Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Our share will be $475 this year, and we will again deliver on Monday evenings. You can pick up your food at the farm, at the Anoka Lakewinds Co.op, or in Powderhorn Park, Minneapolis. For more details and how to register, click on the “2010 General Info” and “2010 Registration & Logistics” tabs above.
Thanks!
I’ve been meaning to put up a couple of updates from Nov and Dec, and get the information posted for 2010 membership. Hopefully within the next two weeks, so check back soon! (2009 members and those on the 2009 wait list will have first priority for 2010 membership, and then we will open it up to everyone.)
August 24th, 2009. Just before the peak of the tomato harvest.
The tomato patch on October 18th, 2009.
We have been busy planting garlic and putting the garden to bed — pulling up the drip irrigation, trellis fences, stakes, and hoses. The only things left in the ground are the rutabagas, some carrots, some parsnips, and of course the freshly planted garlic. We will leave most of the parsnips in the ground until the spring thaw. Usually at the tail end of maple syruping season we will go harvest the rest for a sweet spring parsnip feast (or three).
We also spent quite a bit of time picking the last of the raspberries. We often felt like bears, ambling by the patch and getting distracted by the berries for a couple hours. Our friends and hunting companions stopped by to set up their deer stands, and ended up at the raspberry patch too! We sent the berries home with them, and last weekend for deer hunting Heidi brought back raspberry jam to share. What a treat!
My dad, Darwin, went on his first elk hunting trip to Colorado for two weeks in October. It snowed a lot while he was there, but it ended up being a good thing because the elk came down to lower elevations where they were easier to find. He came back happy and with some elk to put in the freezer. While he was gone my grandma Vangie and mom Carol and I (Chris) had a great time working together in the garden:
In your box this week:
Sorry about the late posting — my internet connection was down, maybe because of the strong winds on Sunday and Monday. Today is a BIG DAY in the world of growing food:
For this reason, next week, October 5th, will be our FINAL WEEK OF THE 2009 CSA SEASON. Please do your best to return any boxes, buckets, and lids you have around your house.
In your week #17 box:
Carter has noticed a change in the temperature!
In your box this week:
It has been really nice to get some feedback in the last couple weeks. Here are a few quotes:
From Reid: “[Sept. 7th's] haul changed my opinion about green bell peppers. Up to now, green bell peppers were to me that vegetable that was used as filler (which I would eat around) in Buddha’s Delight at the local chow mien place, or the item on the typical party veggie tray that was really only palatable with the ranch dressing – kind of sharp and watery. The other morning my wife asked for bell peppers, which we’d just received from the Reimann Family Farm, in the scrambled eggs; I obliged. I ate all of my peppers (not around them!) and felt really satisfied. I suppose this is how bell peppers are supposed to taste like, full of flavor, slightly sweet, bold, refreshing. I really had no idea. Thanks for doing the bell pepper justice!”
Vanessa on tomatoes: “This tastes like GOODNESS!”
Molly: “Many, many thanks for your ease-filled, generous, affordable, incredible, tasty fruits of the earth. I hope to eat your food for many years to come!”
If you have any feedback on how the season is going, we’d love to hear it! You could just leave a comment on this post, or email us.
See you on Monday with the next box of sunshine!
~Chris.
