The News from Windflower Farm
What’s in the vegetable share?
- Butterhead lettuce
- Lacinato kale
- Mustard mix
- Garlic
- Tomatoes
- Peppers
- Happy Rich broccolini
- Sweet corn
Adirondack Red potatoesFresh green beans- Summer squash/zucchini
- Chiles
The fruit share will be Yonder Farm’s Bartlet pears. We expect to send Bosc pears next week.
News from the farm
September is a wonderful month. My favorite: cool nights, warm days, dry weather. Rain would be welcome, but there is nothing in the ten-day forecast. Fortunately, our irrigation hardware and our schedules seem to be working. They are stressed and could stand improvement, but they have been satisfactory. Perhaps we’ll take a trip to California this winter to see how they water their crops in that near-desert landscape. It is also our good fortune that Nate, our chief irrigation engineer, is young and is still holding up well, if looking a little tired. An additional reason to enjoy the cooler weather of September is that heating up the kitchen for meal preparation is pleasant once again. Last week, Jan made an incredible ginger-carrot soup and this morning she made sweet potato lasagna (this time with cardamom and cinnamon). Carrots and sweet potatoes will be in your shares very soon: carrots from our friends at Denison Farm and our own sweet potatoes once they’ve been cured in our hothouse. Summer comes to a close at the end of this week. Tomatoes will gradually be replaced with potatoes and winter squashes will take the place of summer squashes and zucchinis. After another week of pears, your final five fruit shares will consist of apples, mostly varieties good for eating out of hand, but also apples suitable for baking.
Have a wonderful week, Ted
Central Brooklyn CSA 