What’s in the box?
Salad turnips, winter squash, zucchini, salad green, hot peppers, green onions, garlic.
- Way back in spring we had salad turnips for a few weeks. Now they are back. Salad turnips are similar to a radish – but usually a bit milder.
- Winter squash. As we mentioned in the newsletter last week, winter squash is in short supply for us this year. But we do have several varieties to choose from this week. We recommend eating them sooner rather than later as they do not seem to be storing well.
- I’m not sure we have ever offered winter squash and summer squash (ie zucchini) at the same time. It just feels wrong! But our zucchini plants are still producing, so here we are!
- A salad green, assorted hot peppers, green onions and a bulb of garlic complete this final CSA box for 2025.
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Around the farm this week …
I enjoy the changes in autumn weather. Here is the same field looking different on different days.
The cover crop has sprouted. It should reach a nice size before winter, covering the ground and protecting all the microscopic life in the soil during the cold months.
The broccoli is looking great – just not ready in time for our last CSA. But hopefully it will mature sometime during Fall CSA, along with the cauliflower, cabbage, yellow beans …
How’s this for a head of lettuce!
The pawpaws are ripening!
Here is our new caterpillar tunnel. It is a smaller, portable, more economical version of our hoophouse which sits beside it. We will put the plastic on in spring and plant early crops here. It will also extend our fall season.
The tunnel came in a kit with some basic instructions on how to build it. We’re proud to say that ours was built solely by one of our summer student workers, with minimal assistance from us. Way to go, Xavy!!
We are excited to use it next spring!
Rosemary has a new trick!
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