Farm Message for Saturday, October 10, 2009

Star Hollow Farm News

For the week preceding Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Hi folks,

I'll keep this short this week. Lots to do yet this morning. We did have our first light frost yesterday morning. A little basil got nipped. The end (of frost-sensitive goodies) is in sight. Oh no!!!

This week's planned produce: New or back-on-the-list items are underlined. Some items sell out fast. As at any farmer's market it's first-come, first-served.

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Greens: arugula, Asian greens, stir-fry greens mix, cabbage, chard, Lettuce (green and red leaf, romaine), kale, pea shoots, baby spinach.
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Veggies: beans (green, edamame, Romano), broccoli, carrots (orange and mixed), cauliflower, celeriac, sweet corn, English cucumbers, garlic, onions (cippolini and yellow), peppers (bell, assorted chiles), potatoes (five or six kinds), rhubarb, scallions, shallots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes (standard red, green frying, assorted heirlooms, Romas, canners, cherries), yellow squash, zucchini, winter squash (acorn, buttercup, butternut, delicata, kabocha)
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Herbs: Italian basil, chives, cilantro, dill, parsley, peppermint, sage, rosemary, sorrel, tarragon, thyme
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Mushrooms: crimini, portabella, log-grown shiitake, white
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Berries & fruit: ever-bearing strawberries, apples (Fuji, gala, golden delicious, Jonagold, Jonathan).
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Other items: the usual eggs, butter and cheeses.

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On sale or reduced:
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Roma tomatoes by the 10# box
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5 pound bags of White potatoes
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10# boxes of winter squash seconds

On the farm: Yesterday Sam and I spent on another farm in neighboring Fulton County, participating in their “Youth Ag Expo” day. We were one of seven stations talking to 6th graders about agriculture. Sam gave a presentation on our shiitake mushroom project and I talked about IPM (Integrated Pest Management), a topic they have to cover in science this year. It was a beautiful day.

We rushed home after it ended and I tilled, planted cover crops and disced over two acres of ground where we had harvested potatoes over the last two weeks. I was out until 8:30 in the dark, discing by the tractor's headlights. Now at least I feel I have done what I can to protect that ground over the winter by having something useful growing on it.

CSA-Specific Information

Planned CSA produce for this week:

This week the plan is for Green curly kale, broccoli, sweet bell peppers, chile pepper mix, mixed potatoes (2 lbs.), buttercup squash, parsley, 2 bosc pears and 2 york apples. Enjoy!

Number of CSA harvest boxes available: It's been several weeks now since we've sold out of our 72 reserved CSA boxes, so we're reducing it to 60 boxes. Remember, you can shop a la carte if we're out of boxes when you go shopping.

Adams Morgan CSA volunteers: Thanks to Jodie, Al & Aden and Jenny for their help handing out orders last weekend. We appreciate the help!


Thanks for your support!

Randy, Chris and all at Star Hollow Farm

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