Week 15: September 24 - 28, 2007
Dear CSA Members,
I forget who asked me about a Worcester coop pick up for the winter CSA share, but I have two folks who are potentially interested in carpooling. Marly Lou Conna is at 508-366-7687 and Pam Rossetti is at 508-755-9553.
Still on special on basil this week- $1.50/lb. It got dangerously close to frost this weekend, and we have a lot of basil that is really nice for pesto or drying. It has some spots on it now, but is still quite fine for preserving (the cold did some damage last week).
Free beets. We have some middle aged beets out in the field that are perfectly good, just not as young and tender as the ones we are giving you. Check in with one of us to see where you can pick these beets to take home.
The red cabbage in your share this week has come full circle. I gave son Dan a couple of flats of cabbage to do an experiment at the UMass Farm in Deerfield on a certified organic plot. The experiment is over (though Dan has not given me the results yet), and the cabbages have come home for us to eat!
Flowers are back again. A week off from picking and we have enough to pass out to you again this week.
We planted one of our hoop houses this week for the winter share - carrots, beets, Asians, lettuce, cilantro, parsley, turnips and radish. The Asians are up already. Brian and Edwin have one of the new houses up and almost ready to be covered. Dan got his posts in the ground yesterday for his two big houses in the pond field.
Warm days and cool nights - it is a glorious time.
Julie
Many Hands Organic Farm Offers Early Winter Shares
Each 8 week share costs $200 - 34 shares available. Pickups are every Friday from November 9 to December 28, 2007. You must pickup your share at the farm between 1 and 8 PM, that day only. Crops will come from the field, storage, and our extensive hoop houses.
Crops to include:
- Spinach
- Mesclun
- Asian greens
- Cilantro
- Parsley
- Beets
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Winter Squash
- Radish
- Turnips
- Kale
- Chard
- Collards
- Other brassicas as available
You can find out more and order shares here.
Recipe From Nina
Dear CSA Members,
I tried this soup and it is very good. If you can get good kielbasa from a butcher it is better than the mass produced brand in the grocery store.