HAKUREI TURNIPS These are the best. The roots have ice-cream centers and the tops are big and leafy.
RED LEAF LETTUCE This is held over from last week’s picking, so use it soon.
BROCCOLI OR CAULIFLOWER These are spicier than usual and reminds us that they are arugula’s relative.
BOK CHOY OR TAT SOI High tunnel-grown and huge. Bring an extra bag to carry it home and get your wok ready.
FRISSEE ENDIVE Frilly and fancy salad ingredient.
PEARS What?! Not a usual item to have for the CSA, but the farm’s crazy old pear tree growing next to the driveway is making decent pears this year. We have no idea what type of pear it is, but once they ripen to a brownish gold they are pretty sweet.
CHARD, KALE OR GAILAN
LEMONGRASS A new offering to the CSA. It enjoyed our tropical summer. See Tom’s post for more info.
NEXT WEEK: lettuce, turnips, radishes, sweet potatoes, greens, garlic.
FARM REPORT:
Despite the warm weather hinting otherwise, the farm continues to prepare for winter. We removed one big item on the list this past week when the final touches were made on the new chicken coop. After scavenging the farm for materials, we found enough to remodel the livestock trailer into a cozy home for our new hens. Sheet metal left over from re-siding the barn joined corrugated plastic from siding the greenhouse joined old windows from the family stockpile. The secret ingredient, however, was Farmer Tom and his knack for putting it all together. If you want to see more of the project and other photos from the farm, consider visiting us on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/fairsharefarm/
Last night while I was wrapping up the last CSA distribution of the regular season, Tom moved all the three-month-old chicks into their new home. After dark is the time to move them while they are inside their little coop for the night and sleepy-eyed. Today we kept them inside so that hopefully tomorrow night they will remember where to go when it gets dark. Some cleanup in the chard patch gave them a nice snack while they were “cooped up.”
