Farm Message for Saturday, November 7, 2009

Star Hollow Farm News
For the week preceding Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Hi folks,
We had a short “away from it all” experience last weekend, taking off Sunday morning for the PA Renaissance Faire on the last day of its season. Lots of silly people dressed up and partying like it was 1599. All with some fun music, good old-fashioned fire-eating and acrobats, and finished off with a good hearty jousting tournament. We also went to Allentown and saw daughter Anna, and the new play she's in at college.
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.
Greens: arugula, baby bok choi, cabbage, young mixed chard, cress, dandelion, lettuce (green, Romaine and red leaf), kale (Lacinato and Russian Red), microgreens, mizuna, pea shoots, rapini, spinach, tat soi.
Veggies: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrots (orange and mixed), cauliflower, garlic, leeks, onions (cippolini and yellow), parsnips, potatoes (five or six kinds), French Breakfast radishes, shallots, sweet potatoes, tomatoes (greenhouse reds and yellows), sweet white turnips, winter squash (acorn, buttercup, butternut, delicata, green kabocha)
Herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, dill, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, tarragon, thyme.
Mushrooms: crimini, farm-raised Gray Dove oyster, portabella, farm-raised shiitake, white
Tree fruit: bosc pears, apples (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, IdaRed, Jonathan, Stayman, Enterprise organic apples.
Other items: the usual eggs, butter, cheeses, and preserves plus:
5 new items from Sarah's kitchen – homemade ketchup, salsa, pickled red beets, kosher dill pickles and zesty pickle spears.
3 items back from Whispering Brook Dairy: smoked cheddar cheese, farmer's cheese, horseradish cheese
2 items back from Pipe Dreams Fromage: Ash buche (log) and demi-sec rounds goat cheese.
On sale or reduced:
5 pound bags of Rainbow mixed potatoes
10 pound boxes of winter squash seconds
butternut squash and cabbage prices reduced
On the farm: Potatoes, potatoes, potatoes... And then winter squash, winter squash, winter squash. Wash, sort, pack. Sort of feels like all we do these days. Oh yeah, and try to plant garlic whenever the ground dries out enough, maybe some today.
Where have you placed online orders from? We asked folks last week if they'd ever placed orders in our store from overseas (or out of the area in general) and then picked up on Saturday in DC. Here's what we got; Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Sweden, Tanzania, Vietnam, Virgin Islands. All simply for my amusement... never thought of that possibility when we started the online farmer's market!
Schedule change notices:
Upcoming market schedule: Things stay the same until Thanksgiving weekend. We do not come down then. Then there will be 3 markets in December before we take off for Christmas.
Winter schedule change: We plan to switch over to coming down every other Saturday this coming winter. We really need a break from the year-round routine after five years of year-round marketing, and figure that during the winter most of what we have are storage items that hold perfectly well from one week to the next in your refrigerator just as well as in our cooler.
CSA-Specific Information
Planned CSA produce for this week:
This week the plan is for a small celery from our high tunnel, cabbage, broccoli, garlic, carrots, an onion, Carola gold potatoes, a red hothouse tomato, a small delicata and a small acorn squash, an an organic Enterprise apple. Enjoy!
Adams Morgan CSA volunteers: Thanks to Tom and Sarah & Kevin for their help handing out orders last Saturday. We appreciate it!

Thanks for your support!
Randy, Chris and all at Star Hollow Farm
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