Today I picked up my first CSA box for the 2010 season. Each pickup is so much fun to see what in-season produce will determine the week's menu, but this box was especially exciting because of its long-awaited arrival.
The CSA deliveries to our drop site at the Crow Wing County Food Co-op in Brainerd (Minnesota) were to begin the week of June 21st, but it was delayed until this second week in July through no fault of our growers. This spring's abnormally cool temperatures and lack of sunshine kept the soil cool, so the conditions were not optimal for plant growth. We are off and running now.
Look at the size of this one head of leaf lettuce that I dug out from underneath veggies piled on top of it. It fanned out to fill the entire box's dimensions!
Boy, the recipe requests for the Raspberry Icebox Pie have been pouring in! It is now up. Sorry to keep you hanging…
Whiteley Creek Homestead 
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