STAR HOLLOW FARM NEWS
For the week preceding Saturday, July 18th, 2009
General news & info
Hello all!
Produce: Lots of new items again this week, as we shift into full summer mode.
Berries & Fruit: This is almost the end for blueberries; probably a few next week but not any quantities like this week. Last week for currants. This is the start of the short plum season, starting off with the small, purple Methly plums. There are no apples this week, probably the only week of the year when we don't have any. Also, apricots were in especially short supply due to a freeze at the wrong time this spring, and are apparently over. Peaches are shifting from cling to freestone, and this week are sort of in-between.
Greens: Lollo Biondo green frilly lettuce, wild purslane (one of the other weeds we pass off as food, owing to the fact that it tastes good and is better for you than the things we grow on purpose!)
Vegetables: bi-color corn, fresh red garlic, sweet onions, snow peas, Austrian Crescent fingerling potatoes, shallots, green tomatoes,
Other items: Ricotta and feta cheese from Keswick Creamery, 2-lb. honey jars.
ON SALE: garlic scapes, rhubarb, scallions, many herbs (oregano, peppermint, sage, savory, sorrel)
On the farm: This week has been a little crazy so far. There have been many reports about an outbreak of late blight in potatoes and tomatoes in the region, due to several factors: conducive weather over the last month and a shipment of infected plants to many of the big-box stores in the area. It spread fast as more people than ever are gardening again, so host plants are widespread, and the spores move in the air, on the wind. What you might not know is that we began a new farming focus this year, where we really expanded our storage crop plantings, chief among them the planting of close to 16,000 hills of potatoes, and bought a new cultivator and hiller specifically to take good care of them. They are coming along fine and look great, but we are just a bit nervous about having the blight that caused the Irish potato famine widespread in the area. For the first time ever on potatoes we started spraying an organically-approved fungicide to try to hold off any problems. Fingers crossed?
Open-farm invitation: August 1 and 2, and September 5 and 6 are the two dates planned. We'll post a rides-offered and rides-needed sheet at the truck in Adams Morgan. Others are doing the same on the blog (http://starhollowfarmcsa.blogspot.com/).
CSA-Specific News
Planned CSA produce for this week:
This week the plan is for a head of Lollo Biondo lettuce, a bag of additional mixed lettuce leaves, 4 ears of corn, some mixed color beets, a zucchini or two (depending on their size), your last pint of blueberries for the season, and a couple of peaches. Enjoy!
Adams Morgan CSA volunteers. Thanks to Johanna (and Cachuco) and Jamie for their help handing out orders last weekend!
Thanks for your support!
Randy, Chris and all at Star Hollow Farm
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