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What's In My CSA This Week?

Luckily the triple-digit heat this past weekend only burnt one row of head lettuce and some microgreens. The rest of our field preserved and we're excited to bring you a special De La Mesa Farms salad mix this week made with red and green lettuce, arugula, baby beet greens, and a dash of micro-basil and pea flowers. We've also got our first flush of tomatoes - a cherry tomato variety called Sun Gold that is well-known for its sweet flavor. Not to mention we're throwing cherries into the mix - they're not the biggest cherries in the world, but they're big on cherry flavor.

 

Hope you enjoy summer's abundance!

De La Mesa Salad Mix

 

Microgreens

 

Yellow Cauliflower

 

Sun Gold Tomatoes

 

Squash Blossoms

 

Pattypan Squash


Carrots

 

Cilantro

 

Cherries

 
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Recipe Ideas

 

Enhance butter with the sweet flavor of summer's best 

 
Sun Gold Tomato Butter
 

The sweetness of Sun Gold tomatoes pairs well with sweet scallops in this pasta dish

 
Fettucine with Saffron, Sun Golds & Scallops
 

Stuffed squash blossoms is a classic Italian dish

 
Stuffed & Fried Squash Blossoms
 

Squash blossoms impart a mild summer squash flavor - try them on pizza!

 
Grilled Pizza with Squash Blossoms
 

Cauliflower is such a hearty vegetable, even carnivores won't miss the meat

 
Crispy Cauliflower with Pesto Pasta
 

The nuttiness of yellow cauliflower would be great in this summer salad

 
Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad
 

Use your cauliflower and pattypan squash in this enchilada recipe!

 
Summer Squash Enchiladas
 

This is classic homestyle Mexican cooking!

 
Calabacitas
 

Cherries and booze? Sign us up.

 
Cherry & Ginger Beer Floats
 

Ending it on a sweet note with this lovely cherry dessert

 
Cherry Almond Clafoutis

Farmers' Markets 

 

Bellevue Crossroads 

Tuesdays, Noon - 6pm

 
More Info Here
 

Kirkland Marina Park

Wednesdays, 3pm - 7pm

 
More Info Here

And don't forget, you can place your pre-orders on our website starting every Thursday evening for pickup the following week at farmer's markets and on-farm. Deadline to place your orders is Sunday

Pre-Order Here

Around the Farm

Spotted: the first of our blueberries are turning color. We think this means it's another 2-3 weeks before we'll have organic blueberries!

It was starting to feel a little like a jungle in our greenhouse and the cucumbers were getting out of hand.

But thanks to this awesome volunteer, we were able to get our cucumbers trellised this week and are patiently awaiting a slew of Japanese, pickling and slicing cucumbers. 

Happy cucumber flowers in the evening light makes us happy too.

Emiliano checking to see whether the wild blackberries are spiky. Yes, yes they are.

These are shishito peppers flanking the sides of our greenhouse. These are the only peppers we are growing this season, but we hope to expand with more varities next year.

Tacoma, WA, USA
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