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  Just writing with a quick update on what’s going on in the greenhouse these days: early transplant seeding.  There are a few improvements to my seed starting system this year: remay to cover the germination table and a better hand watering attachment for the hose – a Fogg-it mister which is provides a very… Continue reading Early transplant seeding

Whew!  We made it through the season!  The final CSA share of the year is here folks, and it’s relatively hefty.  Thanks to all the Thursday folks who made the switch to Monday in advance of this freeze.  Remember to protect any outdoor plumbing you may have.  We’re in for a good amount of cold… Continue reading 12/2/13

Today’s share is similar to Monday’s except you have chard instead of mustard greens and no radishes – so look back at that post for some ideas and info. Remember that there is no share next week, and then the last share is the week after. We had a light frost a few weeks ago,… Continue reading 11/21/13

In the share today: leeks, mustard greens, watermelon radishes (with edible greens), yellow & orange carrots, garlic, escarole, sugarloaf chicory, parsnips, delicata winter squash. I would suggest drying things off before storing them, as everything will store better if not too wet, especially the mustard greens.  The garlic too may have gotten a bit wet from everything… Continue reading 11/18/13

There are some new items today for your enjoyment: escarole, shallots, and Misato Rose radishes (the big ones that look like turnips), and mustard greens.  The escarole is a chicory which you can read about in Monday’s post – basically a salad green.  The shallots you can use like onions – their flavor is a bit milder.  They are nice as… Continue reading 11/15/13

Well well we are well into the homestretch my friends.  You are noticing a lot of similar produce week to week now.  I hoped to have a bit more diversity for the late fall but due mostly to the clubroot disease issue some of that stuff is missing.  However, it is not over!  Still to… Continue reading 11/11/13

This share has the last of the lettuce (outredgeous variety), some golden beets, a purple top turnip or two, turnip greens, rainbow lacinato kale, a bunch of parsley (thanks to the kids garden!), 2 heads of garlic, 4 leeks (King Sieg is the new leek variety), and a long pie pumpkin (you’ve seen this one before).… Continue reading 11/7/13

We’re on the home stretch of the CSA now… 4 shares left (including this one). Today you’ll find a familiar long pie pumpkin – good for all sorts of great pumpkin uses: pie, curry, soup – and basically anything you’d use a winter squash for.  Then there are the leeks, the last of the King Richard variety… Continue reading 11/4/13

Happy Halloween!  In the spooky share today are a large amount of creaky carrots (a big scary haul of em!), freaky fingerling potatoes, lecherous leeks & lettuce (3 kinds of lettuce! though some are quite small), treacherous Thelma Sanders Sweet Potato acorn squash (a Missouri heirloom & quite good I think), two tyrannical tomatoes, zombie… Continue reading 10/31/13

In the share today: napoli carrots – a new variety.  I think they are quite sweet right now.  Good for cooking or fresh eating fingerling potatoes – probably your last helping of these. “thelma sanders sweet potato” acorn squash.  An heirloom from Missouri, here’s what Territorial Seeds has to say about it: “Tender, sweet and delicious, Thelma… Continue reading 10/28/13

Hey folks! A new winter squash for Thursday peeps today: Delicata — see the previous post for info on this delicious variety. There are a couple sweet peppers from the hoophouse and the field — definitely the last from the field, but the hoophouse may yield another harvest later down the road. Carrots today are… Continue reading 10/24/13

A colorful share today, with the red potatoes that you’ve seen before, tomatoes, that are loving the heat generated in the hoophouse from all this sun, beets (finally!).  Also we have Delicata winter squash today, which are very exciting due to their sweet flavor AND their amazingly tender skin which you don’t have to peel.… Continue reading 10/21/13

Cippolini’s and cabbage oh my! The cippolini onions you got today are a treat.  They are sweeter than regular onions.  I would try roasting them whole in the oven with the whole beets as well.  You can also try making a salad dressing with one of them: saute in olive oil on medium high heat… Continue reading 10/17/13

Today’s share moves us more fully into fall, with just a hint of summer hanging on. Leeks are a first for Monday shares today.  They are thin, but fairly tall, and very sweet.  This variety is King Richard.  You may find that some of them have an inner core that’s different than the outer sheaths.… Continue reading 10/14/13

In your share today are a long pie pumpkin (a New England heirloom great for pie), rainbow chard, two heads of lettuce (most of you got a head of romaine and a head of red leaf called Sunset), red potatoes called mountain rose which also have red flesh (some have some bug damage that you… Continue reading 10/10/13

Today’s share has the last of the basil from the hoophouse — it’s a little funky so you may need to pick through it and rinse it before pesto-ing. A new item today (sort of): green tomatoes.  There also may be a few funky spots on these to cut off as you prepare them.  They… Continue reading 10/7/13

Today’s share is large and diverse!  Summer + fall = abundance…  Most of today’s share is similar to Monday’s, so check the last post for most of what’s in your share.  The differences are: 2 heads of lettuce instead of 1 – (Parris Island Cos, and Winter Density – both romaines) collard greens instead of… Continue reading 10/3/13

I tried to catch the very complete rainbow from Monday in the top picture but I think it was pretty much gone by the time I snapped the shot.  This is a very diverse and abundant share!  We have summer and fall in equal portions here… – rainbow swiss chard – a giant bunch –… Continue reading 9/30/13

In your share: garlic – 2 heads tomatoes – 2.4 lbs 2 cukes (a few of you got an extra “lemon” cuke from the children’s garden) 3 sweet peppers including 1 Jimmy Nardello, 1 Gypsy, and 1 other miscellaneous pepper bunch of “scarlet nantes” carrots bunch of golden swiss chard eggplant: 3 dark purple miscellaneous… Continue reading 9/26/13

The veggies say, “it’s still summer time” even though it’s gray and wet.  We’ve got: tomatoes: at least half of the tomatoes you got today are “Amish Paste,” a sauce/paste variety eggplant: 2 large and 2 japanese sweet peppers: 1 Jimmy Nardello and 1 Gypsy cucumbers – 3 zucchini – this little bit might be… Continue reading 9/23/13