CSA Summer Newsletter: July 31st, 2023 (Week 10/23)

Hi Folks,

 We are still offering peaches in bulk for Canning & Stocking & binge eating & pie making!!.   Bulk offering of Peaches, ½ bushel of peaches/ 18 # = $45.00 They are available at our Online Market.  If you have yet to buy anything on our online market.  We need you to register and create an account.  It’s pretty simple, you just need to select Traditional CSA as your Customer type, then please choose the same pick up location that you have with your Traditional CSA.  The site will require you to add credit card information.  This is the only way that we accept payments for online market orders.  Even if you have credit card info in your CSA account this info does not transfer into this different platform.   If you have any troubles, please give me a call (814) 221-7177 and I can put this order in for you!  Note:  Peaches will be available for a few more weeks.  

Yep it’s definitely our biggest onion harvest to date!  These are not only the biggest bulbs we have ever grown but also the most bulbs we have ever planted as well!  The yellow onions we tend to call strong onions (the kind that make you cry) and more sweet onions were pulled this Tuesday and the shallots and red onions on Monday!  All these onions are set to be cured in the weeks ahead!  Air circulation is key here!  So Chris and Andres did finally set up a huge fan to blow on them and this is key to drying their outermost layers and forming a dry shell to keep the innermost layers moist!

Shishitos Peppers are in your CSA shares this week.  They are more mild this season so far. I haven’t hit a hot one yet.  Although maybe it’s because I haven’t eaten 20 yet, as one in twenty are hot.  Their heat is nominal and not long lasting like hot peppers.  They are very aromatic and their heat is fugitive.  They are super easy hors d’oeuvre!  Put them in a pan or a griddle and splash with oil and salt, toss around to coat and then move them so they cook on all sides.  Once they puff up they are done!  They are great served hot as well as cold.  Don’t de-stem before you cook them, just rinse them off, dry them off and throw em in the pan.  The stem makes a great handle for eating them with your fingers. They are a one/two bite snack or great with breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

Your Farmers,

Aeros, Chris, and The Who Crew