Crop List: Cosmic Mix, Radish, Marjoram, Bok Choy, Pirat Head Lettuce, Spinach, Swiss Chard and Maybe Turnips

We hope you all enjoyed the bounty of the first share. It was a good one! As you all know, it has been cool this past week in the Tetons.  ​This has caused the veggies to take a break from growing, but the weather this week looks warm and perfect for the plants to take off! They have been slowly establishing their root systems this spring. With the forecasted sun and heat they will grow quickly! I am ready to feel the warmth of the sun too.
The garden is mostly planted. At this point we will only be adding Cosmic Mix, head lettuce and bok choy. We have to keep planting these few items all summer to get a continuous harvest. N With the spring planting done, we will turn our energies to weeding and harvesting.
We had fun getting the first share out last week. It went very smooth! I actually texted Jed to ask if his phone was broken, since he was not calling me with questions! It just all worked out. Last week also included starting the People's Market and Saturday Market. Please note! All members get 20% off at the farmer's markets. If you have guests coming, need a special ingredient or just a bit more come see us!
On Sunday we had our annual Organic/Biodynamic inspection. Rest assured, we passed! We spent Sunday in the office pouring over seeding records, butcher receipts and harvest records with an inspector. The inspection takes about 1/2 a day and finishes with a walk around the farm. We managed to have every slip of paper, note or receipt he needed to see. It always feels good to know a third party agrees we are farming with the best practices.
Thursday Shareholders!!
July 4th pick up will be happening at the regularly scheduled time 5-7 pm on Thursday, July 4th at your pick up location. We cannot take a day off of our harvest schedule once it starts happening. We have asked the garden to yield to holidays and it just laughs at us.


Workshare lunch this week: Dale's Mint Quinoa with Veggies. This week with Bok Choy, radish and turnips (recipe on Mint page)
Recipe idea: Blistered Radishes with Parsley (on the Radish page)

Crop List: Cosmic Mix, Spicy Mix, Spinach, Arugula, Green Onions, Chives, Basil and Radish

Welcome to Cosmic Apple Garden's 2019 Community Supported Agriculture program. We are excited to start passing out veggies to the People of The Tetons! 
Spring has been more average this year at the farm. The last two years of early warm days have us all a bit jaded. Starting the CSA in mid-June is much more normal. We even had one year when the first share started on June 30th! Starting anywhere from the 10th to the 20th feels completely and wonderfully average. This year it feels great to have gotten some weeding done in the first weeks of June and to have gotten all caught up on our planting. Mother Nature seemed to hand us some time to tend to the weeds and some projects as we anxiously waited for the plants to grow. Things just don't feel as rushed. It feels nice to be part of a gentle slow spring. This first share seems to be coming together a bit smoother, or maybe as I'm typing this I am falling for the calm before the storm.
This is our 23rd year of farming in the Tetons. After 23 years, one would think we'd have all the kinks worked out. But I always make some typos, put someone at the wrong pick up site, something gets forgotten or we miscommunicate information. The good news is for the most part, we get it right! Kicking off the CSA means organizing over 275 people (this does not even include all the folks splitting full shares!). This first week of shares can be a bit of a mental feat, but gosh, we sure do love seeing you all again!!!
We are grateful to have 4 of our 6 site hosts returning again this year. Returning volunteers always helps things go smoother! Get to know your site host, these folks love veggies like we do. They also know how to cook the veggies we give out, it is actually in their job description! If you have any questions please ask. Site hosts will relay any information or questions you may have to us. If you want more information about a particular crop or recipes please check out our recipe pages. Follow the link below, I will put it in all newsletter so it is easy to access. It is organized by vegetable. Need a spinach recipe, just find spinach in the list and voila, 7 pages of spinach recipes will be at your fingertips! Some of the pages even have nutritional info. If you make something you love, I would love to share your recipe! Please just pass it along to me.
Thank you for joining us on our journey the year. Spring is always full of anticipation, newness and dreams at the farm. We hope you can taste that in these early tender greens. It is now time to wake up your taste buds from a long winter's rest! Happy Spring!! 

Workshare Lunch this week: Veggies and Peanut sauce over Rice ​(on the Bok Choy page)
Recipe idea: Bok Choy, spinach and Ginger soup (on the Spinach page)