CSA Week #12

CSA Week #12 is here! The list is as delicious as it is diverse in offerings!

CSA Week #12 list

 We're over halfway into the 2016 season at SIW and are looking for all the fun things to come. We still have a bounty of delicious produce to offer for your lunches and dinners, and more! We've had some delicious and amazing Farm to Table Dinners with MacGregor Mann of Junto & Merry Catanuto and William Hoffman of The House of William & Merry! The menus were amazing and the company was even better!

Field to Fork Dinner with Junto Menu

Junto's Tomato Panzanella Salad

W&M Field to Fork Dinner Menu

W&M's Caprese Salad

 We hope you'll join us for a dinner in the 2017 season!

CSA Week #11

Week #11 is here and full of delicious fruits and vegetables to keep you busy in the kitchen all week long!

CSA Week #11 at SIW

 We've hit the half way point of the season at SIW which means we have 10 more weeks of fresh veggies ahead of us. Don't forget to keep visiting to have fresh veggies on hand well into the fall! Without all of your support we couldn't have a successful season and we want to say THANK YOU for helping us make this happen.

Half way through the 2016 season!

 We're also looking for a few fun loving fall staffers to help us finish out the season! If you or someone you know is interested in working with us at the Farmstand please call 610-388-0318 or email us at siwveggies@gmail.com! We'd love to have you as part of the team!

 

We're looking forward to some exciting things on the horizon as well. Soon we'll have figs and pumpkins! This means hayrides are right around the corner as well!  

CSA Week #10 & half way through the season!

CSA Week #10 is full of great items!!

CSA Week #10 Share Contents

 We're also half way through the season here at SIW! We've had a blast so far! We can't wait to see what the rest of the season brings!

Half way through the season!

 Stop and see us at the farmstand and grab some goodies!

"Orange Candy" - aka Cantaloupe and this week's CSA

This year's cantaloupes are so sweet some call it "orange candy."  


 

Come on over and join this sweet little gal and sample a little.



Please post below and tell us what you think of its sweetness. 

If you love it, why not bring some home to share?  And if you need some good ideas other than simply savoring the deliciousness of this juicy fruit, try these different recipes that include "orange candy ." 

Here is this week's CSA list.  It's a HUGE selection.  Come on out and ENJOY!

CSA: Weekly Share

"Switch Hitter"

As we head into the dog days of summer the hot weather veggies are starting to come in strong. The green peppers, the hot peppers, the eggplant all have become plentiful. Some of the peppers are starting to turn red, but are still more "chocolate" than full color. The melons continue to be strong, but the last patch of sugar babies is over and I think it will be a few days till more are ready. The blackberries have slowed a bit, but honestly, we've picked more blackberries than anyone could have ever imagined! Hope you've been finding some good fun stuff to make with them.
They've picked a few bushels of Doc Martin Limas here and there, but we don't have  a whole lot yet. But once they come in, we will have plenty for everyone. If you want a bushel to "put-up" ask to sign your name to the Doc Martin list. All signs look like it will be a terrific year for those once they are ready. And of course the heirloom tomatoes will continue to come in droves. Such a spectacular year for growing heat loving stuff.

This weeks share:
8 corn, you pick the type
1lb. regular tomatoes
1lb. heirloom tomatoes
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 lb. squash
2 cukes
1 garlic
2 onions
2 each green peppers
1 hot pepper
1 lb. potatoes
1 lb. eggplant
1 cantaloupe
1 razz
1 blackberry
1 bunch flowers
1 sprig basil
ENJOY!

