Hope we all survived the the crazy windstorm this weekend! Things were blowing around a bit on the farm, but we all survived with no major disasters....thanks in part to Vincent, who may have saved our greenhouse this weekend. If you noticed our note in the farmstand, we also hopefully got our cash box situation all corrected after some major frustrations last week. We are really transitioning into the winter season now. with wind storms and lots of rain, as well as some cooler weather spelliing the end for many of our Summer crops. Lots of nice winter crops still to come this year though, with a handful in the share this week!
In this week's share:
Lettuce- The last of the lettuce for this year! We have managed to protect our Fall lettuce from marauding deer, and I'm glad we did. It is nice to still have it this time of year. Enjoy a final local lettuce salad of 2016! I heard recently that several local farmers have already had a frost that has killed tender crops like lettuce...fortunately, we haven't yet!
Beets- Some nice red beets in the share this week! We are getting low on beets...after having way too many last Fall, I went too far the other way and underplanted this year! Wish we had more...
Swiss Chard- Some nice Fall bunching greens. I just made some soup with stock, onions, winter squash, chard, rice, and too many other things to list.
Brussels Sprouts- This will be our first pick on the Brussels Sprouts this year! Everyone is always excited for the sprouts this time of year. This is kind of a funny recipe, but similar to how I like to prepare sprouts: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/15276/breaded-brussels-sprouts/
Acorn Squash- We ate a lot of acorn squash growing up. What I love about acorn squash, aside from their pleasantly stringy texture and nice strong flavor, is how easy they are to cook. Just cut them in half, scoop out the seeds, put some salt, olive oil, and maybe some maple syrup or brown sugar on there, and bake in a 375 degree oven for about a half hour. Or:
http://www.marthastewart.com/275063/acorn-squash-recipes
Onions- I am so glad we had the foresight to move our onions out of the greenhouse before this week! The roof of the greenhouse started to blow off in the windstorm, and some of our winter squash and storage corn got a little bit wet, but that is not too big a deal. If the storage onions had gotten wet, it would have been a real bummer and probably really would have impacted their storage life. These will be some of the first of our yellow Copra storage onions to go out this year!
Gypsy Peppers- Our peppers will just continue to get sweeter until an early frost kills them! They are really doing well so hopefully they will continue for a while.
Green Tomato- Our tomatoes are dead. Rest in peace. As I've been writing every week, it was only a matter of time after the weather turned cold and damp. We were able to put a good last pick on the plants though, getting the last of the ripe fruit and much of the green fruit that would never have time to ripen.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/16760/best-fried-green-tomatoes/
Large Shares-
Parsley- A great herb to use with your Brussels sprouts, your green tomatoes, or with the chard. Just chop it up and add it to almost any recipe for some fresh, herby flavor.
Turnips- Our first pick on our winter turnips this week as well! With the cooler Fall weather here, it is time to roll out the winter veggies.
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/glazed-turnips-104647
Large Shares will mostly get more of everything this week! More of just about everything in the share. As we get into the Fall, when there are fewer veggies available, this will happen more!
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