Week #1 - Fenez Follies CSA 101

This week kicks off our first week of our CSA for the Summer of 2012! Some of our shareholders are digging into their box tonight while others are merely dreaming of the lush produce that awaits! We thought that we would provide a brief CSA 101 for our newbies.

The drop off locations and times won't change throughout the 12 weeks. If you need to switch locations, want additional items such as eggs or meats with your CSA box or are having someone else pick up your box for you, please let us know (preferably by e-mail) by Monday night.

The box your vegetables come in (and any plastic containers such as the ice cream pail, etc) that were in them should be returned the following week empty and we will replace with a full box. If you have extra ice cream pails or larger containers - we would gladly take them off your hands and re-use instead of you recycling them. We will also take any egg cartons that you have.

Each week we will post a "What's in the box!" on this site, linked to our Facebook page, and sent via e-mail to hopefully answer any questions you may have as you peek into the box. We will also try to highlight one or two of the veggies and provide a recipe on how you might use your produce.

Any questions on anything at all, please let us know!

So..... What's in this week's box??

Kale (more on that in our second post tonight)
Spinach (in the bag)
Lettuce
Swiss Chard (yellow and bright red stems)
Beets (don't forget - you can eat both the beet and the greens!)
Radishes
Home made Soap (made from fresh goat's milk straight from our nanny goats!)
A small selection of herbs (chives (purple flowers) , basil, some cilantro tops (white flowers)

This wonderful heat is helping things along so you can anticipate beans, peas, broccoli, carrots and perhaps some small potatoes... mmm!

With this week's box you could make several heaven sent salads and check out our next post on the many things you can also do with the kale.