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Week 14 April 10 CSA
Farm Update: The veggie and combo share will be getting mushrooms from Maritime Gourmet Mushrooms. Check out their website to learn more about them and find some recipes! https://maritimegourmet.ca/ Veggie share: Shittake mushrooms - Maritime Gourmet Mushrooms Carrots...
Week 13 April 3 CSA
Happy Easter! Enjoy the long weekend. Sharing some sweet potato recipes: Sweet Potato Gnocchhi: https://www.justataste.com/sweet-potato-gnocchi-with-balsamic-brown-butter-recipe/ Rosemary Sweet Potatoes Stackers:...
Week 12 March 27 CSA
Patrick, Martel, Lindon, Bruce, and AJ just harvested some delicious spinach from the greenhouse! Spinach will be going to markets this weekend and in the veggie & combo shares next week. The greenhouse is pretty well full right now, so we have to figure out how...
A look inside your weekly CSA box….
We grow a wide range of vegetables and fruit. Below you will find an overview of produce you could receive in your share box. We look forward to sharing the seasons with you! Spring: sunchokes, beets, cabbage, carrots, spicy greens, lovage, potatoes, nettle, mixed...
Week 11 March 20 CSA
The Seed Search! The seed selection process starts in January, we try to get our order in by the middle of January. We look at what we did last year, how things grew and our soil type. We start by going through the seed catalogues. Stokes, Veseys, High Mowing Organic...
Week 10 March 13 CSA
Farm Update from Farmer Josh! Hello all, I am hearing the sound of lots of rain falling on the window ledge and I find myself having slight PTSD because of the excessive rain of last season. We had a seriously bad growing year in 2023 that I hope I will never...
Week 9 CSA March 6
Happy March! Veggie Share: Napa cabbage Turnip Cucumber Sweet potatoes - non organic Onions Pea shoots Red cabbage Combo Share: Napa cabbage Turnip Cucumber Sweet potatoes - non organic Golden delicious apples Honeycrisp apples Pears Apple chips Meat Share: Pork chops...
Week 8 February 28 CSA
Josh has been away and will be back to work on Monday, Tim and I (Katelyn) were able to come up with the veggie & combo share but will need Josh to make up the meat share! We will get this updated on Monday. The TapRoot team has been busy packing veggies, weeding...
Week 7 February 21 CSA
Happy Friday! Veggie Share: Carrots Leeks Sprouts Red cabbage Maritime Foods Mustard Pickles *check out last weeks blog post for more info on these* Parsnips Combo Share: Carrots Leeks Sprouts Gala apples Harrow sweet pears Noggins Sparkling Strawberry Rhubarb Juice...
Week 6 February 14 CSA
Happy Valentines Day! In the veggie and combo share there is Mustard Pickles from Maritime Foods/Hill's Jamaican Sauces, a local business in Halifax. The owner Paul is from Jamaica. Check out their Facebook page and website for more about the company and some recipe...