Welcome to Penn’s Corner’s 2015 Summer Harvest CSA Share! We are excited for the start of the Summer CSA season and we’re looking forward to a bounty of fresh, delicious, locally grown food. Please consult this blog regularly for important information about your shares, links to recipes, and announcements.
This year we have two delivery routes: A and Z. We will use these routes to indicate to our members what items will be in their CSA shares during any particular week. You will see this application in “This Week’s Harvest” below. We will do our very best to be sure that each route gets its fair share of everything. You have been assigned a route based on your pickup location. CLICK HERE to see if your pickup location is part of the A Route or Z Route.
If you ordered a tote bag when you signed up for your share, it will be at your pickup location on the day of your first delivery. Please look for one with your name on the tag. Please take a tote bag ONLY if you have purchased one. We suggest washing these bags in cold and not drying them as they are cotton and may shrink a bit.
In addition to produce shares we also deliver egg and flower shares to our pickup locations. Please take an egg or flower share ONLY if you have purchased one. Eggs and flowers will be labeled with members’ names. Your share type will be indicated on the sign-in sheet located at your pickup site. Please refer to the sign-in sheet if you are unsure of what type of share you purchased.
Vegan and gluten free shares will be found in white CSA boxes and marked as vegan or gluten free. Please take a VEGAN or GLUTEN FREE share only if you have signed up for one. The pickup sheet will indicate what type of share you are signed up for. Let us know if any changes need to be made.
***There are no vegan or gluten free substitutions in this week’s share so vegan and gluten free members can take a regular, brown CSA box.
THIS WEEK’S HARVEST
A Route |
Z Route |
salad turnips, Blue Goose Farm (CNG) |
salad turnips, Blue Goose Farm (CNG) |
romaine lettuce, Clarion River Organics (OG) |
romaine lettuce, Clarion River Organics (OG) |
baby chard, Nu Way Farm |
gourmet lettuce mix, Nu Way Farm |
green onions, Nu Way Farm |
green onions, Nu Way Farm |
zucchini, Clarion River Organics (OG) |
zucchini, Clarion River Organics (OG) |
garlic scapes, Clubhouse Gardens |
green garlic or garlic scapes, Clubhouse Gardens |
broccoli raab or pac choi, Blackberry Meadows or Clarion River Organics (OG) |
pac choi, Clarion River Organics (OG) |
chopped tomatoes, Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance |
chopped tomatoes, Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance |
Click HERE to check your delivery route
Salad Turnips
Blue Goose Farm
Store: To keep your turnips fresh for as long as possible, separate your turnips from their greens and store them in separate plastic bags in your refrigerator. Don’t throw away your greens, they’re delicious too!
Recipe: Salad Turnips Sauteed in Butter, Glazed Turnips, Orecchiette with Turnip Greens
Romaine Lettuce
Clarion River Organics
Store: Keep lettuce in a plastic bag in your refrigerator. If you notice that it’s wet place a paper towel in the bag to absorb some of the moisture.
Baby Chard
Nu Way Farm
Store: Keep chard in a plastic bag in your refrigerator.
Recipe: Baby Chard Salad, Baby Chard and Brown Rice Fritters, Garlicky Sauteed Swiss Chard
Gourmet Lettuce Blend
Nu Way Farm
Store: Place dry, unwashed lettuce in an airtight plastic bag in the crisper drawer of your refrigerator. If you notice that the lettuce is wet, spin dry in a salad spinner before storage or place a paper towel around the lettuce inside the bag.
Recipe: 50 Salad Dressing recipes
Green Onions
Nu Way Farm
Store: Keep unwashed green onions in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.
Zucchini
Clarion River Organics
Store: Keep unwashed zucchini in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.
Recipe: Roasted Zucchini with Garlic
Garlic Scapes
Clubhouse Gardens
Store: Keep garlic scapes in a platic bag in your refrigerator.
Recipe: 7 Things to do with Garlic Scapes,
Green Garlic
Clubhouse Gardens
Store: Keep green garlic in a plastic bag in your refrigerator.
Uses: Green garlic is young garlic with a slightly milder flavor. The white and light green parts can be used anywhere you would normally use garlic. Save the dark green parts for soups and stocks.
Recipe: Alice Waters’ Spaghetti with Green Garlic
Broccoli Raab
Blackberry Meadows
Store: Keep broccoli raab in a plastic bag in your refrigerator.
Recipe: Roasted Broccoli Raab with Garlic
Pac Choi
Clarion River Organics
Store: Keep pac choi in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.
Recipe: Stir Fried Pak Choi
Chopped Tomatoes
Penn’s Corner Farm Alliance
Store: Refrigerate after opening
Recipe: 10-Minute Marinara Sauce