CSA: Weekly Share

This week we've seen the tomatoes come on in full force. Our regular (field) tomatoes are now the Fabulous variety. We like these because they have the best flavor and gorgeous color, even though they are a bit more delicate that some of our other field tomatoes.
And the Heirlooms! Oh, my, we now have a plethora of heirloom tomatoes. Seems when it rains around here it certainly pours. Not only do we have plenty of our slicing varieties of heirlooms, look for the multi-selection of heirloom cherry tomatoes that we have. They are so sweet it is like eating little sugar bursts.
Don't miss some new products we've added in our cooler. Bobbi's Best Hummus comes in many different varieties. This is absolutely the best hummus we've ever tasted. Goes perfect with the italian crostinis (a cracker) we sell. And we've added a few new sizes of the Claudio Fresh Mozzarella.  We still have the 8oz buffala size which is the large dome shaped size. We also have a 4oz. ovalini size which is two smaller ovals, perfect when you can't use up a whole 8oz dome. And we also added the cherry size, which like it sounds, are small round cherry sized balls. Please note that we can only get the Claudio cheese delivered once a week on Friday afternoon (usually after 5). So we are usually out for the days our CSA's pick up their orders. So sorry about this! Please come see us on the weekend to get some of this delicious cheese.

Here's the share for the week:

8 sweet corn
1 lb. regular tomatoes
1 lb. heirloom tomatoes
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 lb. squash
2 cucumbers
1 garlic
2 onions
2 ea. green peppers
1 jalapeno or banana pepper
1 lb. potatoes
1 cantaloupe
1 razzberries
1 pint blackberries
1 lb. eggplant
1 bunch zinnias or sunflowers
1 sprig basil

CSA: Weekly Share

We are just getting into the "meat" of our growing season. Cantaloupes started to come in last week and now they are coming in like gang-busters! We have 3 kinds, 2 of which are heirloom varieties. The large are a more regular musk melon-type. We also have a "striper" that is delicious and then the "sugar cubes" which are the cute, teeny ones I mentioned last week. You are welcome to take a couple of the sugar cubes for one of the larger ones in your share.
Green beans are taking a break, it will be up to a week before we have them again. Eggplant made the list this week. We have 7-8 kinds, so feel free to try different ones to see what is your favorite. I think mostly it is the shape that is different on eggplants, but if anyone notices a big difference in taste, please let us know so we can tell others the difference.
Our blackberries are producing like mad this year. We put them into the green pint containers (usually we only sell the berries in 1/2 pints) to get folks to take notice and buy a larger portion. Must be time to make a blackberry-peach crisp!
By the way, although the peaches we sell come from Glen Willow Orchards in Avondale, they are outstanding right now! So sweet and juicy.
As always, enjoy your share! We look forward to seeing you at the farm.

8 sweet corn
1 lb. tomatoes
1 ea. heirloom tomato
3# squash
3 large cukes
1 garlic bulb
2 onions
1# potatoes
2 cantaloupe
1 pint blackberries
1/2 pt razzberries
1 lb. eggplant
1 bu zinnias OR
3 sunflowers

CSA: Weekly Share

We are just starting to pick our tomatoes. This first picking was all number two's but by weeks end (or sooner) we will have ALL our own tomatoes. Keep an eye out. Plus we picked a few crates of our heirloom tomatoes which we have put on the CSA list. You all get one for this week. The eggplants have just started to be a bit substantial but we don't have enough yet for everyone to get some. (We have almost 70 members this year so the dribs and drabs are hard to put on the list.) Hopefully by next week we can add them. As I'm writing this our pickers just brought cantaloupe so I'm adding that to the list!  The little ones are extremely tasty, if there are any left I'd suggest trying those. They almost taste like fake cantaloupe flavor they are so good! Oh, if they pick raspberries, we will be adding those, but sometimes the rain is really hard on them.
Enjoy!

6 corn
1lb. or 1 quart (small) #2 tomatoes
1 each heirloom tomato
1 garlic
3 onions
2# squash
3 large cukes (or 6 small or a mix)
1# green beans
2# potatoes
2 blackberries
1 cantaloupe
1 bu. zinnias OR
3 sunflowers

We Are Open!

As the season heats up we have lots of delicious, farm grown stuff! We have our own: Cucumbers, Zucchini, Crookneck, Eightball squash, Sunburst, English Peas, Lettuce, Beets, Spring Onions, Garlic, Garlic Scapes; local Lancaster Tomatoes, Jersey Blueberries, Jersey Corn, southern Peaches, sweet Onions, cantaloupe, watermelon and lots of other delicious stuff.

Our heirloom tomatoes are looking really big! Only a few weeks before we start picking. 

The corn is getting REALLY close to pickin' time!

Rows and rows of tomatoes out there!