Week 15 August 19th (WED) 2026

camasswalefarm
4 days ago
5 min read

Dear CSA Members,

A rainbow of color appears in your Crop Shares this week. Its peak time for crops on the farm where summer crops coalesce with the first fall crops and the harvest is COLORFUL! Smokey conditions delayed the ripening of red, yellow, and orange tomatoes and peppers two weeks ago, but tomatoes are back now. Green and purple kales and rainbow chard are about to return. In between we have a strong harvest of cucumbers. Purple, red and white potatoes are getting lifted from the ground. The last of the green and striped zucchini and a couple of weeks of short-window crops like tomatillos and green beans are here. Gold and red onions are half way in for drying down.

Flower-growing-working-member-friend Stacy visits the farm often and made beautiful boquets for the farm pick up site. Between Iris and Stacy we've had bouquets at the farm pick up site for sale for several weeks-- we may bring flowers to another site soon.

U-pick offering: If you would like to pick your own flowers or vegetable crops, please sign up for a U-Pick for CSA members time slot here. We are offering two Friday morning u-pick time slots and two Tuesday morning CSA harvest helper drop-in slots for now. Space is more limited on Tuesday, sign up soon. U-pick flowers, basil, corn stalks for decorating, and maybe more are available. The first bouquet of anything is complimentary and beyond that we'll have reasonable u-pick pricing listed with a QR code and cash box for you to pay on site. Harvest helper drop-in is a little different, for that we send you home with a full CSA share. See the event sign ups page for more information.

Vacation credits to use up? The absolute easiest way to use credits is to use them towards a Fall CSA share if you have not signed up for one already. If you have, the next best way to use those credits is toward an add-on to your weekly box. Order from the CSA Store at this link at least three days before your delivery.

Thanks,

Camas Swale Farmers Amber & Jonah

What's In My Box?

The difference between small and fulls this week is that smalls have less weight of potatoes, peppers, zucchini, green beans and tomatoes.

small share/ full share

listed in order of use first , most perishable

Basil 1 bu

Butterhead lettuce 1 ct

Cantaloupe Melon 1 ct

Slicer Cucumber ~ 1 ct

Eggplant 1 ct Heirloom Tomatoes .75 lb/ 1.25 lb

Green Beans 1/2 lb / 1 lb

Zucchini ~1 ct/2 ct

Italian Fryer Sweet Peppers 2 ct/ 1 ct

Jimmy Nardelo Sweet Peppers 3-4 ct (fulls only)

Purple Potatoes 1 lb / 1.5 lbs

Red Onion ~1 ct

Salad lovers only salad add-on: 2/3 lb salanova salad mix

!! Reminder: Eggs for egg lovers at Bloch and Farm pick up sites -- get your eggs if the sign off list says you ordered eggs :)

We c

Miso Eggplant and Chickpea Recipe

Photo and Recipe from NYT Cooking

Easy Fluffy Focaccia Recipe

Photo from We are Italians FB page; Recipe from Salt N Sprinkles Food Blog Here's a fun focaccia with vegetable garden designs for inspiration. Sweet peppers and onions alone for topping is also great!

Sheet Pan Fajitas

Photo and Recipe from Taste Better From Scratch.

Use chicken or seitan or tempeh for this easy one pan dinner!

CSA Member Calendar

First Summer CSA Delivery

Wednesday May 13/Friday May 15

First Egg Delivery

Week of July 22 - October CSA Member U-Pick Drop In Times Late Aug-Early Sept RSVP HERE

CSA Harvest Potluck and Party

Saturday October 3rd at 4pm

First Fall CSA Delivery

Wednesday November 4th

ABOUT PICKING UP YOUR CSA

Bring your own bag. Pick up at your pickup location and day (Wednesday or Friday) from 12-6pm. If you ordered an add-on, it will be packed in a separate labeled tote.

HOW TO PICK UP YOUR CSA

#1: Sign-in! the golden rule

Find & Sign-off your name on the sign-in sheet each week and please ONLY take the items listed next to your name.

This vital step helps ensure everyone goes home happy, including our site hosts and farmers, week after week.

#2: Locate your shares

Boxes are labeled as Small or Full. Summer Salad Lover Add-on shares are in a large tote labeled "Salad Add-ons"

#3: Unpack your tote & stack the empties

Please bring your own reusable shopping bag to transport your items - we’ll pick the totes up next week for reuse! We can use them for multiple seasons, reducing waste one box at a time.

USING THE WEEKLY SWAP BOX?

Swap boxes are green with flowers painted on them. Swap boxes are labeled and will stand out! If your pickup site has a swap box, please feel free to swap an item you may not want in your box with an item in the provided and specifically-labeled SWAP BOX. Please limit the swaps to one item for one item per week.

UNABLE TO FIND AN ITEM?

(Please do not supplement it with something else!) Contact the farm directly before taking something else. The sooner you reach out the sooner your item may be located.

SOMEONE ELSE PICKING UP FOR YOU?

(Please share all the details of how to pick up with them BEFORE they attempt to pick up -- BYO bag, take from the right size box, check off the right name). Friends and family picking up for others is the number one cause of pickup mistakes, and we thank you in advance for your consideration.

CSA FAQS PAGE

Since our hands are often tied up with roots, soil or kids we keep this information on our CSA FAQS web page.

VACATIONS

Every CSA member can put their share on hold in trade for a $20 credit per week, up to two. Login to your account and select your vacation dates or email us. Please request your vacation at least three days in advance to receive the credit.

REDEEMING YOUR VACATION CREDIT

Go to our Online Store to see availability for add-ons this week and to double check the value of your credit. You'll need to login to see your credit amount. In the 2025 season you can use your vacation credits to purchase add-ons electronically or apply the credit to a Fall Share. But as always, you can also just email the farm. Thanks!

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Your current season of newsletters and many of our newsletters back to 2012 are on our website here. Find recipes from previous seasons. Friday CSA members can go to this link on Wednesday and see what this week's CSA has to offer.