Farm Message for Saturday, April 17, 2010

Star Hollow Farm News

For the week preceding Saturday, April 17, 2010

Hi folks,

We're having a different kind of spring. The weather has been amazing: the earliest dry ground and warm temperatures I can remember. The asparagus is up two weeks early. It should be okay, although if it freezes hard at night, everything sticking up will be ruined.

We could be off to a record early start, but we're not. My mother, who is 90 and lives with us here on the farm, broke her foot in a fall here 3 weeks ago. She had surgery and then went to a rehab / nursing home until she would be ready to come back home. Unfortunately it's located an hour's drive from here, so we're spending a lot of time on the road between here and there. She's been progressing, then yesterday had a gall bladder attack and had to go to the hospital for surgery to have it removed. She's doing well so far, but many days the farm is more in the back of my mind than in the front. Fortunately many of the other farms we get produce from are having a very early start, so you likely will see things early anyway, even if they're not all from us. I'm glad we have that leeway!

Produce in general: As we have noted the last several weeks, we are right at the end of the winter storage crop season. We have sorted as well as we can, but still ask you to be a little more lenient than usual.

The list: (New or back-on-the-list items in red.)

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Greens: arugula, beet greens, chard, collard greens, dandelion, lambsquarters, microgreens, lettuce (bibb, red leaf, Romaine), pea shoots, salad mix, spinach, stir fry mix.
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Veggies: asparagus, beets, yellow and seconds carrots (END), bunched garlic, Jerusalem artichokes, onions, parsnips, potatoes, oyster root (END), scallions, Yellow shallots, turnips, butternut squash (END).
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Herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, oregano, parsley, rosemary, sorrel, spearmint, tarragon, thyme.
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Mushrooms: crimini, oyster, portabella, shiitake, white.
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Fruit: rhubarb, Fuji apples (END).
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Other items: eggs, butter, cheeses and preserves. Ash and demi-sec goat cheeses are back!
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On sale: Butterball potatoes-$5.00



CSA-Specific Information

CSA volunteers: Thanks to Shannon, Carla and Adria for their help at the truck last week! We have a calendar at the truck for folks to sign up for a shift handing out CSA boxes. Please consider it if you haven't signed up already.

Planned CSA produce for this week:

This week: Asparagus, a large bag of spinach, a head of Black Simpson lettuce, some arugula, onions, and a root medley.


Thanks for your support!

Randy, Chris and all at Star Hollow Farm

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