CSA Share Notes May 14, 2026
Welcome to another CSA harvest!
Salad season will end soon, just as soon as we have a long stretch of hot days without enough overnight cool recovery time. We’re going to keep loading you up with lettuce for the next couple of weeks before it’s completely done in by the heat.
I love turning salads into a full dinner this time of year. Here are 4 big dinner salads we made last week:
Thai Peanut salad with Chicken: lettuce, cilantro, radish, red bell pepper, white onion, grilled chicken, and a fantastic gingery peanut salad dressing
Bacon and Blue Cheese Chef Salad: with hard boiled egg, red onion, crunchy roots, good vinegarette
Caesar-ish salad with smoked salmon: Chard, Arugula, parm, toasted pecan, and real anchovy caesar dressing
Strawberry Salad: arugula and butter lettuce, with toasted pecan, kohlrabi, parm, a wine and cheese dressing we adore, and crispy breaded chicken (yes, they absolutely were my kid’s frozen chicken strips. And no, I don’t have any shame about it!)
Our CSA Guidebook has all the tips so you are not wasting any of your precious farm share. Also, plan to give some items away to neighbors and colleagues if you’re struggling to get through it all. (bonus: this introduces more people to fresh, local eating!)
Here’s this week’s vegetable line-up:
Arugula — a bag of this peppery, delicious salad green this week. I’ve shared a couple of uses for it above.
Broccoli — It’s finally here! We should have a strong showing of broccoli the next few weeks, so long as the temperatures don’t get or stay too hot. This is looking like it’s going to be a good crop.
Head Lettuce — Everyone got a Muir lettuce and a Skyphos (this one’s my favorite! it’s like a cross between a butter and an iceburg), and then a Purple fusion went to each Regular and Large, and a Green fusion went to each Large. (that’s 4 for large, 3 for regular, 2 for minis)
Bunched Greens — Large shares received Red Russian kale, Regular got Collard greens, Mini’s got Lacinato kale.
Chard — Large shares received a pretty bunch of rainbow chard, perfect to use as you would spinach. It’s wonderful sauteed, and we like it in a fresh salad with arugula, too.
Radish — Large shares got Red Rover, Regular and Mini got French Breakfast If you feel like radishes aren’t your jam, give roasting them a try! Some swear by roasted radishes, as it really transforms them to have a totally different flavor. My favorite way: slice atop a well-buttered piece of sourdough, and sprinkle with some fancy salt.
Turnip/turnip greens — Regular shares only. These are mostly “thinnings” from our newest planting of turnips. We intended for everyone to get really nice luscious greens to make this southern classic, and most of you did, but then we got to a “buggy” section of the row that really needed to be pulled, too. Those bunches have nice large roots, ready to be roasted or sauteed, but the greens are not very pretty. So in summary: if you got a turnip bunch with not-so-nice greens, our intention is for you to use the roots. If your bunch has nice greens but teensy roots, our intention is for you to use the greens.
Kohlrabi — Nice big bulbs this week! These are so delicious peeled and sliced thin on a salad, slaw, or on a sandwich, but they’re also good roasted or in a soup.
Onions — Red and white onions for the Large and Regular. And a yellow for the Minis. Our yellow onions are the exact same variety as the “noonday” onion, famous regionally for their flavor and sweetness. Because ours are not grown in the town of noonday, they cannot legally be called a “noonday onion”. But I’ll betcha ours could go toe-to-toe with a noonday!
Items from other neighboring farms:
Veggie Storage tips:
Everything wants to be washed well before cooking, but keep the dirt on till then, to prevent faster spoilage.
All leafy greens, roots, broccoli, and kohlrabi want to be in your fridge. Seal them up in a bag or container to retain moisture for longest storage life.
Onions prefer to stay out on the counter, as they finish curing. They are ready to use now, or you can store them.
If you haven’t discovered the Peak Fresh bags, yet, they’re a great reusable bag that helps retain the nutrients in the veggies. And we’re not an affiliate or anything, they’re just really good!
We’d love to hear stories and recipes of your culinary adventures this week. Tag us on Instagram or Facebook, showing us how you’ve used your CSA share.
– Your farmers, Jess & Justin
Regular Share
Regular Share top left to right:
Collards, Muir, Purple Fusion, and Skyphos, lettuce, and arugula. (2nd row) broccoli, radishes, kohlrabi, and onions, turnip greens across the bottom.
Large Share
Large Share top left to right:
Red Russian kale, Purple Fusion lettuce, Muir lettuce, Skyphos, and Fusion lettuce, and Swiss chard. (2nd row) broccoli, over onions, radishes, arugula, and kohlrabi.
Flower Share
Bouquet share:
Zinnias, feverfew, strawflower, nigella pods, baptisia, statice, queen anne’s lace, and yarrow! I am seeing the very first rudbeckia and lisianthus maturing so we will have lots of those soon too!
Mini Share
Mini Share top left to right:
Lacinato kale, skyphos lettuce, Muir lettuce, arugula, kohlrabi, radishes, and onion