Family Share shown in photo above
This Week’s Share
Crop |
Family Share |
Half Share |
| Beets (with tops) | 2 pounds | 1 pound |
| Carrots (no tops) | 2 pounds | 1 pound |
| Cilantro | 1 bunch | 1/2 bunch |
| Garlic | 2 bulb | 1 bulbs |
| Green Beans | 1 pound | 1/2 pound |
| Lettuce, Romaine | 2 heads | 1 head |
| Summer Squash | 1 pound | 1/2 pound |
Share Notes:
With summer weather comes summer crops, and there is no better way to ease into the season with the cilantro, green beans and summer squash in your shares this week.
- Beets: Your beets this week come with their beautiful crisp greens attached, and you may use these as you would chard in salads and sautés.
- Carrots: Your carrots are tops off starting this week, and they will be that way through the summer and fall. You may also notice that some of your carrots are broken in half. We are still learning the ways and experimenting with our new undercutting root harvest implement, and had a whole bed get snapped for the first time. The carrots are still big, beautiful, and delicious and should be usable and enjoyable.
- Summer Squash: We grow two types of summer squash at SIO, Yellow Patty Pan and Green Zucchini, and you will see both in your shares through out the season. They can be used interchangeably in nearly any recipe, and will be in your share regularly for the summer stretch ahead.
Farm News
Save the Date: Your Invited to the SIO Annual Potato Harvest Party & French Fry Feast
Saturday August, 11th 10am-2pm
Mark your calendars to join us for our annual Potato Harvest Party & French Fry Feast. This is a very kid friendly event, and in addition to potato harvesting we’ll have fresh french fries at eat and sprinklers to cool you down. Please bring a potluck dish to share. Join us anytime during the event, even just for lunch!
Member Submitted Recipes
Have you found a great recipe or cooked something new with your share items recently and thought, “Wow! Other CSA members may really enjoy this?” We want to hear about your culinary successes and share them with our members. Email your recipes to us at csa@sauvieislandorganics.com and we’ll post them to the blog the next time that crop shows up. For the Facebook savvy you can go ahead and post the links directly to our Facebook page.
To kick off our member submitted recipes we have one from Kathleen in SW Portland. It’s for a Moroccan influenced beet soup, and she say it, “is really simple and delicious.” Just click the link and you’ll find the recipe there. Thanks Kathleen!
Follow us on Facebook
Are you on Facebook? So is SIO. Come visit Sauvie Island Organics on Facebook, give us your “like,” and stay up to date with the most current happenings on the farm. This summer you will be the first to know what restaurants have fresh SIO produce on their menus, as well as links to even more recipe ideas for cooking up your CSA shares.