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This list may change, but here's our best guess of what you'll be getting in your share this week.
Beets
Cabbage
Escarole
Harvest List
Lacinato Kale
Lettuce mix
Pac Choi
Radishes
Scallions
Turnips
Zucchini
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Join us this Friday
July 1st from 6 - 7:30 pm!
Come start your 4th of July weekend off at Rushton Farm. We will have beer, lemonade and light refreshments. Come enjoy live music from the Hetzel Brothers and conversation with your fellow CSA members and farmers. Hope to see you there!
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SAVE THE DATES
Tuesday, July 19th Friday, August 5th
Friday, September 9th
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RECIPES WANTED!
10th Anniversary Cookbook
Recipes Wanted!
It's hard to believe that next year will mark 10 years since the CSA began at Rushton Farm. What a wonderful journey it has been. A cookbook is in the works to help celebrate the occasion. We have many recipes in our coffers but would like to have CSA members share a favorite recipe or two. Recipes that use the fruit or vegetables found in our shares are preferred. Please email recipes to Allyson McTear at amctear@verizon.net or place hard copies in the folder in the farmshed by September 2nd. Many thanks and stay tuned for cookbook updates.
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KEEP US IN
THE LOOP!
Email is our primary means of communicating all CSA matters, so please
contact us if your address changes, or if you'd like a family member's address to be added to the CSA mailing list.
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WHEREABOUTS
Rushton Farm is located within the 85-acre Rushton Woods Preserve on Delchester Road, just south of Goshen Road in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Address: 911 Delchester Road Newtown Square, PA |
Fred de Long - Director of Community Farm
Noah Gress - Field Manager
Chelsea Allen - Field Manager
Eliza Gowen - Outreach Coordinator
Todd Alleger - Agroecology Project Coordinator
Molly Clark - Rushton Farm Apprentice
Fabien Richard - Student Research Apprentice
Katie Pflaumer - Student Research
Apprentice from the University of Pennsylvania
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Week of June 28, 2016 | Volume IX | Issue No. 6
IN THE BAG Tidbits from the staff
Pick Your Own!
I often tell the story of how the flower cutting garden at Rushton Farm was developed. At the start of our first season in 2008 the first Rushton Farm field managers, Aaron de Long and Ashley Brister, wanted to have a part of the farm that CSA members could engage in. We had built the Farmshed Garden for herbs and planted raspberries but both Aaron and Ashley felt a flower cutting garden would serve as a perfect complement. At the time we were working seven days a week and I being the curmudgeon that I am insisted we did not have time to build a garden. At 3 pm on a Sunday afternoon after work Aaron and Ashley spent five hours tilling, turning and planting what is now the perennial garden located next to the greenhouses. Needless to say I was rather surprised to find the garden in place when I came in to work the next morning and I may have murmured something about the two of them wasting the limited time they had off in such an endeavor.  Of course the garden turned out to be a great success and one of the most popular features in our first season. With the success of that garden we built the large cutting garden in front of the Farmshed the next year that continues to be one of the most popular parts of the farm to this day. I have also learned the joy of arranging a bouquet of freshly cut flowers.
The cutting gardens will not be open until next week but the Farmshed Garden is in full bloom with flowers and herbs. The raspberries are also ready to pick and the blackberries are on their way. And of course there is the perennial garden looking better than ever nine years after it was planted. Please take the time to enjoy the full complement of the farm by tasting a few raspberries, harvesting some herbs or picking some flowers. Pick your own items are listed on the chalkboard on the sign in table or you can always ask our meet and greet volunteer what is available.
-Fred
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THE DIRT Notes from the field
 In addition to the flowers, herbs and berries we also try to feature occasional field crops as pick your own items. The last couple of week's peas have been the featured field crop. This week we are opening swiss chard as a pick your own item. It is located in the front field behind the perennial garden. Orange cones will be placed by the chard so our members can find it. As previously mentioned you can look at the chalkboard for pick your own items.
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Grilled Zucchini With Capers, Basil and Lemon Recipe
Servings: 4 Ingredients- 1 tablespoon juice and 1 teaspoon zest from one lemon
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing zucchini
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed, dried, and roughly chopped
- 4 medium zucchini, sliced into 1/2" thick disks or quartered, lengthwise
Directions -
Combine lemon juice, olive oil, basil, and capers. Whisk to combine, season to taste with salt and pepper, then set aside.
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Light one chimney full of charcoal. When all the charcoal is lit and covered with gray ash, pour out and spread the coals evenly over the coal grate. Set cooking grate in place, cover grill and allow to preheat for 5 minutes. Alternatively, preheat a gas grill to high, covered, for at least 10 minutes. Clean and oil the grilling grate.
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Using a pastry brush, brush zucchini with olive oil on both sides, and season to taste with salt and pepper. When grill is hot, add zucchini slices and cook, covered, until zucchini is well-browned on one side, 4 to 5 minutes. Flip slices and cook, covered, until zucchini is well-browned and tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer zucchini to a serving platter, spoon vinaigrette over the top, and serve.
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About Us
Rushton Farm is part of Willistown Conservation Trust's Community Farm Program.  Willistown Conservation Trust is a non-profit organization working to preserve and manage the open land, rural character, scenic, recreational, historic, agricultural and natural resources of the Willistown area and nearby communities, and to share these unique resources with people of all ages and backgrounds to inspire, educate and develop a lifelong commitment to the land and the natural world.
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