Community Supported Agriculture for the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont
List of Crops
The crops that we grow each year varies, depending on the weather, customer demand, and myriad variables like seed quality, greenhouse management, and how closely we are paying attention. For reference, here’s how things turned out in 2007.
Late May: Lettuce, broccoli raab, broccoli, spinach, mesclun, radishes, scallions, arugula, and fresh herbs (every week).
Early June: Lettuce, mesclun, spinach, red-Russian kale, tatsoi, arugula, radishes, rhubarb, broccoli, scallions, and sweet turnips.
Late June: Lettuce, sweet turnips, kohlrabi, pak choi, spinach, mesclun, garlic scapes, strawberries, escarole, and summer squash.
Early July: Lettuce, carrots, chard, escarole, zucchini and summer squash, garlic scapes, beets, and snap peas.
Late July: Lettuce, snow peas, carrots, cukes and zuccs, new red potatoes, radiccio, soft-neck garlic, cherry tomatoes, and chard.
Early August: Lettuce, fennel, green beans, carrots, zucchini and summer squash, tomatoes of all kinds, purple peppers, kohlrabi, sweet onions, green and purple beans.
Late August: Lettuce, beets, carrots, summer squash, cukes, onions, garlic, eggplant, tomatoes, spuds, wax beans, cantaloupe, and colored peppers.
Early September: Lettuce, watermelons, cantaloupes, chard, tomatoes, carrots, onions, garlic, masses of tomatoes, spuds, peppers, and spaghetti squash.
Late September: Lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, onions and garlic, more melons, red kuri and blue hubbard squash, delicata squash, colored peppers, beans, onions, garlic, collards, and okra.
Early October: Lettuce, mesclun, spinach, arugula, potatoes, kale, chard, collards, broccoli, onions, garlic, more melons, acorn squash, Jack-O’ pumpkins, carrots, leeks, cherry and slicing tomatoes, beets, carrots, and cabbage.
Don’t worry - you don’t have to eat all of this every week! You always have choices in quantity and type. (And you never have to worry about a lack of variety…)