What's new 11/03/09
by Joanne Frazer
Even though the Farmers Market season is over, we are still busy planting new vegetables for our winter box customers. This week was a good time to cultivate the beets, carrots, kale, chard, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts and cabbages...practically every bed had some attention given to it. Our 'Early California' garlic has popped up so soon we can get in there and weed that bed. Plus, they also planted radish, daikon, and turnips.
Everything is loving this great weather and is growing well. Although the lettuce is still taking awhile and that's why this week's boxes will vary. I'm sure most of you know by now that what you see in this newsletter is a guess of what will be in the boxes. It really depends on what John feels is the best to harvest on picking day.
John, Andy and I went down to the Mallory House field and put in new beds of lettuce, nappa cabbage, and bok choi. Andy used John's walk-behind tractor with a sickle-bar mower on it to cut down the corn stalks. John's going to chop them up and use them for growing mushrooms. Yep! He's talking mushrooms again!!! Plus, Andy showed me the cornmeal dish Rachel made using our very own corn. And, yes, it had a purplish cast to it. It looked really cool! I can't wait to try it!
John and I took another load of broccoli leaves down to the sheep. They are loving the new, green grass that's starting to grow everywhere now. We're making sure they will come when we call them so it'll be easy to gather them up to bring them back home for lambing season. They sure do look happy and healthy!
All the chickens are getting big! It's amazing the different between the meat and the laying ones! John's putting the feeder outside so they will get used to going out of the coop to forage and get some exercise. They still don't have all their feathers yet so they need to huddle under the heatlamp to keep warm. But, this weather has been a blessing and has allowed them to venture into the great outdoors.
Be sure to look over at the brussel sprouts and cabbages growing on the southside of the house. Those beds are starting to stand out!
The other day John told Andy he was going to rest up some this weekend and only work half of a day. Andy said only '12 hours, huh?!'
medium box : $10.00
potatoes
lettuce or spinach or cabbage
onions
kale or chard
large box : $15.00
potatoes
lettuce or spinach or cabbage
onions
kale or chard
cucumbers or summer squash
peas
winter squash
You can use the winter squash in many ways; roasting, soups, stews, etc. We like to bake a whole squash (first knock off the stem and wash it) in a 350 degree oven for one hour. It's a very easy way to have a great side-dish.
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