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using up a csa box
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Do you get a CSA box? That is, a farm share from a Community Supported Agriculture program. (If you've been with me for a while, you might remember that I wrote a book about this back in 2015!) CSA boxes have undoubtedly gotten a lot more popular and mainstream since my first book was published, and I even know people who have their own gardens but still get a CSA box to fill in what they can't or don't want to grow. So it's no surprise that I get this question a lot throughout summer: "What do I do with all this [fill in the blank]?!" You see, getting a CSA box is a bit like unwrapping a present on Christmas Day—you kinda know what you're getting, but you don't really know until you open the box. And when you open the box, sometimes you find yourself with more leafy greens than you know what to do with, or mystery veggies that you've never cooked with before. So how can you work through a CSA box before it goes bad? I've got a new guide that helps with exactly this!
No meal planning necessary—you'll find out what to do with all that fresh produce without a proper recipe! And of course, this guide works for the veggies you grow at home or buy from the store too. (But if you do want a recipe, check out The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook, which is the revised and republished version of my first book called The CSA Cookbook.) Seasonal tipsFinal week for Egyptian walking onion ordersGrow one of my favorite perennials, Egyptian walking onions, in your own garden. This is a staple crop for me because it's very hardy (and evergreen in mild winters), low-maintenance, pest- and disease-resistant, and delicious! I have a limited supply of organic seeds (which are actually bulbils, seen below) ready to plant now and available for shipping throughout the USA. The bulbils are harvested from my garden in Bend, Oregon. Summer-planted bulbils will give you green onions in fall, while fall-planted bulbils will establish roots and start growing in late winter/early spring.
​Read my growing guide here. (They're super easy to grow in USDA zones 3–10 and come back every year!) P.S. Stuck on what to do with all that produce in your CSA box? Here's a simple guide on how to prepare and cook all those mystery veggies.​ P.P.S. Knowing what you can eat out of your garden (like onion tops, zucchini shoots, carrot tops, and pepper leaves) is key to maximizing your harvests. So I put together this easy-to-reference guide to help you know exactly what parts are edible on all the vegetables, herbs, and flowers you're growing right now!
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Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."