The never ending battle

It is a race against the grasshoppers to get the harvest in.  This is one tactic.

Summertime

All of us from the CSA hope you are enjoying your summer, we also hope that you are enjoying your CSA vegetables! It seems amazing that we are already in mid-July! Here is a preview of what you have to look forward to in the coming months (providing they survive the grasshoppers):

• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Melons (watermelon and cantaloupe)
• More onions, lettuce, and tomatoes
• Corn
• Peppers
• Beans
• Squash

And here is a look at what has been grown so far:
              (Photos courtosy of Bob LeResche)

Meet your CSA pest control

Both Carol and Mona started this spring out with some new additions at the gardens; baby turkeys, guinea hens, and chickens. As many of you may already know the grasshoppers were very detrimental to the produce last year and were anticipated to be as bad, if not worse for this season- so in came the pest control! The grasshoppers still seem to have the upper hand, but these little guys (and girls) are doing a great job (and they are fun to have around)!!

Just another day in the country...

 Photos by Bob LeResche

Thankfully both Mona and Carol have hail netting which seems to have saved our precious produce!!

Welcome to the Clear Creek Valley Produce Blog!

On behalf of the CSA I'd like to welcome you to the first of the season and to our new blog! In addition to updates on the growing progress of your produce, this blog will provide recipes pertaining to your weekly delivery, pictures from the farm, and information on the interns and volunteers that come out to work on the farm. We will update the blog weekly, so come back often and feel free to leave comments or recipes of your own to share with the CSA! See you soon!