No Shares Next Week! Plus An Announcement for Dupont Pick-up Members

Next week, in recognition of the July 4th holiday, we're giving our farm workers a week off. That means there will be no shares next week: No pick-up on July 4 or on July 7. 

We'll resume the following week with the Dupont Circle and farm pick-ups on Wednesday, July 11, and the farm pick-up on Saturday, July 14.

Meanwhile, many of you have been asking about the sales of grass-fed beef, especially if you pick up your shares in Dupont Circle. Here's some new information on that:

CLAGETT BEEF AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY AT DUPONT PICK-UP

As we've shared in recent updates, the Clagett Farm Beef sale continues. Garrett, who oversees the Dupont pick-up site, is offering to bring frozen ground beef to those who pick up at Dupont. The ground beef is $10/lb. If you'd like to purchase some beef, please email Garrett at least 24 hours in advance of the next Dupont pick-up. Here's how you can purchase some beef:

1. At least 24 hours in advance of the Wednesday pick-up (that's any Tuesday by 6 pm), email Garrett at gwaters02@gmail.com and provide the following information: 

• Your name
• Your telephone number
• The number of pounds you would like to purchase
• The Wednesday in which you would like to pick up your beef order 

2. Once at the pick-up, you can pay with cash or check. 

 

Don't worry -- we'll send out a reminder after next week's break about how all this works.

 

Thanks, everyone, and have a happy Fourth! 

This Week's Share: Squash, Cucumbers, Greens and More

This week's photo comes from CL, featuring flowers picked from the wash station gardens and taken post pickup. Want to see your photos featured in this weekly email? Just snap a pic and either email it to us or post it to Instagram with the hashtag #ClagettFarm!   

Here's what you need to know this week!

NEWS

The spring Clagett Farm Grass-fed Beef sale is still going on! Here's all the details -- including information on pricing and cuts.

At the Farm Pick-Up, 1-lb. packages of Clagett ground beef are for sale now, for $10/lb. We should continue having beef for sale by the piece during the weekly pick-ups throughout the season.

WHAT'S IN THIS WEEK'S SHARE?

• 2 heads garlic
  
  
• 1 3/4 pounds cabbage + cabbage + fennel
  
  
• 2 pounds squash
  
  
• 3/4 pound greens, including Tokyo bekana, kale, chard, bunching onions and basil
  
  

ON U-PICK THIS WEEK:

• Lots of herbs: garlic chives, thyme, oregano, sage, sorrel, onion chives, cilantro, dill, basil, celery leaf, parsley, borage (edible flowers)
  
  
• Basil: Genovese, Tulsi, Thai, Mrs. Burns Lemon, Round Midnight, Fino Verde
  
  
• Flowers: As always, any flowers on the farm can be picked. 

 

 

That's it for the week! Enjoy the share! 

~ The Clagett Farm Team

This Week's Share: Cucumbers, Squash & More

This week's photo of bunching onions comes from @ZachandClay. Want to see your photos featured in this weekly email? Just snap a pic and either email it to us or post it to Instagram with the hashtag #ClagettFarm!   

Here's what you need to know this week!

NEWS

The spring Clagett Farm Grass-fed Beef sale is still going on! Here's all the details -- including information on pricing and cuts.

Additionally, 1-lb. packages of Clagett ground beef are for sale now at the farm, for $10/lb. We should continue having beef for sale by the piece during the weekly pick-ups throughout the season.

WHAT'S IN THIS WEEK'S SHARE?

• 2 heads garlic
  
  
• 1 head cabbage
  
  
• 1/2 pound total combination bunching onions + fennel
  
  
• 1/4 pound total combination kale + chard + collards
  
  
• 1 1/2 pounds cucumbers
  
  
• 1 3/4 pounds squash
   

ON U-PICK THIS WEEK:

• Lots of herbs: garlic chives, thyme, oregano, sage, sorrel, onion chives, cilantro, dill, basil, celery leaf
  
  
• Basil: Genovese, Tulsi, Thai, Mrs. Burns Lemon, Round Midnight, Fino Verde
  
  
• Mulberries

RECIPE INSPIRATION

CSA member Rhonda shared the above photo: "I’ve never had garlic scapes before now I’m afraid to run out! This week was my first share and I made a quinoa salad with fresh grilled garlic scapes, kale, and cilantro." Thanks Rhonda! 

