Collards, radicchio, carrots, beets, winter radishes, and winter leeks. We finished up with the super long, light green fall leeks last week and are now getting into our shorter, darker Blue Soliaze leeks. We’re also into our winter carrots now. Radicchio will continue to be a mix of types. I think we still have some good red beets but at some point we’ll be into our winter variety which is an earthier genetic mix of yellow, red and striped types called 3 Root Grex. The winter radishes will either be a black Spanish type, Nero, or a German blue type, Blauer. On the color theme, our collards are a selection from a type called Yellow Cabbage Collards.
We’re on our regular harvest schedule this week and we’ll be taking Thanksgiving week completely off so there’s a 3 week gap between weeks 5 and 6 for A schedule folks, and between weeks 4 and 5 for B schedule folks. I expect the B share to look similar to the A share, but who knows, a lot could happen between now and the beginning of December.
It’s been a really mild fall as far as low temperatures go. That combined with a lot of luck with relatively dry harvest days has make working outside easier. It’s a mixed story for the plants as the cold helps with pests and with sweetening up the roots and greens, so we’re not getting that full effect yet. It has also meant that crops are maturing a little faster, which is why we had two heads of radicchio in the shares the last couple of weeks. It also meant we lost some fennel to bolting, as well as a bunch of lettuce earlier in the fall. All things considered the fields are looking pretty good right now so I’m hopeful
We just filled up our winter season shares! It’s possible that one or two more spots will open up so if you still want a share make sure to put your name on the waiting list by signing up as usual on the website.
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