asparagus | Southside CSA

Raptor Member Diary for Week 5 (June 1)

Posted on June 12, 2015 by ryanlachica

Behold, our berry share and egg share for the week! (The two of us also have the veg share, but that hasn’t started yet this year.) We thought asparagus season was over so it was a nice surprise to get another bunch in addition to the four—count ‘em, one-two-three-four—quarts of strawberries.

We usually transport everything easily from the Woods with some cloth bags. Berry transportation, however, is tricky. It was especially tricky in the rain last week with a soggy cardboard box. We usually store our asparagus standing up on the counter in a little bit of water, but we pounced right on the asparagus for dinner on Monday night.

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Week #3 Member Diary - Fox Force 5

Posted on May 25, 2015 by ryanlachica

ASPARAGUS SEASON! May means we are knee deep into Asparagus season. This week’s distribution was another 2 pounds. We also get an Egg Share and a Large Meat Share. Our household tends to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner most days so we have get full shares of everything.

Having been spoiled by the super fresh asparagus we get from Greig Farm, we really only eat asparagus during the month of May when it is in season here in NY. Store bought spears shipped from thousands of miles away just doesn’t compare. So for the month of May we tend to eat asparagus for every meal. Continue reading →

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Week #1 Member Diary - Stephanie J

Posted on May 12, 2015 by ryan la chica

Stephanie J. Member Diary

Happy start of the season, all! I’m excited for all the veggies, meats, berries, and eggs that lie ahead for me these next few months. I signed up for half shares of each this season for me and my partner, Brian. For this first distribution, we received only the “berry” share and egg share: 2 lbs. of asparagus and 1 dozen eggs.

The first step was to store the asparagus well, especially since this would be a busy week for me and I knew I wouldn’t have much time to cook. I stored the asparagus like a bouquet of flowers—upright in a glass storage container with water—in the fridge and covered loosely with plastic. Continue reading →

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Sokio Member Diary - Week of June 9th

Posted on June 16, 2014 by ryan la chica

SOKIO - We are a family of three—Amanda, Mauricio and newborn Paulo who is just twelve weeks old. We pick up full vegetable, berry, orchard, and egg shares every week, and a meat share every other week. We’ve also bought large quantities of maple syrup through Southside CSA.

We joined the CSA last year, and it transformed our lives in an amazing way! We were planning our wedding celebration which happened in August, and also got pregnant a couple of months into the season. The incredibly delicious produce, fruit and meat nourished me throughout my pregnancy (we continued with the winter shares as well), and after sampling quite a lot of meat in the first few months, we ended up special ordering some lamb, steaks and sausages for our wedding reception.

It’s been fun to come back to the Woods for pickups on a weekly basis, and a great way for some of our friends who are also members to get to know Paulo.

This last week the first strawberries arrived, and that’s definitely a hallelujah feeling for me!

I was also reminded of how bountiful the shares can be as the summer kicks in—we definitely need to clear some room in our freezer! We bought a small counter height freezer last year to store all of the meat and berries we were getting, and it’s been wonderful to feast off of last season all year long. We still have some blueberries and beets from last summer and some vegetables from the winter share.

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Blood & Thunder Member Diary - Week of June 2

Posted on June 9, 2014 by ryan la chica

Blood & Thunder (aka Mary, Hashem and Xochi - and sometimes more friends)

Southside CSA’s sweetest “member”

We are a household of two (plus a dog). We have signed up for the Full Greig (Berry) Share, Full Egg, ½ Veggie and ½ Meat Shares.

Getting Stuff

Meat & Eggs

Eggs, Strawberries, & Asparagus

Share in a Bag

Ryan and Xochi

Here are the meals from my week that I used CSA share stuff: Continue reading →

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Sebastian Member Diary - Week of May 19

Posted on May 26, 2014 by ryan la chica

Hello, Hellooooo!….

I split a share with 2 other families last year and it worked out so well that we decided to do it again this year! We realized that this way we each get a bounty of goodies every 3 weeks, and not the weekly/ bi-weekly necessity. Each of our families have 3-4 hearty mouths to feed and individually all have a love of cooking. Splitting our CSA was a way to support local farms, but still be able to manage the amount of produce we committed to. Our share consists of fruit, berries, veggies and egg.

I’ve gotten in the habit of combining the Monday pick up with an outdoor activity for my 3y/o Evan. The park across from The Woods is a perfect place to hangout, have a picnic dinner or run around for an hour or so, before we pick up our produce.

Since I find myself juggling quite a bit during the week (freelancing, an energetic toddler, school, a dog, a hard working husband and toddler classes & activities), I make an effort to spend one day cooking a multitude of things in anticipation of the busy week ahead. Though I do tend to cook most of our meals, I have learned many ways to cut cut corners and save time.

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Member Diary - B Week Berry + Eggs by Lara

Posted on May 19, 2014 by ryan la chica

Berry means Asparagus in May

Blog entry for a Half Share of MONTY DELUXE — Week B.

Pick up date: May 12, 2014 — Week 2 of Summer ’14!

The half share means I only pick up every other week.

My share is just for me, & a few lucky friends who occasionally get what I can’t finish 🙂

Yellow Bell Eggs

The Summer always starts a bit light, as things are just beginning to grow after the long winter, so we only got one veggie this week: Asparagus! However, it was amazing, and I am still trying to finish it. We got a huge bucket of asparagus — 3 & 1/2 pounds!! — from Grieg Farm, and I got a dozen eggs from Yellow Bell Farm.