And CSA member Kathleen wrote in with recipes for Zucchini Cheese Pancakes and Pickled Garlic Scapes. 

 

That's it for the week! Enjoy the share! 

~ The Clagett Farm Team

This Week's Share (And Why You Should Eat At Chipotle Tomorrow)

Here's Farmer Carrie making a call from the field recently. Ever wonder how these weekly share emails get put together? Carrie texts us notes about the harvest directly from the field, so we can get the info to you as up-to-date as possible. Thanks, Carrie! Want to see your photos featured in this weekly email? Just snap a pic -- from the farm, from your CSA share itself, or even a recipe you make with your Clagett produce -- and either email it to us or post it to Instagram with the hashtag #ClagettFarm!   

Hope you're all having a nice week so far. Here's what you need to know this week!

 

NEWS

Eat at Chipotle tomorrrow: Half of tomorrow's proceeds will go to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, which of course runs Clagett Farm. This special fundraiser applies to any Chipotle in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. So go have a burrito and help save the Bay!

The spring Clagett Farm Grass-fed Beef sale is still going on! Here's all the details -- including information on pricing and cuts.

Additionally, 1-lb. packages of Clagett ground beef are for sale now at the farm, for $10/lb. We should continue having beef for sale by the piece during the weekly pick-ups throughout the season.

 

WHAT'S IN THIS WEEK'S SHARE?

• 3 1/4 pounds total combination squash + Napa cabbage*
• 3/4 pound greens (kale + collards + lettuce + chard)
• 3/4 pound total combination fennel + bunching onions + turnips
• As many garlic scapes as you want!**

TIPS:

* Here's some recipes for Napa cabbage, also known as Chinese cabbage. These are from back in the 2010 season, but they're still mighty tasty.

** And here are a couple good recipes that utilize garlic scapes:

• Garlic Scape Chutney
  
• Sautéed Garlic Scapes
• You can also make and freeze this Garlic Scape Pesto

 

ON U-PICK THIS WEEK:

• Lots of herbs: garlic chives, thyme, oregano, sage, sorrel, onion chives, cilantro, dill, basil, celery leaf
• Genovese, Tulsi, Thai, Mrs. Burns Lemon, Round Midnight, Fino Verde. No, those aren't the contestants on the next season of "RuPaul's Drag Race." They're all different types of basil. And they're all available for you to pick as much as you want.
• Mulberries

 

That's it for the week! Enjoy the share! 

~ The Clagett Farm Team

This Week's Share: Greens, Squash, Berries and More!

Want to see your photos featured in this weekly email? Just snap a pic -- from the farm, from your CSA share itself, or even a recipe you make with your Clagett produce -- and either email it to us or post it to Instagram with the hashtag #ClagettFarm!   

Happy Wednesday!

 

 

NEWS

Spring orders are being accepted now for Clagett Farm Grass-fed Beef. Here's all the details -- including information on pricing and cuts.

 

WHAT'S IN THIS WEEK'S SHARE?*

• 3/4 pound total combination greens (kale + lettuce + collards + chard)
• 2 1/2 pounds total combination kholrabi + turnips + squash
• 3/4 pound garlic scapes
• 1/2 pound bunching onions OR 1 pint berries

 *The Clagett farmers are still finalizing the harvest for this week, so some of these amounts are subject to change. Check the board at your pick-up site!

 

TIPS:

If you missed them last week, here are a couple good recipes that utilize garlic scapes:

• Garlic Scape Chutney
  
• Sautéed Garlic Scapes

 

 

ON U-PICK THIS WEEK:

• Lots of herbs: garlic chives, thyme, oregano, sage, sorrel, onion chives (edible flowers), cilantro, dill, basil, celery leaf
• Mulberries
• Calendula flowers (they're pretty -- and edible!)
• Pea shoots 

That's it for the week! Enjoy the share! 

~ The Clagett Farm Team