This Weeks’ Harvest
May 31st delivery*
*Every Other Week share members in A Week rotation. B Week Every Other Week members, your first delivery will be on June 7th.
Salad Mix
Radish
Scallion
Turnip
Rhubarb***
Lettuce Head
Potatoes
Spinach
**Understanding A-WEEK and B-WEEK Rotation
Some of the vegetables we grow are delivered just one time to each member. In order to organize this, each of our pick up sites is designated as either an A-Week or a B-Week site. The designation coincides with the week the Every Other Week share is delivered to that site. When we deliver an item to an A-Week site only, that means all of the Standard, Large and Every Other Week shares at that site receive the item. The following week that item goes to the other sites. Everyone will receive the same variety of each vegetable or fruit we grow, but not necessarily in the same week.
Every Other Week Shares |
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A Week First delivery May 31 |
B Week First delivery June 7 |
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Agrace HospiceCare Cross Plains Jackson Middleton Hills Monona Nakoma Parmenter-EOW Oakridge Verona Vilas UW Hospital
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Baldwin CLC Crestwood Farm Hampshire Jenifer Just Coffee Mason Mt Horeb Orchard Ridge Research Park Seminole Shorewood West Lawn |
***Partial Deliveries – items that might be in your share this week
Our farm is purely CSA (we do not sell at farmers market and do minimal wholesaling) so all of the produce we grow goes to you, our CSA members. We pack just over 1200 shares each week. Some vegetables mature at the same time while others mature over an extended period of time. When we harvest a smaller quantity we do partial deliveries, meaning we deliver an item to some pick up sites one week and the other sites during the following weeks. We keep very close track of who gets what when. Fairness and equality are very important to us. So if you have a friend who picks up at a different site and you hear about something they received and you didn’t, know you will receive it too. Let us know if you have any questions.
June 6, 2011 at 9:35 pm
Thanks for publishing this. We can’t wait!!
June 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm
I am so glad to be able to read ahead of time what will be in our share. This will help me to plan menus and other shopping! thanks for doing this.
June 9, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Looks great! I want to share with CSA members a helpful site if you are looking for ideas on how to get the most of your Vermont Valley CSA: learntocookbadgergirl.com (Badger Girl Learns to Cook).
Every Friday morning, I will be posting what we received in our share with ideas, recipes and tips on how to get the most out of the produce. Hope you check it out!
June 9, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Wow! What a fabulous addition to all the other wonderful perks of being a Vermont Valley Farm CSA member! This makes my menu planning a breeze! THANKS!
June 9, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Ooh! The butter-style lettuce makes WONDERFUL lettuce wraps! Looking forward to having it for dinner!
June 9, 2011 at 8:35 pm
thank you for publishing what we are getting and how to take care of it! This is our first delivery of our first CSA share! WE are very excited! Looking forward to a whole summer of fresh, delicious veggies! thank you
June 10, 2011 at 2:43 am
Very helpful tips on storage…thanks!
June 10, 2011 at 4:05 pm
The produce looks GREAT!!! We love that you put in tips on how to store everything! This was very helpful to us! We cannot wait for all the delicious vegetables to come!! Keep up the great work! Thank you!!
June 30, 2011 at 7:09 pm
This year we’re getting a standard share instead of every-other-week, and not only are we loving each and every box, plus the news about how it came to be or almost didn’t, but the weekly rhythm is an extra pleasure. The sun rises on Thursdays! a little dimmer the rest of the week. You are so appreciated, Vermont Valley!
July 18, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I’m so excited about this week’s harvest, but my teenaged daughter will be sad she isn’t here to share it.
July 28, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Sue says:
I made the garlic scape pesto, and it was wonderful! Mixed it with mayo for potato salad, used it as a “sauce” on steak and chicken, and mixed it with Greek yogurt to make a dip. Also froze it in the ice cube trays, as suggested. Will enjoy that in the months to come. A great recipe.
August 14, 2011 at 3:33 pm
Love the variety of tomatoes! What’s up with tomato u-picks, will they be back this year?
August 16, 2011 at 8:07 pm
We are glad that you are enjoying the tomatoes. See our most recent blog post for information about the Tomato U-Picks.
August 22, 2011 at 4:05 am
OMG! I loved all my veggies this week. Everything was perfect and perfectly delicious.
August 26, 2011 at 7:40 pm
WOOO! Madison’s favorite CSA farm according to the Isthmus poll! Congrats, we’re number one!
September 7, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Just curious as if to everyone will eventually get an eggplant. Our site has never recieved any. I am EOW Parementer
September 7, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Yes! Everyone will receive eggplant. You can watch for it on 9/22 at your site.
October 13, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Absolutely amazing veggies this week!
October 20, 2011 at 6:12 pm
I’m going to miss my Vermont Valley veggies. Until 2012, thank you for everything you do!
April 26, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Awesome box today!! The vegetables are beautiful; they smell so good! Welcome spring!! Thanks to all who made this harvest possible!
April 27, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Make the Potato Leek soup with the ramps and add 1/2 bunch of watercress – YUM!!
May 17, 2012 at 3:46 pm
I made dandelion greens pasta. Great use of the greens. Very fresh tasting pasta, and not just because I made it!
May 24, 2012 at 4:35 pm
I’m so sad there’s no more spring share this season. I already miss my greens. Seems like such a long wait for the standard share to start!