Carrots or the amazing head broccoli or broccolini are in the share this week! These carrots came out a little on the short side but have an amazing flavor. Don’t let your eyes deceive you. Even small or multi-legged carrots taste delicious at this time of year. They’ll be a choice in the shares again next week, so you’ll get one more opportunity to get your hands on them. Those carrot tops are great for homemade vegetable stock or an easy carrottop pesto with some other greens thrown in.
This Week’s Share:
Sweet Potatoes
Shallots
Kale or Collards or Chard
Salad Greens
Fennel
Garlic
Carrots or Broccoli
Peppers or Green Tomatoes
We are in the second to LAST week of the main season and now is the time for end of year feedback! The mid-season survey responses were super helpful this year for gauging how well the CSA program is meeting your expectations, and we rely on your feedback to guide the farm in decisions around crop varieties, pickup details, u-picking, swapping items, etc. We read every answer and take your input seriously as we consider what we are able to accommodate for everyone. Thank you!
Recipe:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Green tomatoes glowing in the fall sunshine
Well it's been probably a month now that we've been saying the tomatoes are on their way out and this time definitely positively we can promise these are the last tomatoes of 2026. Every field and tunnel tomato plant has been picked clean and mowed over, so they are truly gone now and these are the last. Fried green tomatoes bring a bit of Southern joy to my heart, and I hope you'll take the time to fry one up to eat on a sandwich with spicy mayo and crunchy lettuce. They will also be a choice with the last of the abundant peppers, so enjoy the final taste of summer either way you choose.
Field Notes:
Interplanting in the winter tunnels:
Chard and butterhead lettuces are growing in rows together, sharing irrigation lines, with more romaine lettuces visible growing in the row behind. The tunnels are now filled up with young winter greens, roots, and herbs. Out in the fields the very last of the plastic and irrigation has been hauled away, and the cover crop will be seeded by Elizabeth Thursday to benefit from the helpful drench of rain we’re getting Friday.
Are they pests? Or are they divas in disguise?
In between all that planting and harvesting work the crew found time to craft some silly insect-masquerading-as-a-pop-star costumes for Halloween. Please enjoy Matt in a wig, Meg the Black Widow, Troye Sivant, Braterpillar, Harley Quinn Beetle, and Sabrina Carpenter Bee. Some people just need any excuse to wear a colorful wig out in the world! Hope you all had an excellent spooky Halloween too, and you’re making full use of Election Day time today! Thanks for being part of our farm community.
What’s on U-Pick?
In field G: large marigolds, gomphrena, zinnias, tulsi basil, dill, and lots of parsley continue. Watch your step and try not the trample the tiny scallions working to grow on the far right side of the field (they are labelled).
In the raised brick beds, also known as the Cleeland Garden:
These are still going strong and will not be mowed. These plants will be available until cold weather kills them!
Marigolds, Mint, Parsley, Sorrel
Sage, and Lemon Balm (to allow for healthy growback for these plants, pick the largest leaves from the outside, do not cut from the stem of the plant!)
Reminder that U-picking hours are Monday-Saturday, 8am-6pm. Please do not come to the farm on Sundays, as we do not have staff on site who can be available in case of an emergency. If the main gates are closed when you arrive you can follow the paved road to the right, and then follow the curve of the road back to the left. This will take you in a loop around the main deer-fenced area and up to the wash station/parking lot.
We have a limited restock on beef! The incredible chuck roast is back and works really well for a crock pot meal. T-bones, porterhouses, ribsteaks, and sirloin tip steaks are all back in stock too, so load up before the main season ends!