- Beets
- Fennel
- Spinach
- Kale
- Leeks
- Tomatoes or cherry tomatoes (they are winding down and the flavor is much less intense, time to add to soups!)
- Peppers (green, red and stuffing)
- Hot peppers
- Lettuce
- Beans
- Dill
- Broccoli or cauliflower or cabbage
- Kohlrabi or radish
- Carrots (the rainbow is here!)
- Celeriac
- Winter squash (quite the haul this year, you can expect quite a lot for the next three weeks and in the Thanksgiving share)
We had quite the monsoon wind yesterday with a torrential down pour around 2:30. We were so lucky it struck after we finished the farmers market or we could have been in real trouble. Even with the scare of bad weather the market went fairly well. We are in the fall wreath season so I have been busy in my studio creating new work on an almost daily basis. I will have fresh fall wreaths and birdfeeders available for purchase at the Harvest Festival.
We had a bumper crop of winter squash and pumpkins this year. We will have beautiful pie pumpkins for the Thanksgiving harvest (November 22,23) as well as the traditional acorn squash for the holiday. We hope to have Brussels by then, they are taking their sweet time ripening and the aphids are a constant battle. Sign-up and prepay starting today. We have room for 50 shares. We hope to have at least 20 items for you and your family to enjoy.
We are working on our very own pumpkin patch for our subscribers and for the harvest festival next Sunday. Please do visit the pumpkins in the hidden garden just behind our house. We have pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, huge stems, pink ones and tiny white ones. Priced as marked between $1- $10.
We are getting ready for the big event on October 18th. We have many different performers in the line up. The Helvetia Alp Horns will open the afternoon around 2:30 so get here early. We have Taiko drummers (new addition!)Thank you Maddie Bisgyer) to follow. They are a talented group from Sheridan Japanese School who will dazzle your eyes and ears with their performance.” Mexico en la Piel” will dance for us once again, keeping the tradition alive. Our very own members will round out the afternoon with the bluegrass jam session. If you play music and want to join in please do contact us (or just bring your instrument and see how it goes.
The harvest festival is really a chance for all of us to enjoy the fall, appreciate the access we have to fresh food grown right here in the Willamette Valley, and mingle with old and meet new friends. Please see the flyer in last week’s post for a list of what to bring, mostly just remember to bring yourself and a pot luck dish and you are good to go.
We will finish out our season the last week of October. We will have a brief survey sent out and hope to get your feedback about what you liked and what we can improve. This is really a labor of love. We love vegetables and we love our community and want to provide the freshest and best vegetables possible. We want to bring people together and we want to share our love of the earth with all of you. We can’t do it without your help, and in some ways that what makes our farm unique. We ask for members to get their hands dirty, to help us bring in the harvest twice over the course of the 29 week season. So, you have 4 harvests left, sign-up today. We have our Wednesday helpers (a great crew that always sends at least two members from Ann, Catherine, Jean, Bob, Eldon, Marianne, Makaela), thank you, thank you. Sundays we used to have our kids, now we have Luna on occasion and we need YOU. The harvests are huge and cumbersome, so lend a hand.
Ben, one of our members took this great short video of the canning party so check it out, it may motivate you to join us next year (likely in August) https://youtu.be/GOvD2D6l1gs.
Now, off to paint signs and get that harvest in!
Check out this recipe sent to you from Sue Kass: