10/8/18 CSA Week 20

This Week’s HarvestIMG_3902

Head Lettuce

Salad Mix

Potatoes

Red bunched radishes OR purple daikon radish

Braising Mix

Broccoli

Napa Cabbage

Scarlet Turnips

Escarole OR Mustard Greens

Fennel

Apple Share

Fuji, Cortland and Jonagold

Farm News

This week comes with a mad dash to get our sweet potatoes out. We hustled to get CSA harvest done today so we could have the afternoon free. We got one bed done and have 4 1/2 to go! And it looks like we have until Wednesday around 2 to get it done. They have sized up and are healthy looking. Now we just need to get them in before nighttime temps dip into the 30s–which is on Friday believe it or not!

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we use our 2 row potato digger to dig the sweet potatoes.
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We still have to crawl on our hands and knees and unearth the sweet potato clumps from the loose soil and break them off the vines
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one bed yielded 2 wooden bulk crates!

The potatoes aren’t sweet just yet. They will cure in our barn for a couple weeks before we distribute them. Something to look forward to in your final few CSA boxes!

Recipes

Skillet Potatoes and Turnips with Bacon (roasted vegetarian version here)

Napa Cabbage Slaw with Radish and Raisins

Stir Fry Broccoli and Greens (use your braising mix in place of broccoli leaves and cook for 5 minutes vs. 2)

Greens, Potatoes and Sausage (use turnip greens or braising mix in place of kale)

Coming Up Next Week (our best guess…..) Beets, Salad Mix, Purple Top Turnips. Potatoes, Braising Mix, Arugula, Broccoli, Butternut Squash, and more!