Hello! Welcome to week 16!
I would like to start off by clarifying that we are on week 16 for our On Farm Members, week 15 for our City Members and week 14 for our Fruit Members. Somewhere along the way the heat got to me and I named my newsletters the same week number twice! That would have made for even a longer harvest for us this season.......
The last vegetable box for our On Farm Members will be on Wednesday October 20, for our City members it will be on Sunday October 31.
The last fruit box for our On Farm Members will be today, September 22. For our City Members it will be on October 3.
Happy first day of Fall!
Apples are still growing strong with our farmer friends in Michigan and so we'd like to extend the Seasonal Fruit Share for 2 more weeks. If anyone is interested all you have to do is either send me an email or let me know at your pick up. For the additional two weeks the cost will be $36.00 tax included. We hope everyone could join us in tasting these special apples.
The next two weeks we would like to focus on Heirloom variety apples and a bounty of Honey Crisp Apples, pictured below.
These are some of the Heirloom Apples we'll include in the share.
Starting clockwise: Northern Spy (green with Red striped), Grimmes Golden (pure green), Jonathan (deep red), Golden Russet (Green with Brown, very Potato russet like skin) and the one large one in the center is Mutsu.
Harvested just for you......
Lettuce Mix
Rainbow Swiss Chard
Orange Carrots with Greens
Russet Potatoes
Chives
Sorrel
Parsley Root*
Harvested for our fruit shares............
Bartlet Pears
Honey Crisp Apples
Red Cortland Apples
Pictured below, the bed closest to you is lettuce mix, followed by scallions, head lettuce, sorrel, sage and our strawberry plants. The distant tomato plants have come to the end of their season.
Sorrel is a long tender leaf with a slightly lemony flavor that add a wonderful zest to any salad. However, it is most know by Europeans to make great soup with it. My mother makes the best "Schavell" (pronounced in her thick Ukrainian accent). I don't have her recipe written down but promise to make it with her in the next week so I can hold onto the recipe. Here is the next best, a recipe I found from a strong advocate for organic food, Terra Brockman, Sorrel Soup.
Welcoming Fall with Parsley Root. This root vegetable comes to us from Harmony Valley in Viroqua Wisconsin. Richard de Wilde has been growing vegetables organically since 1973! His growing practices have been duplicated by many organic farmers (including us) and is known as one of the leaders in the organic movement. Parsley Root is a wonderful addition to your chicken soup, or roasted with carrots, or mashed with potatoes. Enjoy!
Cortland Apples are a great cooking apple. How about apple fritters!
Please excuse the appearance of our Russet Potatoes. We did have a small insect problem with this variety this year, however, minus the holes and blemishes this is a great baking, mashing and oh those french fries!
Other recipes for the cook in the kitchen.....
How to Roast a Whole Chicken
The best Brined Fried Chicken recipe EVER!
Although this calls for a BAG of carrots, we all know how to peel and cut our own carrots without a machine doing it for us - say NO to packaged vegetables and fruit! Carrot Soup with Orange and Tarragon.
What's in store for next week? Let's talk about Hoophouses!
Enjoy the bounty and please join us for 2 more weeks of apples! Sign up today!
Enjoy the bounty and please join us for 2 more weeks of apples! Sign up today!
Your farmers,
Tania and Chris Cubberly
