Thank you to all who came out on Sunday. Here we are at the end of another CSA season. We hope that you have enjoyed the experience. Thank you for your support.
Just because the CSA is ending doesn’t mean you have to give up fresh produce. We’ll be going to the Wednesday market through the end of October and to the Saturday market right up until Christmas (at least that’s our plan).
For being close the end of the season, there still seems to be plenty to do around the farm. The garlic and onions will be planted either this week or next. There’s still one bed of sweet potatoes to dig. We have cleared out most of the greenhouses, getting them ready to plant over-wintering flowers and some winter veggies for us to have through the winter. There are still quite a few flowers coming out of the fields. They will end very shortly, however, the first frost will end those colorful additions to our house and yours. Harvest has taken a more painful turn. As the temperatures drop and the morning dew settles on the plants our hands feel the ache of chilled bones as we collect all the different vegetables from the fields. We wear latex gloves to keep our hand dry, which helps, but to keep the dexterity we need we can’t offer our hands any more insulation. Most days it warms up so we’re only truly suffering for a couple of hours. All that aside we’re looking forward to next season with optimism. Though every season offers its trials and disasters, and next season will be no different, all we like to think about are the possibilities of abundance.
We hope to see you all at market into December and perhaps around town over the winter. Take care and eat well.
Ideas for Cooking:
How to pop the popcorn: the popcorn, though still not ready, can be popped on the cob in a microwave. Place the entire cob in a large paper bag, set the microwave on high or “popcorn” setting and be sure to take the bag out once you stop hearing the kernels popping. Un-popped kernels can not be “popped” again! THEY CAN CATCH ON FIRE IF “POPPED” TWICE!
If you don’t have a microwave, the kernels need to be taken off the cob and then popped in an air popper or a large pot with some oil in the bottom.
At our CSA party a couple of people mentioned they had a lot of garlic and onions and asked for some ideas on how to use them. What to do with all those onions and garlic? Roasted onions are delicous. Cut them in half lengthwise, peel and then cut in half again leaving the root end intact to hold them together. Roast by themselves or together with wedges f potatoes, sweet potatoes or carrots.
Garlic is also great roasted and hesknok red, the kind of garlic we grow is especially good. You can scattered whole unpeeled cloves among potatotes, carrots and onions for roasting. Or you can bake whole bulbs. Trim off the top bit of the clove, drizzle with olive and salt and bake for 30 minutes or s at 400 degrees.