broccoli
• 1 bunch Swiss chard
• 1 bunch collard greens
• 1 head of escarole
• 1 head oak leaf lettuce
• 1 bag of mustard greens
• 1 bunch of salad turnips

Yellow squash sauteed with olive oil, garlic, and basil

7/12, #7

• 8 squash, mix and match yellow and green zucchini, patty pans, and summer
• 2 cucumbers
• 1 bunch of golden beets
• 1 bunch baby carrots
• 1 bunch of salad turnips
• 1 bunch of scallions
• 1 bunch of Tuscan kale
• 1 head of romaine lettuce

CSA week #7

7/19, Week #8

• 8 squash, mix and match yellow and green zucchini, patty pans, and summer
• 2 cucumbers
• 1 bag of cherry tomatoes
• 1 bunch Swiss chard
• 8 ears of corn
• 2 Chinese eggplants
• 1 bag of wax beans

CSA week #8

Here’s the bounty from week 5 of my 2012 Sport Hill Farm CSA:

• 1 bag of arugula
• 1 bunch of Swiss chard
• 1 bunch of salad turnips
• 1 bunch of radishes
• 1 bunch of collard greens
• 1 summer squash
• 1 yellow zucchini (a big ‘un)
• 1 bunch of carrots (round ones!)
• 2 heads of red Romaine lettuce
• 1 head of Oak leaf lettuce

Quite a lot of food!

Salad turnips roots and leaves sautéed with scapes, olive oil, chicken broth, and white wine

Here’s the bounty from week 4 of my 2012 Sport Hill Farm CSA:

• 1 bag of lettuce mix
• 1 bunch of carrots
• 1 bunch of scallions
• 1 bunch of collard greens
• 1 bunch of vitamin greens
• 2 pickling cukes
• 1 bunch of garlic scapes

I don’t know what vitamin greens are, but they sure were good sauteed with the scapes, olive oil, and homemade chicken broth.