Final Harvest Push and Fall CSA - Week #2

Good morning! 

Saturday night brought the deepest frost we have had yet this season. I think temps were in the mid-twenties for most of the evening, which was enough to do some damage. Luckily, I harvested the last of the broccoli and cauliflower for the CSA the morning before! I did leave a few heads in the field to see how they would handle the cold and they froze solid. 

We're motivated this week knowing it's our last big push for the season! A few days ago the forecast showed a chance of rain on Friday and Saturday so we made a long list of all the things we needed to tackle before then and we have been checking one thing off at a time. We finished the potato harvest on Monday (wahoo!) and every last beet came out of the field yesterday. Now we just need to finish clearing the remaining roots (parsnips, rutabagas, white and yellow carrots) and a bed of leeks out of the field and put the farm to rest. It's time! 

Flail mowing the brassica block with our neighbor's sweet equipment! Our neighbors are the BEST

Mike started flail mowing blocks, discing and seeding cover crops on Monday. We're trying to get the fields all prepped for winter by the end of the week. And then, we're hoping a little rain follows! I would love to see a couple soggy days so we can stay inside... roast the last of this season's tomatoes, finish freezing peppers, bake a carrot cake and sit and drink coffee lazily on Saturday morning. Mmmmm, that's what I'm dreaming about. But until then...

Harvest, harvest harvest, sort potatoes, move irrigation pipe, pull drip lines, mow, cover crop, deliveries, move the greenhouses, shape beds, plant garlic, and so on.

Trenching for the electric line

We spent Saturday finishing the garage door on the steel building and working on the new walk-in cooler. Next up, power! We rented a piece of equipment last week and Mike spent Thursday trenching the ditch for our future electrical line. One step at a time. It will be exciting when we have electricity hooked up and the new walk-in cooler running, as the other coolers are pretty much maxed out.  

Harvest details for Fall CSA - Week #2

Salad Greens, Kale, Cauliflower/Romanesco, Broccoli, Carrots, Purple Top Turnips, Delicata Squash, Onions and Garlic. Enjoy!! 

Fall CSA Harvest - Week #1

Summer CSA Week #18 and Fall CSA Week #1

Last week marked the final harvest of the 2017 Mountain Roots Produce Summer CSA Season and today is the first 2017 Fall CSA Harvest. Time is cruising by a little too fast and it's hard to believe the middle of October is quickly approaching.

Summer CSA Members, THANK YOU so much for supporting our farm this season and for being a part of our CSA. Thank you for choosing locally grown produce and for believing in us, your passionate farmers! We are very appreciative of our CSA Community this season, you all are awesome and such a pleasure to see every week. We hope to grow food for you all next season, and for many years to come!  

Summer CSA Week #18: Bok Choy, Little Gem Lettuces, Kale, Heirloom Tomatoes, Carrots, Garlic, Golden Turnip, Golden Beets, Walla Walla Onions, Delicata Squash and Purple Viking Potatoes! 

Every growing season is unique and brings it's own challenges and lessons. As farmers we are always learning, and Mother Nature constantly has something new to teach us. This season brought a very cool and wet Summer here at the farm, once June passed, which made some crops happy as can be (beans, broccoli and cauliflower to name a few) and others not so much, as yields were down on the tomatoes, basil, peppers, cucumbers and cabbage. But that's farming... and growing a large variety of produce helps us regulate the ups and downs from season to season. 

The CSA is an essential part of our farm and without your support we wouldn't have been able to complete some of our many Spring projects this season. Your support helped us build two additional greenhouses, a game fence (which is simple and so amazing), and feel confident in building our new wash/pack/storage building. So, again, THANK YOU for your support early in the season, it helps us build important infrastructure on our farm so we can in turn grow better for you all year after year. We are excited for what 2018 will bring... and hope you will all join us! 

Mark your calendars, Registration for the 2018 Mountain Roots Produce CSA Season will open on February 1st, 2018! 

Onions... 

The Fall harvests continue... We are tackling one harvest project at a time. We successfully got all of our main carrot crop out of the field last week! And we have been harvesting nonstop since we saw you all on Wednesday, and the pace of the harvest picked up on Saturday when the forecast showed a 23 degree low for Tuesday morning. Brrr, 23 is cold enough to do some damage so we cleared the turnips, daikon, most of the beets, cabbages, etc and we trimmed and bagged all the onions and they're now sitting in storage. 

