Broccoli or Cabbage or Cauliflower Celeriac or Kohlrabi Kale (Winterbor) Hot pepper Leeks Lettuce or Spinach Mizuna Parsnips Sweet Pepper Potatoes, Red Pontiac Pie pumpkin or Winter Squash It’s hard to tell by the weather outside, but this is indeed Fall and the end of our season. We have had frosts on three mornings … Continue reading Week 17, 2010
Week 16, 2010
Beets Broccoli Kohlrabi Leeks Lettuce Parsley Potatoes, Kennebec Tat Soi Sweet pepper Rutabaga Thanks so much to everyone that made it out to the farm last Saturday for our fall festival! We had a great turnout, incredible weather, and (unlike last year) no snow. It was great to see so many members and guests and … Continue reading Week 16, 2010
Week 15, 2010
Arugula Basil Bok Choy Carrots Eggplant or cucumbers or summer squash Endive Kale, Red Russian Onion Potatoes Sweet pepper Winter squash (Acorn or Delicata) What has already been an excessively wet summer met its fitting conclusion this week, with about 3 inches of rain during this massive storm. This is so much better than … Continue reading Week 15, 2010
Week 14, 2010
Beets Collards Cucumbers or summer squash or melon or eggplant Fennel Hot pepper Lettuce or Broccoli Red onion Sweet onion Sweet pepper Tomatoes or tomatillos Winter squash (Spaghetti or Butternut) Fall Festival is coming soon! Saturday, September 25 We would love to have everyone out to the farm next Saturday for a celebration of the … Continue reading Week 14, 2010
Week 13, 2010
This week, Lettuce makes a most welcome return to the boxes. During the height of summer’s heat, the lettuce in the field either bolted (went to seed, making the leaves bitter) or took a month-long siesta. Now that summer is long forgotten, it’s great to have green things back in the box. We have recently … Continue reading Week 13, 2010
Week 12, 2010
Basil, purple cinnamon Beets Cucumbers Hot pepper Kale Potatoes, Nicola Red onion Summer squash or kohlrabi Sweet onion Sweet pepper Tomatoes Hollywood Twp: As concerns mount regarding a possible early plateau of tomato production, Federle Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed a crowd of CSA members earlier this week. Also present were President Broccoli Obama and … Continue reading Week 12, 2010
Week 11, 2010
Basil Beans or summer squash Cabbage or kohlrabi Carrots Cucumbers Garlic Hot pepper Potatoes, Red Norland Sweet onion Sweet pepper Tomatoes After weeks of relentless heat and humidity, we poor farmers greeted the cooler weather and chilly nights with great enthusiasm last week. The air had a touch of fall, even though we know … Continue reading Week 11, 2010
Week 10, 2010
Beans Beets Cabbage or kohlrabi Cucumbers Hot pepper Parsley Potatoes, Red Norland Sweet onion Sweet pepper Summer Squash Tomatoes As annoying as the above-average rainfall has been this growing season, the massive flooding and desolation of Pakistan keep it all in perspective. As a result of last week’s rainstorm, we lost perhaps a sixth of … Continue reading Week 10, 2010
Week 9, 2010
Basil Beans Carrots Cucumber Garlic Potatoes, mixed Red onion Sweet corn Sweet onion Summer squash Tomatoes I write to you from our farm’s submarine, passing through a giant lake covering what was once our fields. We have dispatched a scuba team to harvest carrots for the week, though sadly a shark has claimed the beet … Continue reading Week 9, 2010
Week 8, 2010
Basil Beets Beans Collards Cucumbers Sweet corn Potatoes, German Butterball Sweet onion Sweet pepper Summer Squash Tomato Thunderstorm For the first few weeks of this spring, we had lots of toads on the farm. Nina and I would point them out, watch them hop around, pick them up to make them pee, and watch Henry … Continue reading Week 8, 2010
