- Mixed Salad Greens, 1/2#
- Spinach, 1/2#: Spinach Artichoke Dip
- Turnips, 1#: Turnip and Potato Patties
- Beets, 1#
- Fresh “Candy” Carrots, 1.5#
- Potatoes, 3#
- Bulb Garlic
- Onions
- Brussel Sprouts, 1#: Brussels Sprouts with Cider Vinegar Sauce
- Butternut Squash: Butternut Curry Soup (also good to add some apples)
- Cabbage, Red: Red Cabbage and Carrot Salad
- Eggs: Homemade Eggs Noodles
The new heater and insulation in the barn has certainly made packing the fall shares more pleasant. Previous seasons, I was packing either in the cold or in the root cellar. Now with 20 families receiving fall shares, I had nearly outgrown the root cellar as a packing shed. Now there’s plenty of room and running water available all winter long to help in the process.
The salad greens are gourmet, tender, and beautiful this week. The old hoophouse is protecting the crop in the short term. They are a mix of the hardiest lettuce varieties. I hope they survivie a bit longer, as they are under a second layer of plastic in the hoophouse. It’s a push to keep lettuce too late in the winter. We’ll see how they go, so savor them for now.
The brussel sprouts are still standing strong in the field and should provide enough for all of us through the end of December. Cabbage is keeping well at this point and I’m excited to see how a new storage variety holds up this winter. Winter squash has a few marks here and there and will carry through the fall shares but not beyond. I actually need to make a batch of butternut squash soup to freeze for the winter shares. Even though it’s a bit more work to cook our produce and create something new and continue its usefulness, I like being efficient with the harvest and continuing to feed the people before simply moving items to the cows or compost. I foresee a walk-in freezer in our future here at the farm as we are up to 6 freezers to hold all of the winter share items, frozen meats, and berries at the farm.
If you notice a green or white egg in your carton of eggs, this is a duck egg. Some of our duck eggs are so big that they can’t fit into a normal carton, but I can share some of the smaller ones. Taste test the difference…the yolks are bigger and are creamy when cooked.
Extra items for sale…contact heather to order…think about homegrown holiday gifts.
- Whole Pasture Raised Chickens, frozen $3/#
- 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 of a All Natural Grass Fed Steer $2.45-$2.35/# plus processing
- Raspberry Jam $8/pint, or $6/1/2 pint or a holiday special of 6 pints for $40
- Brown farm eggs $3.50/dozen
Your farmer,
Heather
Eat Well. Smile Often