An awesome group of ladies came out and helped us harvest potatoes and beets on Monday. It was a chilly and breezy day, perfect for harvesting potatoes, and we moved 4,000+ pounds of Yukons out of the field by lunch time and then spent the afternoon clearing beets. Thank you so much Ladies!! 

Purple Viking Potoates

We look forward to seeing everybody later today, for the first Fall CSA Pickup! 

Fall CSA Harvest - Week #1: Kale, Collards, Bok Choy, Green Cabbage, Carrots, Beets, Purple Daikon, Yukon Potatoes, and Sweet Walla Walla Onions. 

Hello Fall and CSA Harvest - Week #17

Mike and his mom, Teresa, cleaning onions 

Brrr! We woke up to a chilly 26 degrees on Monday morning and a hard frost covering everything outside. We were anticipating a frost but I wasn't expecting 26 degrees... All of the hot crops in the greenhouses got nipped, the tomatoes are dead and ready to be unclipped from the trellis and removed from the beds. Fall cleanup... here we go! 

Mike's parents came to town last week and it was so wonderful to have them here. We were able to show them all the progress we have made at the farm in the last year, the many crops in the field that need harvested and they were here to see Mike take the new potato digger out for a spin on Thursday afternoon. It works wonderfully and is really going to speed up the potato harvest this season! They helped us collect and bag the potatoes, 3 beds down, 35 or so to go. It was so great to spend time with you guys and catch up, and we're looking forward to visiting this Winter! 

Frosty kale on Monday morning

Saturday morning was dreamy... it was cool, overcast and rain came and went, drizzling one moment and pouring the next. We slept in and it felt like our first slow and quiet Saturday since... early March? Mmmmmm, Fall! You're so cozy and make me want to stay inside and spend the days cooking and baking. 

We have spent the week clearing crops ahead of the anticipated frost... Winter Squash is now out of the field and nestled in the prop house to cure. Oh Hubbard Squash... you're just so lovely!

We picked the last of the peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers for the season! I used to cover these crops with row cover and do everything I could to make them hang on for a couple extra weeks, BUT not anymore. We have so many roots to deal with in the field that it's time to say good bye to these Summer crops and direct our focus to harvesting carrots, beets, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, etc... So long Summer! 

CSA Members, today is Week #17 of our 18 week 'Summer' CSA Season. We hope you have been enjoying the bounty this season! One more week to go. If you didn't join the Fall CSA and would like to stock up on veggies for the Fall and Winter, we are taking orders for bulk storage crops. Look for an email with details on this and/or ask me about it during pickup! We want to keep your kitchens stocked for the cold, snowy months ahead. 

Harvest Details for CSA Week #17: Head Lettuce, Kale, Carrots, Purple Top Turnips, Yukon Potatoes!, Shishito Peppers, Green Peppers, Poblano Pepper, Heirloom Tomatoes, Cauliflower, Garlic and a couple Walla Walla Sweet Onions! 

Last dahlia bloom of the season... 

Frost is Near and CSA Harvest - Week #16

Storage Onion harvest on Thursday morning before the rain

Cold weather is a' comin'... and these farmers are ready. It's been a long Summer and we're happy to move into Fall, to start pulling roots out of the field, move everything into storage, and put the farm to rest. And to rest a little bit more ourselves. 

We pulled the yellow storage onions on Thursday morning... they're HUGE and are all lined up and curing. Yea onions! The storage reds we pulled a couple weeks ago area almost ready to be cleaned and bagged... allllmost. 

Mike harvested the last of the zucchini on Monday morning and flail mowed the zucchini, bean and cucumber block that afternoon. He has been discing sections of the fields and plans to drill in the first round of Fall cover crop seed later today. 

Tomato Fingers. Only a couple harvests left for 2017... 

I spent the weekend in Ridgway with my family, we roasted and froze tomatoes, made peach pies and just spent quality time laughing and kidding around. And I got to catch up with friends over breakfast on Sunday morning. Aahhhh, it felt good to regroup and step away from the farm for a couple days (last week kicked my butt).

