**From left to right**
Blue Hubbard- great pie pumpkin, sweet potato flavor, also slightly nutty
Baby Pam Pumpkins-also great pie pumpkin with sweet sugary flavor
Butternut Squash- classic, sweet potato/butterscotch flavor

│ Announcements │ This Week’s Share │ U-Pick │ Recipe │ Coming Soon │

Announcements:

Only 9 weeks remain!

If only all the rain recently could have come a few weeks ago a bit more on time with our first seeding of greens. Alas, while we did see poor germination in our first batch of fall direct seeding due to that dry spell, the second round has sprouted very successfully. We expect to see some salad greens and radishes to be ready in a couple of weeks.

We are very happy to see all these little new sprouts get this nice watering with this now frequenting rain. And also a bit anxious to get back into the fields to get some more transplants out for our final weeks for the CSA! We are unable to plant until the fields are dry enough to be worked. So start sending good weather vibes for the farm!

We have now moved on to the next phase of the winter squash harvesting and we will have quiet the selection coming in this week!
Butternuts, baby pumpkins, and more of those Blue Hubbard’s that made a surprise appearance last week

Limited stock!
GROUND BEEF | CHIPPED BEEF | SAUSAGE GRILLERS
AND ALSO LIVERS!

Our Farm Store

PRE-ORDER ADD-ON’S NOW FOR QUICK AND EASY PICK-UP!
cash/credit accepted in store

FYI: For any of those who are interested in bulk Beef or Lamb orders
Estimated to be available later on starting at the end of December with the Lamb, and the Beef will be available mid-February.
For more information ask us at your next pick-up!

Keep track of your share’s for the season! The page is easy to view from a larger screen, the names will be listed by First name with the Last initial. Please let us know if you need help finding yourself!

Share Balance

please try to do this at home if possible, while we are happy to look up in a pinch, doing this for everyone at sign-in proves a bit tricky

This Week’s Share

Garlic Heads
Winter Squash
Green Tomatoes/Cherry Tomatoes
Eggplant
Chilis/Mild Peppers/Okra
Bell Peppers
Sweet Peppers

U-Pick:

Limited Windows of picking time apply
Wednesday from 3-8pm
Saturday from 1-8pm

Chiles
Located in Field G2 next to sunflowers
The mild peppers are abundant!! The hotter one’s will keep growing in abundance as they start to ripen to some of the cool colors you see below!

Poblano- Mild Peppers
Tobago Seasoning Habanero- Sweet, fruity and rather mild
Jalapeno- Hot and grassy flavor
Aji Amarillo- Hot and a bit fruity
Serrano- Hot and similar to that classic jalapeno but 3-5 times hotter
Fish- Range from hot to spicy/cross between serrano and cayenne for taste
Red Ember Cayenne- Flavorful, but rather spicy similar to serrano
Buena Mulata Cayenne -will also ripen to red, the unripe purple will be rather spicy with a grassy flavor and as it ripens it becomes more fruity and smoky.

These Items may be picked Monday-Saturday 8am-8pm

Okra-
We will open up half of the field to U-picking and pick the other half for the shares!
This field is located if you drive a bit past the sunflower field and drive about 1/4 mile to the okra, if you have passed the white house on the left you have gone too far past the gate. We will have red signs pinpointing where to stop- please close the gate each time to ensure it helps keep deer from walking in easier. Also, bring long sleeves, gloves and clippers/knife could be useful as the plants can be itchy.
Cut Flowers- found in several locations on the farm!

G2-next to larger parking lot left of the CSA pickup
Sunflowers and tithonia
*Try to resist picking the chilies if you come at off times as we will still be utilizing these for the CSA pick-up’s for those who cannot get out to u-pick!
Field D- the large field across from the large 3 barns by the front entrance of the farm.- This will also be keep shrinking in size as we start to break this down to sow seed for cover crop!
Zinnia’s
Salvia
Located in herb garden-

Oregano
Thyme
Sage
Onion/Garlic Chives
Cutting Celery

Recipes:

Baked Butternut Squash

Prep time: 5 mins
Cook Time: approx. 1 hour 30mins
**Serves: 4-6**

1 medium butternut squash (about 3 pounds)

3 tablespoons
olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon
freshly ground black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat the oven to 375°F.
Place 1 medium butternut squash on its side. Trim off both ends with a large, sturdy knife. Stand the squash upright and cut in half lengthwise. Using a spoon, scrape out the seeds and any stringy bits.
Drizzle a 9x13-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and tilt the dish to coat. Place the squash halves cut-side up in the baking dish. Drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper.
Bake until fork-tender and caramelized around the edges, 75 to 90 minutes. To serve, slice into 1-inch-thick wedges or, if preferred, scoop out the flesh and mash lightly with a fork.

Recipe Sourced from thekitchn.com

COMING SOON:

So while we eagerly await for these fall greens to grow a bit faster, we will still have some yummy treats in store for you all to make the wait just a bit easier to manage.

One of those yummy treats are the abundance of winter squash that are ripening at the perfect time to be just that right ingredient for the cooler rainy days we have had. We are sure they will keep coming in handy as we keep paving our way into the true Fall season.

We also have taken a little peak at our ginger crop’s progress, and were are quite pleased to unearth a beautiful plump root forming to almost harvestable size! Expect these to start making an appearance very soon to the CSA benches.

The lush ginger crop is grown in the high tunnel structure inside of our native tree nursery, we do this because the crop needs a larger period of warmth than our climate provides. As these cooler nights are becoming more and more the new normal, the extra warmth trapped inside the plastic cover will keep the growth progressing to yieldable size roots.

CBF Volunteer opportunity!

Interested in taking part in one of CBF’s tree planting events?

CBF will be out to plant about 2,000 trees on a farm in Frederick, MD
There will be two chances to come join us!
Friday, October 21 from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Saturday, October 22 from 9:00 am-1:00 pm
This will be to create a green filter to reduce run-off into Catoctin Creek watershed. The farm is also working to convert 5 acres of it’s property into a diverse cover cropped pasture!

Learn more

-The Clagett Crew

Week 17 of 26: Rainy days are becoming abundant, too abundant.