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The Weekly Share

Here’s what to expect in this week’s share:

• Garlic
• Green beans
• Herbs – thyme and chocolate mint
• Hot peppers
• Kale
• Onion
• Pawpaws
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes

*Due to the unpredictability of weather, pest problems, and other factors produce in the weekly shares are subject to last minute changes.

Pawpaws

This week you’ll find North America’s largest native fruit in your shares -pawpaws! Pawpaws are native to Pennsylvania and 25 other states. They have a custard-like texture similar to a banana and their flavor is a mix of banana, and mango oftn with hints of pineapple or melon. Nutritionally pawpaws are high in vitamin C, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese and potassium. The skin and seeds are non edible and similar to pears they’re ripe when brown spots form on the skin. However, they have a limited shelf-life so they need to be consumed or frozen quickly; they can be refrigerated for up to a week and pureed then frozen they can last much longer. They’re wonderful to eat plain or added to smoothies and there are now many recipes online for use them in baked goods and custards.

There’s a pawpaw orchard at Horn Farm that is still in it’s growing stages but in the coming years should produce some wonderful fruits. This weekend is also the Pawpaw Festival at the Horn Farm, come join us to learn more about and try some pawpaws!

 

News from the Farm

• The end of tomato season is nearly upon us. The field tomatoes are finished for the season but we’ll still have a couple weeks of hoop-house tomatoes from Kilgore Farms.
• For those enjoying the pick your own herb garden you’ll notice the basil had to be cut down, powdery mildew unfortunately claimed the patch.
• Just a reminder for Seventh and George share pick-up folks, please remember to return your share boxes.
• Just some sights around the farm:
  

  Three sisters

  

  Purple silk

  

  Socks in the barn

  

  Boots in the corn barn

  

Connect and Share

What is your favorite part of your CSA share? Are you having trouble figuring out what to do with something in your share? If you have a recipe or picture you want to share, a trick you learned, or a question about your CSA produce please let us know at csa@hornfarmcenter.org.  Share on social media with the hashtag #HornFarmCSA.

The Weekly Share

Here’s what to expect in this week’s share:

• Cherry tomatoes
• Garlic
• Herbs – oregano and sage
• Hot peppers
• Onion
• Potatoes
• Scallions
• Squash
• Sweet peppers
• Swiss chard
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon

*Due to the unpredictability of weather, pest problems, and other factors produce in the weekly shares are subject to last minute changes.

Summer Squash Casserole

Summer squash season is long and I’m always looking for new recipes and ways to use it.  Summer squash noodles, grilled summer squash, roasted – all are great.  A few years ago I had a delicious summer squash casserole at a friend’s wedding. It was warm cheesy comfort food and just what I needed at the end of summer and with cooler weather coming in.  Here’s my rendition of that casserole

• 2 cups thinly sliced summer squash
• 1 ear of corn cut off the cob
• 1 jalapeno (my favorite CSA hot pepper)
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 T butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 C sour cream
• 1 C shredded cheese
• Crushed crackers for topping

1. Preheat oven to 400F
2. Saute the vegetables in the butter until just softened
3. Mix the sour cream and 3/4 C cheese into the veggie mix, add the egg once it has cooled a bit so it doesn’t scramble in the heat
4. pour the mixture into a 9×9 in casserole dish
5. Mix the remaining cheese with the crackers and top the casserole with the mixture
6. Bake for 25 minutes

Happy Labor Day

 

Here’s wishing you all a very happy Labor Day!  Cookouts and grills are wonderful ways to use the veggies in your CSA.  Here’s some ideas:

• Marinated grilled vegetable kabobs
• Watermelon mint salad
• Grilled corn on the cob
• Potato salad
• Panzanella salad

What are your favorite holiday cookout recipes?

Connect and Share

What is your favorite part of your CSA share? Are you having trouble figuring out what to do with something in your share? If you have a recipe or picture you want to share, a trick you learned, or a question about your CSA produce please let us know at csa@hornfarmcenter.org.  Share on social media with the hashtag #HornFarmCSA.

The Weekly Share

Here’s what to expect in this week’s share:

• Celery
• Cherry tomatoes
• Garlic
• Herbs – basil and purple shiso
• Hot peppers
• Onion
• Potatoes
• Scallions
• Squash
• Sweet peppers
• Swiss chard
• Tomatoes
• Watermelon

*Due to the unpredictability of weather, pest problems, and other factors produce in the weekly shares are subject to last minute changes.

Cut Your Own Herbs

Miranda‘s hard work on the herb garden has paid off and this week will be the first week for cut your own herbs.  The herb garden is located in the field just behind the corn barn, where CSA pickup at the farm is located. There will be instructions and signs directing you on where to go and which herbs are ready for cutting.  If you pickup at the farm you can snip some extra herbs when you pickup your share, for folks who pickup at Seventh and George are welcome to come out to the farm and pick some herbs.  Here are a few of the herbs that will be available:

Meet Your Farmer – John Deslippe

John Deslippe is the Horn Farm’s youngest intern at just 17. John is a Lancaster City native and this is his first year interning at the farm. John was originally interested in WWOOFing but since he wasn’t old enough yet, he applied to intern at the Farm. “I like being outdoors and working with my hands,” he says. In addition to his internship, John works at Steel Peel Pizza in Lancaster. He also plays the stand up bass and likes jazz music.

Connect and Share

What is your favorite part of your CSA share? If you have a recipe or picture you want to share, a trick you learned, or a question about your CSA produce please let us know at csa@hornfarmcenter.org.  Share on social media with the hashtag #HornFarmCSA.