With a potential frost coming this weekend, and moisture rolling in ahead of those temps, we are planning to clear a few crops in the coming days...  the red cabbage, walla walla onions, giant kohlrabi (soccer ball size?), peppers, winter squash, tomatoes... and more. 

The new wash/pack/storage building is almost complete! The crew that helped us with the siding, roof and insulation finished up last week and it looks so good. Our parents are coming to visit this week/weekend and I think we'll get the bay door installed on Saturday, weather depending. Now we can move inside and start building out the new wash station, walk-in cooler, etc. 

Fall Flavors

CSA Members, here come the Fall flavors! The hot crops will be fading and more roots and hardy greens will be in the shares in the coming weeks. It's time... time to fire up the oven, roast veggies, simmer broth and make soup.

Only 2 more weeks of the 2017 'Summer' CSA! I hope you have been enjoying the bounty, discovering new veggies and experimenting in the kitchen. We appreciate your support more than words can say and I have loved seeing you all every Wednesday this Summer. The Fall CSA (now sold out) starts on Wednesday, October 11th.  

CSA Harvest - Week #16:

Salad Greens, Kale, Chard, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage, Carrots, Beets, Daikon, Walla Walla Onion, Cucumber, Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes.  

CSA Harvest - Week 15

SWEET PEPPERS! 

Fall is in the air and the crisp breeze and cool mornings feel wonderful. I'm not sure how I feel about the shorter days though... My favorite time of the day to pick the tomatoes is in the evening, when the greenhouses have started to cool off and the light makes the ripe tomatoes glow, but recently darkness sneaks up on me well before I'm finished. 

Mike left on Sunday morning for Washington, DC for the National Farmers Union Fly-In. He, and farmers from all around the country, have been meeting with Congressmen and Senators this week regarding the upcoming Farm Bill.. 

With Mike out of town we have been short handed at the farm this week. I drafted detailed Harvests Sheets and To-Do Lists and I feel like Sadie and I have everything under control, but it has made for some long days and exhaustion is starting to in. We have spent most of the week tackling harvests, the walk-in cooler is packed, and we are very excited to see you all later today. And, I'm looking forward to sleeping in a little bit tomorrow. 

The final seeding of greens for the 2017 season is COMPLETE. Hallelujah! I seeded the last few beds on Friday evening after we returned from delivering our Durango wholesale orders. We seeded the late crop of spinach, salad greens, baby bok choy and mustards in the big greenhouse! Woop woop! 

The second succession of Kale is looking lovely! 

Harvest Details for CSA - Week #15:

Arugula, Collard Greens, Red Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Sweet Peppers, Poblano, Padron Peppers, Walla Walla Onion, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber, Zucchini, Carrots and Purple Daikon. 

CSA Harvest - Week 14

The dahlias are blooming and and their beauty is distracting me from the veggie harvests. I stopped in the middle of picking tomatoes on Saturday morning, grabbed my snips and cut a bouquet for the house. Once they were arranged in a vase on the kitchen counter I was happy and then returned to the tomatoes.

Ok, so the exciting news I mentioned last week... we bought a Potato Digger! A super sweet farmer up north sold us his potato digger over the weekend! Woohoo! This is exciting and should make our lives easier AND the timing couldn't be better as we're going to start harvesting potatoes very soon. 

Red Cabbage... it's testing our patience more than anything this season and it may be one of the crops this year that just doesn't produce like normal? We'll see... they still have some time but as of right now they're looking a little rough. So much so that Mike just wants to flail mow the cabbage blocks so we can move on and cover crop. Mmmm hmmm. I think we'll give them another week or two to size up before we go that route!?

Look who's decided to join the party! The Cauliflower has arrived. A solid 2+ weeks behind schedule BUT they're huge so we're not going to worry about it. We planted three successions this year so I'm hoping we have a solid supply for a few weeks, that just gets sweeter as the temps get cooler, up until the first hard freeze? Fingers crossed.

Onion harvest! Onions are one of my favorites to grow, as they're the first crop to be seeded in January and to be transplanted into the field in the Spring. They keep me guessing all season as to whether or not they're actually going to size up and then when they finally do in August it feels a bit magical. Growing and harvesting roots out of is a deeply satisfying activity that I think everybody needs to experience... We smelled like onions for days after pulling out the first storage onions of the season! The red onions and a trial yellow are out of the field and our main yellow storage onion is close... I noticed their tops starting to fall on Sunday (how awesome is it that onions tell you when they're ready to harvest?) so they may be coming out of the field by the end of the week? The Walla Walla Onions have been making their way into your CSA Shares, be sure to eat these onions quick as they're not ones that store well. They're sweet and juicy and are best eaten fresh! 

