8/27 CSA week 14

This Week’s Harvest

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Picking dragon tongue beans

Tomatoes

Dill

Cucumbers (green slicing and salt and pepper)

Kale

Delicata Squash

Dragon Tongue Beans

Carrots

Zephyr Summer Squash

Cipollini Onions

Sweet Onions

Raspberries (For some pick up sites only. Our berries are just starting to come on and will make the rounds to all the pick up sites and home delivery over the next month)

Apple Share

Ginger Gold and Molly’s Delicious

Farm News

While not technically fall yet, it sure feels like the seasons are changing. Last week  brought the start of school, cooler days, and earlier sun sets. For the farm this means fall crops are starting to show up in the CSA boxes. This week we have the first of our fall brassicas (kale) and winter squash (delicata).

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Delicata squash variety called Honeyboat

The shorter days are nice in theory but we still have a lot to get done this time of year. We’ve had a tractor with head lights for 2 years now and they certainly get used! While the work load remains heavy, we are slowly ticking off jobs. The greenhouse is officially empty! Our final planting of lettuce came out today and is getting acclimated before it gets planted out later this week. I’m really glad I don’t have to water in the greenhouse anymore! One less thing to think about is very welcome!

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Ben sets up water at sunset to run all night. We use the lawn mower to drag the hose out to the end of the field and the water reel automatically winds the hose back in over the course of the night
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Ben uses the head lights to finish up tractor work

Recipes

Kale Stuffed Delicata Squash

Apple, Cucumber, Dill Salad

Lebanese Green Beans and Tomatoes (use 5 to 7 fresh tomatoes in place of canned and Dragon Tongue Beans in place of green beans)

Dilled Carrots and Green Beans (Dragon Tongue will work!)

Coming Up next Week (Our best guess…..) Cilantro, Jalapeño, Tomatoes, Delicata Squash, Potatoes, Sweet Peppers, Dragon Tongue Beans and more!