Farm Happenings

This week the farm crew is (trying to) appreciate the rain as we have the first rainy harvest day in a while! We are very busy as we prepare for Wildcat Market on Wednesday, which is a free produce market for U. K. students.

Get excited for Fall CSA signups! They will be coming out soon.

We are hiring for fall crew members. Full time positions are available. Please spread the word! More information is available on our website and Instagram page. Please contact uk.csa@uky.edu to express interest or ask questions.

If you need to pick up your share late on Friday, please message Kristi via text or email.

You-Pick this week:

Everything is open in U-Pick! As a reminder you-pick is closed Monday for Labor Day.

Here is our handy-dandy guide for you-pick, including where to find the field, harvest methods, and other useful information.

Farm Stand this week:

Because of Monday’s holiday/the short week, as well as lots of labor spent preparing for Wildcat Market next week, our farm stand offerings are a little slim this week. Thank you for bearing with us!

• Beans, Roma – $5/bag (1 lb)
• Garlic heads – $3/head
• Green Onions – $3/bunch
• Honey – $14/jar
• Kale – $4/bunch
• Lettuce – $4/head
• Onions, fresh – $1-2/each, depending on size
• Peppers, specialty/hot – 3 for $1
• Tomatoes – $3.50/pound hybrid, $4/pound heirloom.
• Tomatoes, bulk (mixed variety) – $30/25 pounds

CSA Share this week:

• Tomatoes
• Garlic
• Peppers
• Cucumbers
• Lettuce
• Choice: Braising Greens OR Fennel head
• Choice: Delicata Squash OR Honeynut Squash
• Roma Beans or Purple Viking Potatoes
  • If your location got potatoes two weeks ago, you will get beans this week, and vice versa!

Recipes & Tips for This Week’s Share

This Roma bean recipe uses three of this week’s share items, including tomatoes and garlic.

Fennel is a unique crop with a sweet, citrusy, and herbal flavor that many liken to licorice. This lentil salad recipe uses transitional summer-fall crops in a unique and flavorful way.

‘Braising’ is a fancy word for sauté, and ‘braising mix’ refers to a mix of cooking greens that are young and tender enough to be quickly sautéed. The varieties in this weeks share are Mizuna and Tatsoi, both in red and green varieties. This simple recipe explains how to sauté these yummy greens with some garlic.

As always, there are many more recipes on our blog! Let us know if there’s a recipe you use our veggies in, we’d love to include it.