Vegetable Profiles
Vegetable and Herb Identification
Here are featured vegetables and herbs that are commonly found in our CSA boxes with links to read more about them, their cultural and culinary significance, and associated recipes. We hope this page will help you easily identify the vegetables in your boxes.
Book Recommendation: Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop (an amazon affiliate link) has an amazing glossary of Asian vegetables with their Chinese characters and mandarin names in pinyi. Reference pages 328-334 for detailed info and a picture guide if you need help further identifying items in your box.
Leafy Greens
We grow these all year long
Sweet Potato Greens
HEARTY Brassicas
We grow these all year long
Kohlrabi
Western Broccoli
Red Cabbage
Roots
We encourage everyone to use the radish and turnip tops as greens. We grow roots all year long, with some spring and fall specific varieites.
Korean Ponytail Radish
Taiwan White Luobo
Chinese Emerald Luobo
Scarlet Turnip
Japanese Daikon
Korean Bora Mu
Korean White Mu'
Taiwan Carrots
Rainbow Carrots
Watermelon Radish
Shunkyo Radish
French Breakfast Radish
German Butterball Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Fruit
Late June-October
Sugar Baby Watermelon
Yellow Watermelon
Cape Gooseberries / Poha Gooseberries
Strawberries
EDIBLE FLOWERS & TEAS
Juhua / Chrysanthemum Tea for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Tong Ho / Chrysanthemum Flowers
Bachelor Buttons
Nasturtium Flowers
Garlic Chive Flowers
Gem Marigolds
Winter Squash
This is harvested end of the summer, cured, and then distributed in our October shares.
Winter Melon / Dong Gua
Black Futsu Squash
Kabocha, Blue and Green
Kuri, Red and Blue
Delicata Squash
Butternut Squash
Jack-o-Lantern Carving Pumpkins
Aliums & Aromatics
Japanese Bunching Onions / Scallions
Garlic Chives
Storage Onions
Leeks
Herbs
We have found that our herbs are one of the more challenging items in our boxes due storage. However, they are a signature part of our program both culturally and agriculturally - the majority of herbs are a cut-and-come again crop that allows us to plant once and harvest the entire season.
Choys
We grow 20 different varieties of choy on our farm all season long.
Mustards
Mustards are grown in Spring, Fall and Winter. Mizuna can grow year round.
Tomatoes
June-October
Summer Squash
June-October
Eggplant
July-October
Summer Crops
July-October
Cucumbers
June-October
Peppers
June-October