The other exciting news.... we hired an awesome crew to install the insulation, siding and roof on the new wash/pack building and now it's so much closer to being complete! We started to worry a couple weeks ago when we would get to this ourselves as the harvests are all consuming at the moment and aren't going to let up for a while. So, we decided it was best to focus on what we're good at (farming) and hire a crew that has more experience building, and we're so happy we did. It's coming along nicely and we'll have photos to share next week. Stay tuned. 

CSA Harvest - Week #14

Cauliflower, Broccoli, Salad Greens, Chard, Cucumber, Zucchini, Sweet Peppers, Jalapenos, Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Basil, Beets, Carrots, Purple Daikon and Walla Walla Onion. 

CSA Harvest - Week #13

Hold on everyone, here comes September AND sweet Walla Walla Onion season! Wahoo, we made it. I have been dreaming of these onions since we seeded them way back in January. They were seeded in the greenhouse and cared for through the winter months, which were pretty mild this year. And then dug out of the greenhouse bed in May, trimmed and transplanted into the field. They saw a couple nights of low 20s near the end of May that had me worried. But, a few months of irrigation and several rounds of weeding later, they're sizing up nicely (think softballs) and are as sweet as can be. I love when all the pieces come together and work out as planned. Success! 

Harvest harvest harvest... that's the day to day here at the moment and it's pretty awesome. Mike and I cleared the first cabbage block on Thursday and Sadie started clearing the early carrot beds to make way for more Fall greens. On Thursday, we will start pulling onions out of the field to cure. First up, the red onions and a trial yellow that looks wonderful, Gold Princess from Adaptive Seeds, I think you're a keeper! 

We planted 6 of the Fall moveable tunnel beds with greens (kale, spinach and salad greens) late last week and I am SO excited to get the last few beds seeded in the coming days so we can stop thinking about bed prep and planting and focus that energy and time on harvests. 

We left the farm over the weekend, which felt AMAZING! We made a trip to Norwood to celebrate our friends Paula and Sajun Folsom, who are, hands down, two of the sweetest people I know. Paula and Sajun run Laid Back Ranch in Norwood and offer grass-finished beef, pastured pork and pastured poultry, check them out! I used to sell produce next to Paula at the Ridgway Farmer's Market and would look forward to seeing her, and her amazing hugs, every Friday throughout the Summer. I miss those days... but this weekend was good reminder that Norwood is only a short drive away and that we should visit our extended family of friends there more often! Love you guys!  

We should have some exciting news and updates to share in the coming days... think tractor implements and the produce wash/storage warehouse we're building. Check back in next week!  

Ok enough rambling, lets talk about this week's CSA Share, which is filled with lots of tomatoes, plus a nice mix of Summer flavors and colors. Enjoy! 

Harvest details for CSA - Week #13:

Green Cabbage, Kale, Green Beans, Broccoli, Fennel, Purple and White Carrots, Beets, Cilantro, Tomatoes, Walla Walla Onion, Cucumber, Purple Daikon, Garlic, Sweet Pepper and Padron Peppers. 

Eclipse and CSA Harvest - Week #12

The solar eclipse on Monday was BEAUTIFUL and captivating. The light was mysterious and eerie, the sky was calm and everything felt still and silent. The temperature dropped considerably and it made for a couple hours of perfect harvest conditions in the middle of the day. We'll see if the eclipse confuses any of the vegetables? I am curious to see if having the light and temperatures suddenly drop in the middle of the day will cause anything to bolt? We'll report back if we notice anything out of the ordinary in the coming weeks! 

It warmed back up quickly once the eclipse had passed and then around 4 o'clock a large storm cloud was building in the mountains and we could hear the rumble of thunder getting closer and closer. I was in the middle or harvesting turnips when I felt a couple raindrops and decided we should run and cover the greens, incase of hail, as the clouds were dark and the air was cool. A few minutes later it was pouring rain and we were forced inside for a couple hours waiting for the storm and lightning to pass. We weren't able to harvest as much as we had planned on Monday which made for a nonstop Tuesday harvest, but we completed everything right before dark. Go team! 

Last Thursday we  got the first round of the Fall greens planted. Wahoo! These went in a week later than last year so we'll keep notes on how they do. Kale, Collards, Chard, Spinach, Napa Cabbage, Bok Choy and Lettuces! Grow lovelies grow!

Here's a sample Fall CSA Share from last season

This reminds me... We are doing a 10-Week Fall CSA again this season and would love to have you join us! The Fall CSA Starts on Wednesday, October 11th and runs through mid-December. We will be harvesting greens out of the field and greenhouses to supplement the storage crops that make for comforting Fall meals. Think potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, beets, turnips, rutabaga, cabbage, winter squash, etc. You can read up on the details and register here:

Mountain Roots Produce - 2017 Fall CSA

We're clearing beds in front of the moveable tunnels and hope to seed/plant those in the coming days with additional spinach, salad greens, kale, mustards and more. The plan is to pull the moveable tunnels over these crops once we have a hard frost that knocks out the tomatoes. I have been wanting to do this for years and am really excited to finally try it this season! 

The cold dips we had last week seem to have slowed the hot crops down for a minute and even burnt the basil? Come ON! But then by Friday it was around 80 degrees and felt hotter than my body could handle as we haven't had too much heat around here in a solid month or so. Maybe it's going to return in September??

Mmmmm, the brassica block has been LOVING this cool Summer

The onions are beginning to fall! The red onion we grow always falls first and last season we pulled it out on 8/21 so I'm curious to see how much later it is this year. I'd say 10 percent have fallen so far and we'll wait until roughly 60 percent are down before we pull them out of of the field and set up to cure. 

I started thinning the rutabagas on Saturday. Rutabagas are one of the most underrated and forgotten about vegetables. They're delicious and should be in everybody's kitchen for cozy Fall and Winter meals. We are growing the standard variety, Joan, which has a rich golden flesh that is sweet and delicious once the temperatures drop. In addition, we are trialling the Gilfeather Turnip, which I'm excited about! The Gilfeather has sassy serrated leaves and will have green shoulders rather than the the purple of Joan. Joan is currently tasting much sweeter than Gilfeather but, final taste tests will commence once November rolls around. 

Fava Beans!

Mike completed the final irrigation on the potatoes and they'll be mowed in the next couple weeks. Oh potatoes! We need to prepare our bodies to harvest this crop... they're so heavy, but so delicious. The potatoes appear to be sizing up nicely and will be making an appearance in the CSA Shares in the coming weeks! 

One last thing... Cauliflower! I harvested the first head on Sunday and squealed with excitement as I carried it up to the house. I'm in love with this crop and the first one of the year did not disappoint. We roasted it for dinner on Monday and it was very sweet and satisfying! The rest of the plants should follow soon, fingers crossed!

CSA Harvest - Week #12:

Red Crisphead Lettuce, Lacinato Kale, Collards, Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Peppers (Sweet Bell, Poblano and Jalapeno), Carrots, Zucchini, Cucumber, Colorful Beans, Broccoli, Purple Scallions, Cilantro and Thai Basil. 

Have wonderful day everyone and savor the last week of August! xoxo

Nonstop Harvests and CSA - Week #11

Pure satisfaction. 

It's that time of the year... when we begin to curse picking beans and zucchini and promise we'll plant less next year. Mmm hmmm. The harvests are ramping up and we're trying to stay on top of picking all the things, especially the zucchini, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, beans and now cucumbers... they're on the harvest schedule every other day and are beginning to kick our butts. 

Our bodies are sore, our hands are rough and stained, we're a little sleep deprived, there are not enough hours in the day, and things shouldn't slow down until we get a frost... BUT now that I've had a taste of farming, and tomatoes straight off the vine, I wouldn't want to spend my days doing anything else. 

Beans! They're wonderful to eat but oh so time consuming to pick. 

We're working towards better organization and systems at the farm and one of those steps is building this new wash/pack/storage building! My Dad came down over the weekend and helped us attach the heaviest pieces on this building. We rented a fork lift and got all the rafters and cross beams attached, wahoo! It's starting to really take shape and is looking amazing! It was so great to have my Dad at the farm. He helped us read plans, lent us some tools and showed us several tricks to move the metal around and line things up with ease, which was priceless and I'm sure had us moving twice as fast. 

