Season Extension Week 1 of 4; October 12, 2017

What's in the box?  

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Red peppers
Beets
Cilantro
Arugula
Spinach
Onions
Garlic
Carrots
Potatoes
Winter Squash - Acorn and Black Futsu
Brussels sprouts

Notes on the box.

Store Onions, Garlic, Winter Squash, and Potatoes out of the fridge.  Keep potatoes out of the light to avoid greening and sprouting.  
Everything else can go in the fridge.  Greens will keep longer in an open plastic bag in the crisper.  

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

Feta goes well with the Spinach, Arugula, Beets, Red Peppers, and Winter Squash.  Actually it goes pretty well with just about anything!  Enjoy!  
The Deneb is nice and creamy, fruity, and milky. It's also an excellent melter and pretty mild.  Nice to top casseroles and on grilled cheeses.   

Recipes.

Fried Cauliflower Rice

Htipiti - Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Dip

Basic Cauliflower Fritters

Muhammara - Red Pepper and Walnut Spread

Warm Arugula and White Bean Salad

On the Farm.

We got that frost!  That means the greens are sweeter and more yummy than ever.  It also means the pepper plants are done for.  We will keep sending the brassicas and greens your way.  We are waiting on the Romaesco and hope it heads up in time for the last box.  In the mean time, enjoy the other delicious veggies! Especially the healthy helping of Brussels sprouts!  

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Week 18, October 5, 2017

What's in the box?  

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Potatoes (medium and large)
Carrots
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Garlic
Golden Beets (some medium and large)
Onions
Delicata Squash
Black Futsu Squash
Sweet Peppers (medium and large)
Cilantro
Spinach
Brussels sprouts

Notes on the Box.

This is the last box of our main season CSA!  If you have an Eat Like a Farmer or an Eat Like a Vegetarian Farmer Share or a season extension, you will get 4 more deliveries.  

Store onions, potatoes, garlic, and squash out of the fridge.  Everything else should be stored in your fridge.  
So glad to get these beautiful and tasty Brussels in the last box.  They aren't really frost sweetened as they often are at this time of year, but they are tasty enough that Sadie has been eating them raw as a snack.  I'm not going to suggest that for everyone to try, but I do think it's at least partially a testament to how yummy they are.  (Though it's also a testament to how much Sadie likes to eat). Our very favorite way to eat them is to cut the little stem nub off the end, cut the sprout in half top to bottom, and roast with a little olive oil and salt and pepper until they are tender.  We roast at 400 for about 30 to 40 min.  
The Black Futsu is my favorite squash to roast in half moons.  The skin is edible and the roasted squash has a nice chestnut kind of flavor.  It's also a good keeper and so beautiful, so you can keep it around as a festive fall decoration.  Be sure to wash off the squash before roasting since there's often dirt in the crevices and bumps.  

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

Last delivery has two of my favorites.  Circle of the Sun from earlier this spring and our garlic dill quark. Try it as a veggie dip for those red peppers and carrots! Sorry about the ones without labels - computer troubles.  

Recipes.

Winter Panzanella from Smitten Kitchen

More soon!  

On the Farm. 

Thank you for joining us this season!  Josh wrote really nice reflection on the season and his gratitude for being able to be your CSA farmer.  Unfortunately we had a computer break down and it got lost.  I hope he's able to rewrite that after deliveries this evening and we can update the blog.  But here's the summary...  WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR AMAZING CREW AND OUR AMAZING MEMBERS!  Thank you for supporting our small, local, Organic, and family run farm.  We are here to keep this piece of land healthy with soil full of life, carbon sequestering grasses, respected and loved animals, and nourishing and delicious food!  We are here to keep the countryside diverse and thriving.  To grow food with respect and reverence.  But we would not be here without our CSA members allowing us to be resilient.  We love you so much and are so grateful to be able to be your farmers.  

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Week 17; September 28, 2017

What's in the box?  

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Onions
Garlic
Radishes
Red peppers
Sage
Spinach
Carrots
Butternut squash
Red Potatoes  m/l
Cauliflower m/l
Broccoli m/l
Salad Turnips m/l

Notes on the box.  

Store Onions, Garlic, Butternut, and Potatoes out of the fridge.  
Everything else should be stored in the fridge.  Removes tops from Radishes and Salad Turnips for longer storage.  Tops are edible.  
Keeping in line with the amazing cucurbit year we've had (remember all those cukes and zukes?!) we are looking at quite the year for Winter Squash.  These are by far the highest yields on the largest Winter Squash we have had.  Good news for all you folks into Hygge.  Winter Squash is about as Hygge a veggie as you can get, right? Winter Squash is a good storage veggie and will keep for at least a month (probably longer) just hanging out while you make it through your other more perishable veggies first.  Our buddy Paul Huttner says we might have another 80 degree day coming next week, but maybe we will want to turn on the oven to roast things and get cozy soon... and Winter Squash will be waiting for you.

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

Grab a baguette!! The soft ripened cheese is one that I'm only able to make when the weather is cooler.  This one is a little stinkier and has more fruity notes than the batch you got in the spring.  I was experimenting with a different starter culture.  I can't say that I prefer it, so I'll be switching back to the other culture.  This cheese is ripe and ready to eat.  You don't have too long.  It will be best eaten within a week or so.  Before you dig in, unwrap it and give it a little time to warm up and breathe.  It pairs really nicely with something sweet.  Honey or fruity jam.  
The hard cheese is called Tarazed.  Some folks get a piece with some wild blue creeping in. I love to grate it and mix it with breadcrumbs and sprinkle on top of gratins or roasted veggies.  

Recipes.

Winter Squash Carbonara with Pancetta and Sage

Martha Stewart Spinach Recipes

Cauliflower Creamed Spinach

On the Farm.

One more week of the main season and then 4 more weeks for those with the season extension or Eat Like a Farmer or Vegetarian Farmer Shares.  We're coasting out of the main 18 week season on warm weather and not a sign of frost and lots of produce still. Nary a cold morning of wet numb fingers and heavy clothing. So we may open up a few more season extension shares if people are interested. Send an email.  These last five weeks will be heavy on some storage items like potatoes, squash, onions, garlic, carrots, and beets. But also plenty of cold hardy greens, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and maybe romanesco. The last delivery of the extended season will be November 2. 

 

Forecast for Next Week. 

Much of the same
Plus Brussel sprouts 

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