- Lettuce
- Radicchio
- Fennel
- Leeks
- Brussels sprouts
- Cabbage or cauliflower
- Radish/daikon
- Winter squash
- Garlic
- Onions
- celeriac
- Parsley
- Arugula ( quite spicy consider braising)
This is the last harvest for 2021. Do not worry you will get 7 more harvests in your winter share in 2022. We did have a bit of snow last night and therefore may be a bit slow getting the harvest completed. It is due to melt off around 11:00. We hope you enjoy this bountiful pre-holiday harvest.
I just opened my kiln for the last firing I will do this year. Some real successes and lots of pots to hold house plants in this set. I am working on plates and still have a lot to learn. I will have items out in the barn for purchase later today.
Omicron is on the rise and the predictions for cases and hospitalizations are staggering. The best protection is to get vaccinated and boosted if you are eligible. You can get a booster if you are >16 and are 6 months past your last mRNA vaccine (pfizer or moderna) or 2 months after your J and J. Virginia Garcia Clinic in Cornelius has walk-in vaccination every Thursday from 3:30 – 6:00 no appointment necessary. Many other locations exist and can be located by dialing 211 from a cell phone. Feel free drop into our clinic or text me if you are having trouble finding where to get the jab. The goal in Oregon is to give 1 million Oregonians vaccinated before end of January.
OHA’s 5-point plan to confront the Omicron surge
OHA Director Patrick Allen shared Oregon’s Omicron Response Plan: OHA’s plan to protect against the Omicron variant and its impacts on vulnerable communities and Oregon’s health care system.
- Urge 1 million Oregonians to get boosters by the end of January and increase access to boosters by expanding high-capacity vaccination sites, resuming mobile vaccination clinics, and increasing vaccination clinic staffing.
- Focus boosters on people who are most vulnerable to becoming hospitalized if they catch the Omicron variant: Older adults, people in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, and communities of color
- Rapidly deliver new COVID-19 treatments, such as monoclonal antibody therapies and antiviral drugs, and expand needed testing.
- Support health care workers and hospitals in the face of the coming Omicron surge with increased staffing, and support local and regional coordination of hospital resources.
- Connect more people to boosters, treatments and testing.
Please spread the word and get those you know vaccinated.
Meanwhile for the holidays there are recommendations to keep those gatherings small and among vaccinated and boosted individuals only. I hope you find a way to bring joy to your families and celebrate what we do have- which is a lot.
Here are some recipes for this week:
Celeriac mash
Fried Cabbage:
And lastly, the best radicchio recipes per Epicurios:
https://www.epicurious.com/ingredients/13-ways-to-love-radicchio-gallery