Mike and I are both very fortunate and have incredible parents. They're the best role models, offer us advice, wisdom, encouragement and are always asking thoughtful questions. I wish we had time to visit them more often! And I must say, we wouldn't be able to do everything we're doing without their endless support.

 The temps are still a bit cooler than normal I think and I have been feeling a cool crispness when the wind blows, which feels pretty good. Yesterday was the perfect overcast harvest day but right around 7 o'clock it really cooled off and this morning we are sitting at 44 degrees. Chilly! 

Purple Daikon... its whimsical, my favorite color and delicious to boot 

We need to focus on harvests this week as well as prepping beds and planting all the Fall greens! Spinach, Kale, Collards, Napa Cabbage, Bok Choy, Chard, Lettuces, etc. I have always set mid-August as the Fall transplanting deadline, so the clock is ticking. As the days grow shorter and cooler it is very important to get these crops in on time. Planting for 2017 is almost complete... wahoo! Once these crops are in the ground we will do one more planting in a couple weeks in the greenhouses and in front of the moveable tunnels, which will get covered with the tunnels once the tomatoes have finished up for the year, hopefully early October?

CSA Harvest - Week #11:

Head Lettuce, Kale, Chard, Zucchini, Beans, Padron Peppers, Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Broccoli Florets, Carrots, Cucumber and Scallions

CSA Harvest - Week #10

Red Crisphead Lettuce, after an evening of rain

Good morning, 

I hope you're having a wonderful week and enjoying the Summer days! We fell asleep to rain at the farm on Sunday night, and I woke up early on Monday to find the farm soaked. So I threw on the muck boots and walked around the fields. Everything looked so incredible and healthy... I am continually amazed at how beautiful and resilient plants are, and just how quickly the vegetables size up and need harvested this time of the year. It's like magic. 

Brassica block looking extra happy, they're loving the clouds and cooler temps

We have been harvesting broccoli for a few weeks and are anxiously awaiting for the cauliflower heads to form. The plants are huge and the leaves are all twisting near the center to protect and cover the head as it grows. I'm hoping they'll make an appearance in the next couple weeks...

Steel building construction has begun! 

Mike and a couple of our friends started constructing the new steel building on Saturday! The columns are up and we're starting to get a sense of the space now. I'm am so excited!! My Dad is going to come down over the weekend and we're renting a fork lift. The plan is to get the rafters and purlins up and then continue to take it one step at a time until it's finished. This building will house our farm office, and new produce wash/pack/storage area. 

The Sorghum Sudangrass is just about to swallow the side roll

Cover crops are so awesome! We have several different trials and mixes growing at the farm this year, each very different and interesting to observe. The sorghum sudangrass grows incredibly fast, I think it's as tall as me in parts of the field now and I love listening to it when the wind blows. 

We have a beautiful flowering cover crop mix growing in strips in between the cabbage blocks and it is AMAZING. This is a mix from our friends and mentors, Brendon and Sheldon Rockey, who grow certified potato seed in the San Luis Valley, (check them out!). We planted this flowering mix in strips where the side roll wheels would hit when we moved the irrigation line through the field with the hopes that it would bring in a lot of beneficial insects. What we didn't know would happen... is that the cabbage moths (which can cause a lot of damage in the cabbages) would love the cover crop mix so much that they would almost ignore the cabbage completely! When we look out at the cabbage field there isn't  a moth to be seen, but if you look close you'll notice they're there but just hanging out in the cover crop. They're more excited about something growing in these flowering strips than the cabbages. Mind blown and such a sweet discovery! So, we're going to make this flowering mix a permanent part of the crop plan moving forward. 

Come on tomatoes... ripen, we have been so patiently awaiting your arrival

We're really excited about the bounty in the CSA Share this week. So much so that I lost count how many times Sadie and I said the word beautiful in the wash shed yesterday afternoon!

CSA Harvest - Week #10: Arugula, Crisphead Lettuce, Kale, Chard, Green Beans, Zucchini, Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Carrots, Shishito Peppers, Broccoli Florets, and Purple Scallions.