Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter - Week 15-, 2009

Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter - Week 15-end

Notes From the Farm

The long grass in this week's box is lemon grass, excellent in thai soup, or dried as a tea. Int he small herb bundles are roasemary and thyme.

As things wind down in the field the box has grown a lot smaller. This week's box was a bit small, but please try to remember to bounty of just a few weeks ago when you gauge the value of the CSA!

We still had a good variety of items in the box this week, but less overall quantity. We'll have more qty. of potatoes as well as leeks next week, plus more onions and garlic. The carrots are still coming in and we may have more cukes and squash this week. We should have more broccoli and cabbage as well, plus some parsley this week and still more chard and kale. 

The salad is done, the tomatoes have stopped ripening. Peaches are done for the season. The beans are done. The eggplant are nearly done. 

Lots of fruit varieties coming in - we had asian pears, bosc pears and red & green bartletts this week, as well as gala and some jonathan apples. 

How many more weeks?

This is a quick fall and we are trying to finish up the season in early October. The last week will be week 17 - the last farm pickup day will be Oct 2, the last delivery date for cb/gunnison will be Sun Oct. 4th. The last Marble delivery will be Saturday Oct. 3rd. This will be an extra huger box, with extra greens, potatoes, carrots, etc - all stuff that can last for several weeks or more in storage.

Returning the totes

If possible, meet the truck and return your totes the day of the final delivery. If not, you can leave your totes at the delivery location (please collapse 1st) and we will come back the following week for a final tote pickup.  Once we have your totes back we will send a check for the deposit money, or we can just hold your totes if you plan to join next year.

Questions and Answers

Please send me your questions, let me know what you want to know!

Send me your questions! Need a recipe? We have a recipe page on the website, or try  allrecipes.com. Want to know when a certain vegetable is coming in? confused about something in your box? email me! 

The next few Week's Boxs

Parsley 

Cucumbers - until it freezes

Broccoli - until the end.

Carrots - lots more

Rainbow Chard, Collards or Kale - still look good

Salad Mix - last week

Eggplant  - until it freezes

Peppers - until it freezes

Tomatoes -  if they ripen

Garlic - for the last few weeks

Onions - at the end

Leeks - at the end

Zucchini  - second planting now coming in - won't last long

  

Fruit

 

pears & apples

Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter - Week 13/14, 2009

Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter - Week 13/14

Notes From the Farm

As things wind down this fall on the farm, my newsletters will become less frequent. This one covers last week (13) and this week (14). I'll send another in a week or two. The boxes are packed full these days, but will diminsh over the next few weeks, my box summary at the end covers the next few weeks.

Last delivery day coming soon: the last farm pickup day will be Oct 2, the last delivery date for cb/gunnison will be Sun Oct. 4th. This last week we will deliver a big box, enough to last several weeks. Its possible that if the freeze holds off long enough we may go one extra week, watch this newsletter for details!

 

Trouble on the road

Last week (week 12) was a tough one for our delivery! The farm truck died outside crested butte with a dead transmission, and the produce arrived late to the delivery spot. One box was lost during the transfer to a new vehicle, and we wound up towing the truck to the shop for repairs. At least nobody was hurt and it looks like the truck will be ready in time for this weeks delivery, thanks to Lara for covering the last delivery in her own vehicle.

Questions and Answers

Please send me your questions, let me know what you want to know!

Send me your questions! Need a recipe? We have a recipe page on the website, or try  allrecipes.com. Want to know when a certain vegetable is coming in? confused about something in your box? email me! 

The next few Week's Boxs

Cucumbers - until it freezes

Beans - last week

Broccoli - until the end.

Carrots - lots more

Rainbow Chard, Collards or Kale - still look good

Salad Mix - last week

Eggplant  - until it freezes

Peppers - until it freezes

Tomatoes -  until it freezes 

Garlic - for the last few weeks

Onions - at the end

Leeks - at the end

Zucchini  - second planting now coming in - won't last long

  

Fruit

 

last week we had blackberries and raspberries from Austin Family Farms and some very ripe peaches from First Fruits. Plus the rest of the nectarines, some pears and small early gala apples.

this week we start into apples and pears, and the end of the peaches. we'll have a variety of types of apples and pears until the end of the season.

Coming Soon (1-3 weeks)

Potatoes - started digging this week

Parsley - still picking this, some boxes get it each week.

Beyond 3 weeks
Fall Onions, Leeks
Winter Squash - if i can find some!