CSA week 16
EVENTS ON THE FARM THIS WEEKEND… Arts & Crafts Festival, Sat 10 AM-3 PM. CSA Pickup as usual: Thu, Fri 10 AM-5 PM, AND Sat pickup 10 AM-2 PM, concurrent with Arts & Crafts Festival.
THE HARVEST. From our Fields… the Squashes - Butternut, Buttercup and Spaghetti; Sweet Peppers (colorful bells and “Italian” reds); Hot Peppers (jalapenos, cherry bombs and long hots); Cucumbers; Leeks; Onions (on the smaller side now, still great flavor for your culinary needs); Garlic; Tomatoes (reds and heirlooms); Greens - Arugula and Kale; Radish; Broccoli - just coming in, offerings will be light at first. We will likely supplement from other farms as needed in coming weeks. From our Friends Fields… more Tomatoes to supplement our fields (Pastore, Hammonton); more Kale to supplement our fields (Vineland, NJ), Eggplant (Pastore, Hammonton).
EXTRAS FOR SALE - ALL LOCAL. APPLES! Nichols Orchard, Franklinville; MUSHROOMS (lots available this week! Beautiful product.) - Faith Flower Farm; POT PIES (chicken , Sheppard’s), SAUSAGES (chicken, new varieties!), GROUND TURKEY - Griggstown Farm; CHEESE (Mozzarella, Feta) - Fulper Farm; EGGS - local; BAKED GOODS (as available), back from a break, Hammerbacher; FRESH PRODUCE - from our fields (based on availability) and local farms.
FARMER UPDATES. Thus far, we are happy with the season, summer was plentiful - cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes and lots of good eats on the table. With limited staff, it has not been easy; we managed, and farm crew did a pretty awesome job! However, due to things beyond our control, we are trailing a few weeks behind on the fall crops. Farmers prevail though, our CSA is resilient AND creative! For example, our sweet potato supplier was unable to deliver us plants… no worries, will be trading/harvesting from a friends field! Greens, like spinach and lettuce are slow to the table as our seedlings supplier has been behind several weeks, therefore pushing our transplanting schedule several weeks. SOLUTION: BREAK/HOLD ON CSA PICKUPS… first time ever in 12 years of running this farm. BUT, on the bright side, this will allow for other crops to mature, and us time to offer a wider selection of crops to top off another great (and always challenging!) season. We plan for 20 weeks and you pay for 20 weeks! We will send another email next week with details. As always, thank you for your support!
