{"id":2069,"date":"2014-09-24T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-20-3\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T05:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:45:26","slug":"in-the-share-week-20-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-20-3\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Share &#8211; Week 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zSiA5chb3No\/VCIZMooB-EI\/AAAAAAAABPY\/KfYI5ioUV-I\/s1600\/lettuce%2B091914%2B(1024x768).jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-zSiA5chb3No\/VCIZMooB-EI\/AAAAAAAABPY\/KfYI5ioUV-I\/s1600\/lettuce%2B091914%2B(1024x768).jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>LETTUCE F&nbsp; I wish we had more of these crunchy heads, but we&#8217;ll have to wait for the butterheads and leaf lettuces to mature a bit longer.<\/p>\n<p>CARROTS F\/P&nbsp; These are the perfect snacking size.<\/p>\n<p>RED ONIONS F\/P<\/p>\n<p>LEEKS F\/P&nbsp; The first digging of the fall leeks.&nbsp;It looks to be a good crop.<\/p>\n<p>CABBAGE F&nbsp; <em>Tendersweet <\/em>lives up to&nbsp;its name.<\/p>\n<p>BROCCOLI P&nbsp; We have just enough heads for the partial shares this week, but full shares will get some next week and hopefully for many weeks to come.<\/p>\n<p>TURNIPS AND RADISHES F&nbsp; Just a few of each.&nbsp; The trick with eating&nbsp;them raw is to never cut them in advance and then leave them dry.&nbsp; Eat it right away or dress it with vinegar, oil or salt.<\/p>\n<p>TOMATO\/CHERRY TOMATO F\/P&nbsp; Just a bit for everyone and make sure to let them ripen on your countertop.<\/p>\n<p>PEPPERS AND EGGPLANT F <\/p>\n<p>GREENS CHOICE F\/P&nbsp; Bok choy, arugula, rapini<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK:&nbsp; More greens, broccoli, cabbage, eggplant and peppers.&nbsp; Potatoes, garlic and kohlrabi return.<\/p>\n<p>FARM REPORT:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-vmpOZqWYLvE\/VCIZL9bEDBI\/AAAAAAAABPQ\/x-kpyko7AXU\/s1600\/solstice%2B092014%2B(1024x768).jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-vmpOZqWYLvE\/VCIZL9bEDBI\/AAAAAAAABPQ\/x-kpyko7AXU\/s1600\/solstice%2B092014%2B(1024x768).jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em>equinox sunrise\ufeff<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The fall equinox marks the moment when our days and our nights are equal.&nbsp; After that, fall begins the lengthening of the nighttime.&nbsp; Days getting shorter means the plants grow slower and many people assume that this means farmers get some time off.&nbsp; Well, we do&#8230; but in December.&nbsp; Right now we are as busy as ever.&nbsp; We are pushing through these gorgeous days to get the fall crops in order.&nbsp; The high tunnel is filling and the fields are weeded and watered.&nbsp; Out in the cabbage patch we&nbsp;caught&nbsp;a visitor that is usually too quick for the camera.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rnQqIl0VK_4\/VCIZM_gKjqI\/AAAAAAAABPc\/AyqH_yeRtxI\/s1600\/monarch%2B091914%2B(1024x768).jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-rnQqIl0VK_4\/VCIZM_gKjqI\/AAAAAAAABPc\/AyqH_yeRtxI\/s1600\/monarch%2B091914%2B(1024x768).jpg\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The dew has been heavy lately and she was surely to wet to fly away.&nbsp; It is amazing to think how far this little, delicate creature has to go from here.&nbsp; We hope her time in our fields were a benefit and that she&nbsp;finds her way home safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LETTUCE F&nbsp; I wish we had more of these crunchy heads, but we&#8217;ll have to wait for the butterheads and leaf lettuces to mature a bit longer. CARROTS F\/P&nbsp; These are the perfect snacking size. RED ONIONS F\/P LEEKS F\/P&nbsp; The first digging of the fall leeks.&nbsp;It looks to be a good crop. CABBAGE F&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/in-the-share-week-20-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In the Share &#8211; Week 20<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lettuce","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2956,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions\/2956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairsharefarm.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}