The News from Windflower Farm
Things to remember: Please arrive on time. Winter distributions for Central Brooklyn CSA are at 1251 Dean St. from 4:30 to 6:00
What’s in the share?
- Lettuce
- Red Russian kale or Purple Russian kale
- Mixed mustard greens
- Broccoli (check for caterpillars, rinse where necessary)
- Carrots
- Russet potatoes
- Sweet potatoes
- Butternut squash
- Red and yellow onions
- Borden Farm apples and
- Borden Farm apple cider
Your vegetables, fruit and cider are in a large cardboard box that you can keep. The box is heavy! We recommend a wagon, cart, or a friend to help you carry it home.
Next month’s share will include beets, carrots, kohlrabi, spinach, kale, potatoes, sweet potatoes, buttercup and butternut squashes, apples from the Borden Farm, and Harry’s honey.
Please remember to pick up your eggs, maple, and grains if you’ve ordered them.
A note about grains: Kristoffer from Hickory Wind Farm here- thanks indeed to everyone who signed up for grain shares, we’re glad of your support and to have had a good harvest to offer. Your November distribution includes bags of both Turkey Red Flour (Item 1) and Medina Flour (Item 2), please ensure you get one of each as you pick up. The bag of Medina should be sufficient to make two large sets of very nice pie crusts, if you have a wish to make some for Thanksgiving. A recipe for crusts and apple pie is now included on our website:
https://hickorywindfarm.net/pages/recipes. You can also find our suggested Turkey Red bread recipe on that page. Thanks! – Kristoffer
What’s new on the farm?
I’m writing on Thursday morning. The landscape outside my front window has the look of Mid-November: the leaves are gone and a frost covers the lawn. We’ve delayed the harvest until 10:00 this morning because overnight temperatures were well below freezing. Greens that are harvested while still frozen will turn to mush afterwards while those that are allowed to thaw prior to harvesting will be fine. We’ll start with kale in the greenhouse which, while unheated, is still warmer than the outside. We’ll then head to the field for the lettuce and mustard mix that are still growing under floating row covers. It will likely be our final field harvest of the season and there is a festive feeling to the day.
Best wishes, Ted, Jan and Nate
Central Brooklyn CSA 