Week 20 - The final box of the season.

Months ago, during the early stages of the pandemic, each of you signed up for a CSA.  Many of you were probably looking for a way to get fresh produce without going to the store.  Or maybe you had always been curious about a CSA, but it never made sense because you traveled a lot in the summer.  Regardless of the reason, I hope it exceeded your expectations.  Those of you that were CSA members in the past know that we were not originally planning on doing a CSA this year.  We had decided that five days of farmers market, wholesale and a CSA was too much.  We really debated the decision because having multiple sales avenues provides you with a safety net just as having diversity in the garden protects you against mass crop/income failure.  As the reality of the pandemic set in we realized we needed a CSA.  We ended up dropping two market days and scaled down our early spring wholesale while expanding the CSA.  This year, like every year we have farmed, was challenging.   We do our best to be flexible and take things in stride.  The end of the CSA marks the begining of the wind down for us.  Thank you for your support this year.  Thank you to the new customers who took a chance on us and to the returning customers that didn't hold it against us that tried to end the CSA and then asked you to forget all about that and join again!  We appreciate you all!   

Celery

Carrots - Mostly orange but with a little rainbow for fun

Butternut- One thing I will miss this winter is farmer potlucks.  We traditionally host a squash off where everybody brings a dish that has squash as the star.  The food is always amazing.  I made these tamales and they were so good I made them again on Solstice - another gathering I will miss.  

Watermelon Radish/Daikon Radish 

Potatoes 

Cucumber - last picking for these guys

Kabocha Squash- Large Only  Last year when Kelly was in Montana I made this amazing recipe from the cookbook Six Seasons.  It was all I had for dinner and it was so good I made it again the next night.  It would work with other squash as well. 

Frissee - Large Only  We don't grow many greens in the chicory family because I am not crazy about bitter greens.  However earlier in the season we were contemplating a late season CSA and I went off plan, ordered some seed from Osborne Seed in Mount Vernon and seeded a late round of some chicories.  The frissee is the first of these to mature.  My timing was probably a little late but we should have some other ones at market later in the month.