What’s in the box?

Tomatoes! (Medium and large shares)
Bell peppers
Sweet corn
Watermelon or cantaloupe
Green beans
Onions
Celery
Zucchini
Cucumbers
Broccoli (medium and large)
leeks (large)

Notes on the box.

Bell pepper

Broccoli

Tomato

Tomatoes

Cucumber

Watermelon

Zucchini

Green beans

Celery

Onions

Keep your sweet corn in the fridge.

Tomatoes should be stored on the counter if you are planning to eat them fresh. If you plan on cooking with them, you can keep them in the fridge until you get to them.

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese.

This week I included our Circle of the Sun cheese aged 3 months and then aged over a year. It’s really fun to taste the same cheese side by side to see how the aging process changes the cheese. Circle of the Sun is an original cheese to our farm. It’s my favorite to eat and to make! I think that it best highlights the qualities of the milk and the pastures that the cows are grazing.

Recipes.

Smashed Cucumber Salad from Milk Street. Ben made this for lunch last week and it was SO yummy!

Classic Three Bean Salad Recipe

On the Farm.

BAM! summertime has hit the box in a big way. We have successfully deterred the raccoons from the sweet corn and we had some nice rain to fill out those kernels, so it’s finally to the size and quantity that we aim for. Hooray!
We are super excited about the launch of the St. Croix Valley Food Alliance! With a goal of strengthening and promoting a thriving, resilient, and equitable local food economy in the St. Croix River Valley. We are just getting started, but last night we went to the launch party hosted by Community Homestead that included great food, some new and familiar faces, and ideas being shared. It was a fun time, but a late night for us! I’ll share the sweet video that was made on a future newsletter.
Other than that, we are enjoying the abundance of Summertime! Otto and Sadie are at Farmers Union Camp this week, so it’s a little quieter here for the next few days!
Many thanks!