2022
A collection of letters to Cycle Farm share members, April to November, 2022
2021
A collection of letters to Cycle Farm share members, April to November, 2021
2020
A collection of letters to Cycle Farm share members, April to November, 2020
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2018, 2019
Our weekly newsletters switched to emails directly to share members. These are currently shelved with Sappho’s Poems, the Zoroastrian Avesta, and the Mayan Codices.
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2017
April 8 newsletter Welcome Cycle Farm Farm Stand Family! and a recipe for spinach, nuts, cheese: a salad
April 15 newsletter Snakes in capes and Yellow-rumped warblers and Asian greens with red pepper and garlic
April 22 newsletter Earth Day everyday, jumping spiders, and extra-flaky scallion pancakes
April 29 newsletter Celebrations! and Quiche Florentine, fancy fancy.
May 6 newsletter Spring to-dos and poached eggs with pancetta and tossed greens
May 13 newsletter Migrations, chimichurri
May 20 newsletter Marathon season, Rhubarb fizz, a cocktail
May 27 newsletter stop worrying and have fun, Turkish herb fritters
June 3 newsletter Swallowtails! Arugula, mint, and lime: a dressing.
June 10 newsletter Hot farmers and a Hylaeus bee, arugula salad with roasted beets.
June 17 newsletter Goodbye good roosters, rhubarb lemon bars and a farmer-tested, farmer-approved recipe for super fast, simple, satiating pasta with greens and scapes.
June 24 newsletter Summer! and sesame snow peas
July 1 newsletter Welcome rain, mayhem in the lettuce; Garlic scape soup and a myriad of other scapey ideas
July 8 newsletter 98 degrees and vogue, turmeric and garlic salad dressing
July 15 newsletter garlic harvest hoopla
July 22 newsletter mothy; shredded carrots w. lemon juice and olive oil.
July 29 newsletter Blooming rainbows and super simple cabbage slaw
August 3 newsletter The week in photos
August 10 newsletter A hummingbird, Total Clown, and Conservation Citizenship Award; Fried eggplant with jalapeño
August 17 newsletter fall plantings, and so long, Long Purple; Baba Ganoush
August 31 newsletter threshing celery seed; Roasted Enchiladas with Tomatillos
September 7 newsletter summer fruits and Plein Air; Curried green beans and Green beans in basil walnut vinaigrette
September 14 newsletter everyone is feasting, a few photos of our beloved voracious invertebrates
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2016
June 9 CSA nuts and bolts, but no brakes. Thank you for joining us this season!
June 16 garlic scapey bok choy
June 23 lettuce wraps
June 30 loads of lettuce, snap peas and shoots
July 7 parsley chutney!
July 14 Italian herbed salmon(or mushroom) chard
July 21 chard and parsley frittata, not your abuelita’s salsa verde
July 28 Citrus beets!
August 4 eggplant, fennel, garlic pasta sauce
August 11
August 18 *eeep! the season ran away from us and we didn’t get these last several weeks’ newsletters uploaded
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2015
June 18 our 4th year! The most beautiful kale you ever did see …and slugs. Jeremy’s Piccalilli-inspired kale stem relish.
June 25 hail kissed (more like full-on hail heavy petting), radish greens dal
July 2 re-trellising, re-planting, rebounding. Pan-griddled scallions, also check out Beet salad in Raspberry Vinaigrette
July 9 of farmstand and family. Spicy Skillet Turnip Greens
July 16 a guide to your braising greens; a salad spinner, new potatoes and love. Salt-Crusted Potatoes with Cilantro Mojo
July 23 the week in photos, kale and new potato tortilla Española
July 30 coming up rainbows, Shaved zucchini salad with nuts, rainbow swiss chard and zucchini enchiladas
August 6 best lettuce, planning ahead, putting it up, Savory zucchini and carrot pancakes with basil scallion cream
August 13 hot, hot! so here come the cucumbers, Dakota-style Swiss Chard and Beet Hummus
August 20 more light and a really bad day, Blended Cucumber Margaritas, Chilled Cucumber-Yogurt Soup, and Zucchini Butter
August 27 carrots and crop failure, Stir-fried carrots with scallions and garlic
September 3 open-pollinated variations, curried vegetables with dahl and pickled cucumbers
September 10 incorporating biodynamics, cucumber basil salad, basil salt
September 17 winter bed preparations, Grilled zucchini salad with beets and scallions
September 24 Outredgeous, farm fueled by sunshine; Chard, Ricotta and Saffron Cakes with Salad Greens and Hardy greens with lemon-garlic vinaigrette
October 1 plums and a preying mantis; grilled kale salad with ricotta and plums
