The world is greening and the sprouts are sprouting, which means we are currently welcoming new members for 20 weeks of field fresh produce! If you’re interested in joining for the 2023 season, visit our About page to learn all about our CSA, then head over to the signup tab. Our winter-weary tables are excited…
2021 CSA Signups are OPEN!
The hillsides are glowing a hidden spring green, still winter bare at first glance but ready at any moment to pop. The spring garden greens love this weather as much as the ramps and morels that are flourishing in the waking woods, and the upcoming cold snap will only improve their flavor. The fields are…
2020 CSA season is OPEN!
For just one brief moment, we worried we wouldn’t be able to have a CSA this year. Would our growers be in a position to spend the money and time necessary to start up the fields when work schedules and paychecks and farm market income are suddenly in flux? And even if the growers were…
So long, 2019 season. Thank you, CSA members!
I don’t want to write this post, because writing it means there’s a long winter of grocery store vegetables ahead. We have a dream of having a winter CSA one day, but until then, it’s time to say goodbye to the CSA season and let the fields rest. We’re so continually grateful for your support…
Early autumn is a dangerous and bountiful time of year
The annual late summer hot/dry snap is probably one of the most challenging weather events for our crops all year. By this point in the season, the ground is usually quite dry already, the plants have aged, and they have already taken just about all the nutrients the soil has to give. This hot snap…
Your future winter self needs you to freeze these peppers
In case your pepper stash is starting to back up, here is some advice about freezing sweet peppers for winter. There are few midwinter pleasures better than tasting the sunshine stored in a pepper or a tomato that you froze in its summer prime. Freezing peppers is easy. Just make sure you do it the day…
It’s raining again.
You may have noticed that it rained a lot this week. This year. Again. That’s not news at this point, obviously. What’s news is this article about how little of Indiana’s corn and soy fields had been planted by last week due to all the rainfall, putting farming families in real financial peril. Indiana’s farmers are suffering…
No more zucchini drop and dash
In our region, there is a time-honored tradition of gathering up a bag from your abundant hoard of zucchini, hanging it on your neighbor’s doorknob, ringing the doorbell, and running. Every year, the gardeners and local food eaters of our river valley are overrun with these guys. That makes sense, because summer squash and zucchini…
In praise of hakurei salad turnips
Here’s something I never expected to say: I love these turnips. I’m the kind of person who eats turnips because I know they’re good for me and I know they grow well here. I don’t think I would normally choose to eat turnips if I didn’t have to. These? I WOULD choose to eat them…
2019 CSA signups are open!
It’s officially springtime! Pea shoots are sending up their delicate tendrils, the little kale seedlings aren’t so little anymore, and the apple trees are coming into bloom. All of this tender, beautiful growth will be gracing colorful dinner plates starting in mid-May, and now is the time to get in on it. Our CSA is…
Madison Area Growers CSA 