What is in a share?
It is important to remember that every season is different. Here is the assortment you can generally expect in the vegetables share (for flowers, have a look at the gallery!):
Vegetables |
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| arugula | |
| broccoli | |
| cabbage | |
| carrots | |
| cauliflower | |
| chinese greens | |
| collards | |
| cucumber | |
| green beans | |
| green onions | |
| kale | |
| leeks | |
| onions | |
| peas | |
| potatoes | |
| radishes | |
| spinach | |
| tomatillos | |
| tomatoes | |
Fruits |
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| apples | |
| blackberries | |
| cherries | |
| plums | |
| strawberries | |
Flowers |
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| fresh assorted variety | |
Gourds |
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The share becomes more and more diverse as the season proceeds. June
is mostly various greens, beginning with some of the most succulent,
tender and mild spinach you have ever tasted, there may also be a few
pints of strawberries. You will learn how to use bok choy. Lettuce
will start in mid to late June depending on the spring weather, and
we'll try to keep it coming all season. In July, the longer season
cool weather crops come on such as snap peas, broccoli, carrots and
onions. In August the warm weather crops begin coming on including
french filet green beans, cucumbers, potatoes, summer squash and
tomatoes. September and early October continue the warm weather crops
and begin to add back in some cooler weather greens again. Pumpkins
and small winter squash are a maybe for the main season share,
depending on the heat of the summer. Two crops that our farm seems to
grow with little effort are kale and tomatillos. While these and other
vegetables may be unfamiliar, we have developed recipes to help guide you - check out our recipe area!
We do grow some fruit, but weather, pollination and pests don't allow
us to predict our crops very well. So when available, we may have
strawberries, gooseberries, plums, pie cherries and apples. We usually
have a pint or two of fruit per share, when it is available.
THE WINTER SHARE
Out winter share will likely consist of winter squash, potatoes,
onions, rutabagas, parsnips, brussels sprouts, kale and we hope an ever
expanding list of winter hardy vegetables. Since most of these
vegetables will store well for months, we lump them into one pick up in
mid-november and let the customer do the storing.
The above chart was thankfully adapted from the fantastic LOCAL HARVEST site. We encourage you to visit Local Harvest and see what else is going on near you! They have a great search tool for you to find local farms, produce and more.

For those interested in what a full season *might* look like, please see our Season Report at the end of the weekly season progress area.