Hellgate CSA Blog - Astoria, NY

Summer is here and crops are growing well, with plenty of rain and enough heat and sun.
Our strawberry crop is done for the year.  Because of so many night time thundershowers, the quality of the berries was not as good as they could have been.  The berries we picked were very flavorful and delicious, but [...]

Our growing year this past season was a mixed bag - some crops did very well and some not as much. However, in general we felt we had a good season with plenty of variety over the weeks. We brought in many staples which people seemed to enjoy, especially tomatoes, beans and squashes. Unfortunately, [...]

Fall now seems to be here - our eggplants and peppers are done for the year. Sweet potatoes and winter squash are still in storage and many types of root crops all will be brought in for the next several weeks. Look for cabbages, oriental and other greens and some herbs as we [...]

October is here and finally the summer heat seems over - those 80 degree plus days early in the month really pushed our vegetables. Our broccoli and lettuce plantings scheduled for November harvests are ready now, four weeks early!
However, we have plenty of fall greens planted - many oriental greens of different types, as [...]

Fall is upon us; the weather will be changing soon as the days will get shorter. We still have a field of tomatoes getting ready to ripen, and with enough warm days we’ll have tomatoes until Halloween. We will start picking some green tomatoes next week, so get out your favorite fried green [...]