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Week 15 harvest: Sweet Dumpling Winter Squash, Beets, Tomatillos, Tomatoes (red and green), Potatoes, Carrots, Garlic, Onion, Fennel Out with the old and in with the new! We’ve spent the week pulling our hail-battered crops and planting spinach for next season. Given the shorter season and the ability to replant at the end of September, we may even get spinach this fall. Our plan is to cover the beds with low hoops and plastic to protect it until spring. Continue reading 2013 CSA Letter Week 15 Week 14 harvest: tomatoes, peppers (bell, mini sweet, serrano), cucumbers, basil, parsley, kale, carrots, turnips, beets, cabbage We hope this letter finds all of you safe after the storms of this past week. After talking to some of our friends that live along County Road 250 and our friend who lives in Boulder we consider ourselves to be overall pretty lucky. However surveying the farm on Thursday morning was difficult. As some of you have found out by now the Continue reading 2013 CSA Letter Week 14 Watermelon Salad Chop watermelon & cantaloupe/ honeydew melon. Stack 3-5 basil, roll like a cigar and cut into strips. Toss with melon. Dressing: 2 tbsp virgin olive oil, 1/4 cup honey, 1/4 cup lime juice, salt to taste. Spanish Green Beans 1 onion 2 cloves garlic 1 cayenne pepper 1 lb fresh green beans 1 lb red tomatoes, chopped fine Stir fry onions and green beans. Add garlic and peppers (don’t let garlic burn), add tomatoes and cook until green beans are tender. (Peter and I have also added a tablespoon of peanut butter and a dash of soy sauce instead of tomatoes, garnishing with peanuts at the end). This Week’s Harvest: Root bundle (carrots, beets turnips), Zucchini, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Yellow Onions, Kale, Salad Greens, Sweet Peppers, Hot Peppers, Eggplant, Pears Everyone who has ever visited the farm recognizes immediately that we have a killer view! I’m convinced it’s the main reason we get so much volunteer help – what incredible surroundings to work among! The thunderstorms are always fun to watch build (usually over Animas mountain as you can see above). Tonight I was watching the lightning in Continue reading 2013 CSA Letter Week 13 CSA Harvest: fennel, tomatoes (lots of beautiful heirlooms of all shapes and colors), basil, onions, root crop bundle (beets, carrots, turnips), beans, peppers (sweet and spicy), eggplant (Group A), strawberries (Group B), cucumbers, squash, dill (if you want to pickle this week), salad mix (spinach, lettuce, mizuna, baby kale), kale Wow, the harvest list keeps getting bigger. We had a wonderful family farm dinner last night with roasted fennel and root vegetables and wanted to be able to pass that Continue reading 2013 CSA Letter Week 12 This week’s harvest: Tomatoes (5 lbs!!), Basil, Chard, Kale, Cucumbers, Dill, Zucchini, Peppers, Carrots, Onions, Eggplant, Green Beans It’s CSA week 11 and we’re in the midst of peak season. My east coast farming friends have been experiencing the bounty for months, but here in Durango with our cold nights all summer long, we finally get a few weeks of surplus before frost arrives! Despite our late start on the new plot and the early season hail scare, the tomatoes Continue reading 2013 CSA Letter Week 11 |
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