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The News from Windflower Farm

It’s winter share signup season! Please read below to learn more.

What’s in the share?

• Sweet peppers
• Yellow onions
• Pie pumpkin
• Sweet potatoes
• Basil (our last) or Rosemary
• Potatoes
• Broccoli
• Spinach
• Red Russian kale
• Arugula

Your fruit share will be ‘Bosc’ pears from Yonder Farm. You’ll probably get ‘Empire’ apples next week.

What’s new on the farm?

It has been a lovely late summer and fall growing season. Our fields are still full of greens, including lettuces, choy, tatsoi, Swiss chard, and several varieties of kale. Fall broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are coming along. And although we have harvested nearly all our storage crops, there are still several beds each of fresh carrots, beets and potatoes to dig. Next week’s vegetable share will look a lot like this one, with the exception that the hard squash will be ‘Delicata’ rather than pie pumpkin. Ginger and butternut squashes will be in your final two shares.  

A winter share anyone?

Purchasing a winter share is your chance to extend the fruit and vegetable season through the New Year.

What is it? In a nutshell, the winter share consists of a total of three one-bushel boxes, one delivered every fourth Saturday from mid-November through early January (November 16^th, December 14^thand January 11^th). It contains a big bag of fresh greens (kale, spinach and more), 8-10 lb. of vegetables from our root cellar (including winter squashes, “Irish” and sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, beets, and other storage veggies), 4-6 lb. of delicious apples (and pears if available) from the Borden Farm, and a sweet treat every month (the Borden’s apple cider, Harry’s honey, and Deb’s jam). Optional grain, maple and egg shares are also available. Please follow the link for more details and to sign up.

Click here to learn more: Windflower Farm’s 2024-2025 Winter Share (wufoo.com).

We hope you’ll join us for the winter share season!

Take care, Ted