2025 CSA Newsletter (Tuesday Edition) Week 2
/Well, it has been a hectic week here at the farm! We now have 9 baby goats with 3 more mamas getting ready to kid out! It’s was the most perfect timing for our Summer Farm Camps! The campers are literally in heaven just spending the day with the baby goats! We love watching the human kids care for the goat kids! Such a special sight! Feel free to stop by anytime to check them out in the pasture by the Farm Store. (In the heat, they do like to hunker down in the shade on the back of the building so it might be hard to see them.)
As the goat kids hit the ground, the gardens are also starting to come alive! So exciting to see everything popping! There’s always a point in the season, usually around early to mid June when we wonder if the gardens are ever going to produce or if we completely failed. But then suddenly things start to happen and we are relieved! You’d think after 20 years of doing this, we’d know better but we don’t…so we panic every year and then are amazed that nature always wins!
Here’s the lowdow on your bag this week":
~Garlic Scapes: These are the flower part of the garlic plant. We cut them off to send the energy into creating bigger bulbs under the ground. The scapes are a delicacy and only available for a very small window of time during the season! So, enjoy! We love making garlic scape pesto. We make big batches of it and then freeze it. During the winter, we use it as a spread on our bread, toss pasta with it or use it in a veggie saute. You can also chop them up and toss in your salad greens.
~Kohlrabi: These are one of the coolest veggies ever! They grow above the ground and look so interesting! Peel the outside skin off first. We love to then slice the kohlrabi thinly and sprinkle a little salt on it. So crunchy and fresh! But you can toss it into a soup or a veggie saute too. And do NOT forget about the the greens! These are packed with great vitamins and minerals! So incredibly healthy for you! You can use them fresh or braised. They are similar to collard greens. Here’s a fun recipe to try: Braised Kohlrabi Greens
~Basil or chives: You will find one of the herbs in your bag this week.
~Cherries: We have been friends with an orchardist/farmer in Washington for about 5 years and we are able to get some of his fruit which we can’t grow here on the farm due to space or climate. We love his fruit so much and we love being able to share it with our CSA members and our customers too!
~Green Beans: Green Beans + Garlic Scapes = Pure heaven! Sear these two items together with a little salt and pepper! So simple yet so delish!!
~Arugula: Everywhere we went in Italy, they served arugula. Either as a salad or on top of the dish. Besides just having a full salad of arugula, we also love it on avocado toast!
Zucchini: Here’s the first harvest of the zucchini! We can’t wait to sear them up with some garlic scapes and some of the flavored olive oil we sell in the farm store! But we also love snacking on fresh zucchini spears!
We hope you enjoy this second week of the CSA program here at Turner Farms! Have a super week! Happy 4th of July!
No Meat CSA pick-up today. Pick-up is on the odd number weeks of the Veggie CSA pick up program!
