Two Small Farms
Community Supported Agriculture
What's a Mystery Item!?
When we write “mystery item” on the share box ingredient list we don't mean that you'll be mystified by what it is, only that Stephen or I are playing it safe because we're not sure if we'll have enough of a certain item for everyone, and we want to keep our options open about the substitutions we'll make. We figure that it's better to surprise people than disappoint them. We make these harvest lists for the news letter several days before the harvest, and we both like to leave ourselves some wiggle room. Sometimes crops we've been counting on get destroyed by hail, or sometimes a heat wave can push a crop past its prime before we have a chance to pick it. Sometimes deer or gophers harvest more than their “share” and our harvest comes up short. Sometimes we just make a mistake in our estimation. But don't worry. For both Stephen and I, this is the eleventh year of harvesting CSA shares, and we've gotten pretty good at eyeballing the fields. -Andy
** possibilities are below by date: these are subject to change
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2009 Mystery Items List
2008 Mystery Items List
2007 Newsletters are indexed on our Blog
2007 Lists of what was in the boxes
2010 Mystery Items: Please note that each list is approximate: we do our best, but last minute changes are neccessary due to changing field conditions/harvest surprises etc. thank you.
Week of November 17th, 18th, and 19th: Mystery #1: Fresh Peanuts OR Sweet Potatoes, OR something else to be determined! Mystery #2: Purple Broccoli OR Artichokes OR Romanesco OR Summer Squash OR Potatoes (Red Gold or Carola).
Week of November 10th, 11th, and 12th: Mystery #1: Cabbage OR Summer Squash OR Purple Broccoli OR Artichokes; Mystery #2: Fresh Cannellini Shelling Beans, Fresh Peanuts, Sweet Potatoes OR Long Island Cheese Pumpkin.
Week of November 3rd, 4th, and 5th: Mystery #1: Summer Squash OR Artichokes OR Apples. Mystery #2: Tomatoes OR Sweet Potatoes OR something else to be determined!
Week of October 27th, 28th, and 29th: Strawberries OR Summer Squash OR Cauliflower.
Week of October 20th, 21st, and 22nd: Cauliflower OR Summer Squash.
Week of October 13th, 14th, and 15th: Cauliflower, Summer Squash, OR Cabbage.
Week of September 22nd, 23rd, and 24th: Summer squash, eggplant, Padron peppers, OR Friarelli peppers, and we're trying to rotate these around to different route sites to avoid repeats.
Week of September 15th, 16th, and 17th: Mystery #1: Cauliflower OR Broccoli OR Lacinato Kale OR Collard Greens; Mystery #2: Padron Peppers OR Eggplant OR Sweet Peppers OR Cherry Tomatoes.
Week of September 8th, 9th, and 10th: Padron Peppers OR Eggplant OR Honeydew Melon.
Week of September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd: Padron Peppers OR a bag of Summer Squash with some spicy peppers OR Sweet Corn!
Week of August 25th, 26th, and 27th: Padron peppers and either summer squash, honeydew melon or something else, OR tomatoes with some Jalapeno peppers OR all tomatoes! We plan to stagger the routes and sites that get padron peppers each week until everyone has received them at least once!
Week of July 7th, 8th, and 9th: Desiree Potatoes OR Savoy Cabbage.
Week of June 30th, July 1st, and 2nd: Either a mixed bag of Cucumbers and Tomatoes (the earliest Roma or Purple Cherokee or Black Krim!) OR Cucumbers OR Summer Squash OR Green Beans OR Potatoes! Note on the tomatoes: these are the first tomatoes off some of the plants so they're just warming up. The cooler temperatures have given the tomatoes a later than usual start but they're coming!
Week of June 23rd, 24th, and 25th: Red Norland Potatoes OR Summer Squash OR, maybe, Tomatoes (Green Zebras OR a Roma type called "Monica", OR Purple Cherokees). With the overall cooler temperatures we've had this season, the tomatoes are ripening much more slowly but they're coming!
Week of June 16th, 17th, and 18th: Truly a mystery at this point in time! Shares will either have basil or something else that has yet to be determined! We'll update here when we know!
Week of June 9th, 10th, and 11th: Mystery #1: Cherry Tomatoes OR new Red Norland Potatoes OR Green Beans OR Summer Squash. We'll coordinate so that you don't get double summer squash for your mysteries!
Mystery #2: Summer Squash OR Oyster Mushrooms. (We'll be switching sites this week so that if you received summer squash last week, you'll receive oyster mushrooms this week.)
Week of June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th: Mystery #1: Thursday shares will receive Summer Squash and Wednesday and Friday shares will receive Oyster Mushrooms!
Mystery #2: Wednesday shares will receive Artichokes OR Summer Squash; Thursday shares received Agretti and Friday shares are receiving Summer Squash.
Week of May 26th, 27th, and 28th: Summer Squash OR something as yet to be determined!
Week of May 19th, 20th, and 21st: No longer a mystery! Shares will have either Summer Squash OR Broccoli.
Week of May 12th, 13th and 14th: Most shares will have broccoli in them but just in case we run short, we may have artichokes or some other mystery to be determined.
Week of May 5th, 6th, and 7th: A bag of loose leaf spinach should be in most shares this week but just in case we run short, we are hedging with a mystery to be determined!
Week of April 28th, 29th, and 30th: Mystery #1: There will be strawberries for most but with more rain anticipated, we're not sure that all will get strawberries this week. And, as we're not sure at this time what the alternative will be, it will truly be a mystery! Stay tuned!
Mystery #2: Artichokes OR English Peas OR Snow Peas OR Sugar Snap Peas OR full-sized Fava Beans (for shelling).
Week of April 21st, 22nd, and 23rd: There will be strawberries for some, but with yesterday's rain it's not clear Steve can cover all boxes. We're not sure yet what the alternative will be... please be patient and adventurous: this isn't an exact science, and we really are weather-dependent! thank you.
Week of April 14th, 15th & 16th:
Mystery #1: Strawberries OR Bag of Loose Spinach -- More rain (and some hail!) today (Monday, April 12th) is playing havoc with our strawberries so we hope to have enough for those who still haven't gotten them in their shares yet but it will depend on how field conditions evolve this week.
Mystery #2: Baby Swiss Chard OR Gold Chard OR Orach
Week of April 7th, 8th, & 9th:
Mystery #1: Strawberries OR Cauliflower --the rain caused a bit of damage to the crop but the plants are looking good considering how early it is in the season! Until we have enough berries for all the shares, we're shifting around the sites each week that receive them!
Myster #2: Snap Peas OR Snow Peas OR Baby Favas OR something else TBD!
Week of March 24th, 25th & 26th:
-Red Beets ~or~ Mini Cauliflowers.
-New Potatoes ~or~ possibly just a few strawberries. If you get one, you won't get the other. They are both Yummy Spring Treats!
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