Yes the snow has finally come and it feels a bit like winter but that doesn’t mean produce is ever off the minds of us farming folks.  Seed catalogs are filling our mail box and dreams of spring greenhouse work and the sweet smell of earth fill our heads.  I think this year is going to be the best year yet.  Of course I always think that but I know it will be this year.  So why don’t you come join us for the growing season.  We will have a full line of veggies and some fruit to fill our boxes as well as a few protein options.  We are also offering an extra four week extention on the regular season.  This is our fourth year as a CSA farm and we are loving our connections to you our CSA members.  Come join us!

I’m sitting at my computer on a late October afternoon.  The weather is warm and the sky is clear, a beautiful fall day.  We continue to garden, with garlic to plant and root crops to dig but the pace has definitely slowed down.

This time of year we switch gears to construction projects that need to be done and the planning for 2012 begins.  Yes its true we are already thinking of 2012, but there is so much to do and we want to provide more beautiful vegetables, so the research begins on how to do that.  We are also working on our offering for next season, we have a couple shares we are adding so look for that information to come out in the next two weeks.

I hope you enjoyed what we had to offer this season and we look forward to what we can do next year.  Happy Fall!

Pick up for the Winter Share will be November 16th at the site you choose on your sign up form.  The share will be available for pick up during the same hours as the regular season.  Please feel free to email if you have any questions.

Brussels Sprouts

Spinach

Tomatoes

Winter Squash

Leeks

Easter Egg Radish

Dill

Cilantro

Bunched Beets

Bunched Easter Egg Radish

Bulb Garlic

Yellow Summer Squash and Patty Pans - Probably going to be the last of the season.  Growth as slowed down big time.

Heirloom Tomatoes – Could be the last batch of the season.  The plants are looking a little rough and they are talking about frost this weekend, perhaps.

Celery

Kale

Jalapeno Peppers – The little green peppers, not super hot but can pack a bit of a bite at times

Sweet Peppers

Spinach/Salad Mix

Bunched Beets

Heirloom Tomatoes

Cherry Tomatoes

Ground Cherries

Red Radish – The fall radish is back on the plate.

Well it’s happened.  After wiping the sleep from my eyes and walking downstairs I gazed out my kitchen window and saw patches of frosted green grass.  So I donned a pair of insulated rubber boots and walked out into the world to get a  feel for how much frost we actually got.  Outside I was greeted by the crisp air and lingering smell of the first wood fire of the season.  Although the air was cold the sun on my face felt warm and I know this frost will be but a memory in the leave of our plants in a mere hour.  Damage to our precious vegetables will be lite and the picking will go on but its a gentle reminder that the season is rapidly coming to a close.  It seems like just yesterday we were packing our first boxes of the season and now here we are looking towards the fall and eventually winter.  My daughter Karma walked out the door to wait for the bus that will wisk her and her sister off to school and said “It smells like Christmas out here”.  “Well not quite yet honey” I thought but the changes in season are more noticeable everyday.

Mixed Beans – Purple, Yellow, Green

Summer Squash – Yellow crookneck and patty pan’s

Heirloom Tomatoes

Celery – Greener with stronger flavor then regular celery

Swiss Chard

Onion

Wild Apples and Pear – We only have a small amount of pears so just a taste this year but yields will go up as the trees get older.

Cucumbers – Probably going to be the last of the season for them.

Watermelon

Bunched Beets

Sweet Corn

Kale

Parsley

Summer Squash

Zucchini

Beans

Beans – a beautiful mix of yellow, green and purple.

Summer Squash/Zucchini – We have a new patch of patty pans and yellow summer squash just coming on so we should have more to come

Sweet Corn

Heirloom Tomatoes

Swiss Chard

Potatoes