What’s in the Box: Slicing tomato, purple glazer garlic, sweet yellow onion, red storage onion, leeks, green filet beans, serrano chile pepper, red Italian frying peppers, yellow Italian sweet peppers, eggplant, and sage.
What’s going on at the farm: Another busy week here as we enter week #14 with a fury of rainstorms. We began winter squash harvest this week pulling in some fantastic yields of spaghetti squash. These will be distributed after a week or two of curing in the greenhouse. We still have acorn and butternut to bring in this coming week and looking like very good yields this year so it looks like plenty of winter squash coming for everyone soon. A lot of mowing and plowing was accomplished this week along with weeding the baby salad greens, radishes, etc… that germinated a week or so ago. More mulch beds and drip line were picked up and removed from the field this week from our spent cucumber crop. We are also cleaning and sorting our onions and garlic for future sale now. Separating out the larger bulbs of garlic gives us the best planting stock possible for next years crop and ensures we have enough set aside to plant our desired area for next season. Our green bean crop is very nice this week, they are maxibel filet beans, and they are seedless and stringless french beans with a full flavor and crisp yet tender texture even when cooked. Plenty more sweet peppers pouring in yet too and folks will receive a variety of red, yellow, and orange this week. Our onions,leeks, and garlic will assist in delicious pairings with these and the eggplants. Sage is our herb this week and it lends itself well to pairing with port or chicken if you eat meat…. its also good on roasted vegetables and as a savory accent to your dishes by frying the leaves lightly in butter until they crisp up. We have our annual organic inspection this week and we are busy this week crossing our I’s and dotting our T’s during this busy harvest time. An organic inspection involves a four hour tour and review of the farms land and paper trail. Most of the time is spend on the paper trail and our farms inputs, methods, and tracking of crops from seed to sale. Until next week then, enjoy the veggies!