October 8 cabbage!; colcannon
October 15 first frost and last share; ideas for leeks, shishito peppers
October 22 encore and thank you; parsnip and potato soup, parsnip custard
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2014
May 30 preseason teaser share, Garlicky bok choy, Asian bok choy slaw
June 19 HIP special feature: lovage, Rhubarb galette, Ported rhubarb
June 26 strawberries and a weeding party, garlic scape walnut pesto, beet greens salad
July 3 growing z-dimension and beets; Quick roasted beet slices and Roasted beets and their greens
July 10 blooms, shitake logs, Kale with Maple, Ginger, and Pancetta
July 17 baby keets and butchering chickens, Quelites and beans
July 24 bridging the season, Salmon with lemon cream and fava greens and Grilled beet burgers
July 31 eating like kings, Braised Summer Cabbage
August 7 Haricots Verts and Freekeh with Mint Tahini Dressing, Caramelized Green Beans and Sweet Onions
August 14 garlic harvest and a new hive, Carrot top pesto and chokecherries
August 21 A cherry tomato guide and farewell Abigail! Zucchini Torte and Grilled zucchini and leeks with walnuts and herbs
August 28 Ramping up, cooling down. Swiss Chard Salsa Verde and Grape Ketchup
September 5 greenhouse photo update, Garlic and Greens Pizza and Deborah Madison’s Wilted Arugula and Seared Mushroom Salad with Manchego Cheese
September 11
September 18 25 degrees, but still smiling, Scallion Pancakes with Ginger Dipping Sauce
September 25 fall harvesting and chicken butchering, Winter Luxury Pumpkin Pie
October 2 Slow food. Who needs flowers? We’ve got Romanesco stems and leaves.
October 9 October’s bright blue skies, Skillet Frittata with Potatoes, Bacon, and Leeks
October 16, last CSA week: popcorn and ginger!, Tagliolini con la Zucca (or pasta with squash sauce)
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2013
February 14 CSA description and details
June 20 first week CSA, mustard greens
June 27 hail and honeybees, native pollinators, garlic scape pesto
July 4 Cycle Farm Index, Happy Independence Day!, mustard and turnip greens
July 11 95 degrees in the shade, roasted new potatoes, parsley chutney
July 18 Wild spinach, scallion crepes with stir-fried greens
July 25 chard chiffonade confetti, a peek at our rhizosphere
August 1 open pollinated seed, Quick Napa cabbage kimchi
August 8 companion planting, Farmer Cheese Fritata and pesto, 8th on 8/8!
August 15 walk-in construction, hail-kissed bell peppers, Mom and Aunt Jane are here!, fennel and zucchini soup
August 22 ripe and juicy! Zucchini Parmesan Crisps
August 29 a note about apples (from Regina!), Baba ganouj
September 5, walk-in cooler, cucumber salad with chile and roasted peanuts
September 12, happy harvesting, braised eggplant stuffed with garlic, raita
September 19, sow’s ear baked apple pancake, tomato jam, cabbage gratin with red pepper and tomato
September 26, frost, Moosewood’s Ratatouille, sesame cucumber salad
October 3, sweet potato harvest, potato leek soup
October 10, Winter storm Atlas, easy cauliflower leaves, curried sweet potato soup
October 17, Last CSA week – cabbages, carrots, and leeks, oh my!
October 24, Potato bonus!
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2012
February 19 CSA Informational meeting, CSA description, kale chips
June 21 first week CSA, garlic scapes
June 28 lettuces, Nappa cabbage slaw with cilantro dressing
July 5 greenhouse planning and flea beetles, Beet greens sauteed with garlic
July 12 squash blossoms, chokecherry sorbet
July 19 weeding party, beekeeping, DRA Local Foods Directory, Stir-fried pea greens and kale
July 26 insectary row, local food system and Farmers Market, Jeremy’s green beans
August 2 irrigation, oven baked eggplant chips
August 9 growing organically, consciously uncertified, cucumber fresca
August 16 summer tomato and onion bake, Kenyan style kale and tomatoes
August 23 variety show, tomatillo salsa, salsa verde
August 30 annexation, ag land conservation, penne with summer squash and ricotta
September 6 shishito peppers, braised fennel with white wine, fennel and summer squash soup with warm tomato relish
September 13 amaranth harvest, rainbow pico de gallo
September 20 equinox, stickers, about our cover crops
September 27 first frost, eggplant almond enchiladas, Mexican red sauce, pan roasted carrots
October 4 season extension, carrot top pesto
October 11 fall update, Harvest Hooplah, roasted delicata squash with rosemary
October 18, last week, winter squash, popcorn
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