Beautiful weather forecast- Relax in our beer garden! CSA Items, plus more news!

The weather forecast for this weekend looks beautiful! We hope you join us for a beer and some relaxation in our quiet, outdoor beer garden! Mark your calendars for Sunday, July 1, because we're having live music and a grill out!  Details below. Farm CSA Members: Group A half-share members and Full Share members, you are scheduled to pickup your organic vegetable shares this weekend. Scroll down for details on this week's CSA items. Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery - taproom open Fridays 4-9, Saturdays 12-9, Sundays 12-5.   Tap Room Bar at our Brewery In our Tap Room this weekend, open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays 12-9 pm, and Sundays 12-5 pm, we will be pouring fresh from our taps: Alton - mild brown ale Red Five IPA - red, hoppy, and brewed with 5 hops Honey Wheat - mild & easy drinking! The Emperor -  Russian Imperial Stout, 13.5% ABV Smart A** - Belgian Wit style beer Peach Mango Ale - a sweeter style fruit beer  Unicorn Tears - unique flavored copper colored ale Homemade Root Beer (non-alcoholic) In addition to fresh beer by the glass, we also have growler fills available for carry-out!   Upcoming Events at Wishful Acres:   July 1 (Sunday) - Independence Day celebration!  Live Music by Sean Huguenin (acoustic classic rock) from 2-4 pm, and Grill Out with a Food Truck from 12-5 pm. July 1, Celebrate USA at Wishful Acres! Join us on Sunday, July 1 for a day of live acoustic music and a grill out!  Our friend Sean Huguenin will be playing a live acoustic set of Classic Rock from 2-4 pm. We'll also have a food truck here Grilling Out from 12-5 pm, with most meat items $5 including chips.  They'll be grilling Beer Brats, Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Pork Chop Sandwiches, and also frying up French Fries and Fried Wisconsin Cheese Curds!  Please note: food truck items are cash only. We'll have our craft beers & root beer on tap, and look forward to celebrating with you! Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Member News Farm Members: In your share of organic items this week: Sugar Snap Peas- These are edible-pod peas, which means you simply remove the stem, pop the entire pea into your mouth, & enjoy!  Great raw with dip or salads, lightly sauteed, or roasted.  Red Spring Onions - These onions are larger than green onions, but not as large as full sized.  We enjoy harvesting onions for you at this stage, because you can still enjoy the entire onion.... the greens at the top, and the small bulb onion at the bottom! Also sometimes referred to as "knob onions". Zucchini - The first small harvest of baby-sized zucchini & summer squash! Very tender Optional Extra Item: U-Pick Mulberries - We have over a dozen mulberry trees, and they're now ripe for picking!  CSA Members are permitted to pick as many as you'd like, just let us know and we can point you towards the mulberry trees. All of our fruits are a U-pick CSA member benefit. Kohlrabi - Kohlrabi is typically eaten raw - the bulb at the bottom gets peeled first. We've included the whole plant in your share, because the leaves are also edible! Garlic Scapes - Garlic Scapes are a gourmet treat! These are the top of the garlic plant, and can be eaten just like garlic and onions. See our recipe database (link below). Kale - Kale is one of the most nutritious leafy green vegetables.  See our recipe database for many kale recipes (link is listed at the bottom of this veggie list). Simpson Lettuce - This is the last of the Simpson lettuce for the season!  Our favorite spring lettuce!  Oak Leaf Lettuce - The final bag of Oak Leaf Lettuce, until the fall, when we'll see it again!   Cilantro - This might be the last of the cilantro you'll see until the fall crop later this season!   Dill - Fresh dill weed!  A little goes a long way. Great on sandwiches, salads, dips, etc. Need recipe ideas for the items in your share? Here is a link to the Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery recipe database, with cooking ideas for everything we grow here: http://all-natural-mama.blogspot.com/2015/03/recipes-by-vegetable-type.html    Our 30-member CSA Program (Community Supported Agriculture) is a membership program in which members become "shareholders" in the farm's seasonal vegetable production & receive a "share" of the farm's organic  produce for our full 22-week-long season! To learn more: http://www.wishfulacresfarm.com/csa-program  .   Where to Buy our Beer: Our beer is available for purchase at the following locations: Our Taproom!  Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery, located between Freeport & Lena - Visiting Info Benchwarmers, Freeport, IL Cove Restaurant at Apple Canyon Lake, IL Lodi Tap House, Maple Park, IL Mulligans, Lena, IL  Park Hills Golf Course, Freeport, IL Pub 219, Freeport, IL Rosati's Pizza, Freeport, IL  Route 75 Bar & Grill, Dakota, IL Woodbine Bend Golf Course, Stockton, IL  Be sure to follow Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery on facebook!  Here is a link to our facebook page.  Want to stop receiving these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list Thank you & Best Wishes from Wishful Acres Farm & Brewery! Open Fridays 4-9 pm, Saturdays, 12-9 pm, and Sundays 12-5 pm Tap room is located on our farm at 4679 N. Flansburg Rd, Lena IL You can contact us at: wishfulacres@gmail.com or 815-990-2380            Copyright © 2018 Wishful Acres Farm, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up at a farmers market, opted in at our website, or participated in a program with our family farm. Our mailing address is: Wishful Acres Farm 4679 N Flansburg Rd, Lena, IL, United States Lena, IL 61048 Add us to your address book