8/16 Newsletter
Howdy!
August has been an absolute blast. It’s hard to believe we’re halfway to September. While we are still in the summer swing at the farm, we have begun our fall planting, and even some experimental winter root crops!
A month ago, our team harvested garlic which has been drying and curing ever since. Garlic is an anomaly in annual crops. Planted early-to-mid October and left to overwinter, and producing yummy garlic scapes in late spring; it’s not until midsummer that the bulbs are harvested. The earth holds and nurtures this wonderful, medicinal, most delicious plant for such a longtime.
We are so happy to be bringing the joy that is garlic to your plates! Thank you in supporting us to nourish the land, ourselves, and this community.
Vegetable Share
We are continuing to harvest a variety of crops as the summer continues. While some things might differ, here are the items you might find in your next bag! For storage tips, please visit the CSA tab our website.
Zucchini or Yellow Squash
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Carrots
Jalepeño
Baby Arugula & Wildfire Lettuce Mix
Baby Kale
Parsley
Garlic
Cut Flowers
We’ve got a stunning array of flowers coming in at our farm! We are thrilled to be introducing a few small and large bundles of cut flowers at our farm stand this week. Small Bundles will be priced at $15 and Large Bundles will be $30. Gift a friend or loved one a beautiful bouquet, or accent those beautiful recipes on your table this week with a lovely flower bundle!
Meat Share
The next meat share will be available for pickup this Friday, August 18th!If you’re enjoying your share, tell your friends! We still have more shares available, prorated to start next month HERE! Mark your calendars with this season’s next pickup dates:
August 18
September 15
October 13
November 17
Egg Share
Want to add more farm freshness to your weekly bag? We have more egg shares available for purchase in our shop HERE! These shares are open to the public now as well, so feel free to pass this info along with anyone you might know that is interested! We should have some extras for sale at pickup each week too.
Add-Ons
Want to reserve honey, coffee, chicken, or our farm merch for your order this week? Pay in advance in our shop HERE before 8am on Wednesday and we’ll have it packed and ready in your bag to save time at pickup (or to include if we’re dropping off your delivered bag). Don’t worry if you forget…we’ll still have these items available for purchase on-site, but we can’t guarantee they won’t sell out!
Featured Recipe
Check out these stunning Mini Tomato & Feta Tarts by Justine’s Snacks! This is a great time to show love to those juicy summer tomatoes, and to use some of the basil you may still have from last week or that you’ve saved from prior weeks. We think adding garlic to the basil oil that this recipe calls for would be divine. These little morsels would look great on a plate with a salad using our greens, cukes, and maybe our carrots if you manage to not eat them all as a crunchy sweet snack (like we did). As always we’d love for you to share what you are cooking up with us on Instagram!
PS: Its (still) pickle season! If you find pickling cucumbers in your share this week, we invite you to quick pickle them. And if you’re feeling out of touch with your parsley like we sometimes do, it always does wonders in a pickle recipe just like it’s friend dill!
Farm Events
Join us and the brilliant Leah Rich (Round Trip Goods) at a botanical dye workshop on August 26th from 10 AM - 12 PM.
Sign up here, and please Venmo Leah Rich @hexagong $40 before, or on the day of the event. You will be provided with pre-treated (mordanted) cotton bandanas to dye, instruction from Leah Rich, a helpful worksheet, and all the flowers your heart desires to craft something beautiful and fun! You will also walk away with the knowledge and some online resources to continue making botanical prints at home.
We had so much fun learning and crafting with Leah, and we hope to see you there! Spots are limited, so sign up while you can!
Looking forward to another CSA this Friday, August 18th. As this season progresses, we are having so much fun and finding our flow as a team. We hope you’re having fun with your shares, and we thank you for being a part of it all. See y’all soon!
Chicken Hops & Gumdrops,
The Wild Child Farm Team