CSA Newsletter

Greetings from the Garden!  This box has lettuce, salad and braising greens, cabbage, beets, winter squash, shallots, garlic, onions, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, and apples.

Field Notes. Fall is here - longer, cooler nights.  Ken is harvesting greens, and will pull more vegetables for the root cellar.  We are moving squash and onion family members to cool, dry areas.

Ken continues to plant green manures like clover, rye, and winter wheat.  He is also clearing garden space so he can continue setting up hoopettes in the garden.


And next Monday the pigs go down the road.  Another indication that winter is coming!


From the Kitchen.  Lots of peppers this week.  Consider stuffing them!  We seemed a bit slim and then during that last warm spell - bang!  There were so many they were breaking stems.  And if stuffed peppers aren't one of your favorites, many people chop and freeze or dry peppers for winter.  We add peppers to so many dishes - they are really high in vitamin c and conventional peppers are one of the crops sprayed with large amounts of pesticides.  Ken can't eat conventional peppers without becoming ill.


It is also onion family week!  Garlic will be great in the stuffed peppers.  Shallots are wonderful - like a cross between onion and garlic.  I like them minced in salad dressings.  Some of the best stuffing for Thanksgiving we ever had was made with our shallots.  If you experiment and find a new idea, let me know so I can pass it on!


Next Harvest is 11/15 - see you then!