Earth Dance Farm

Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

Delivering fresh, local, chemical free food to your neighborhood.
We offer Spring, Summer, Fall and Egg shares.

2020 – Fall Week 1 Newsletter

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2020 – Fall Week 1 Newsletter

“Another world it’s not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

Arundhati  Roy

 

Fall Share Box 1 Crop List

  • Butternut or Spaghetti Squash
  • Potatoes
  • Hot Peppers
  • Turnips or Daikon Radishes
  • Apples
  • Carrots
  • Collard Greens
  • Kale
  • Mixed Greens
  • Romaine Lettuce
  • Cilantro
  • Oregano

 

Hot Wax, Jalapeno, and Cayenne (in order from least heat to most heat)

Farmer’s Notes

*Welcome to our 2020 Fall Share – thanks so much for joining us!
*There are 5 bi-weekly deliveries on Thursdays – you will receive an email the morning of each delivery as a reminder for pickup and to give you some farm news and recipes.
*We reuse our boxes so please return them to us each week and be careful not to tear any of the tabs as you collapse them
*Our ‘greens mix’ is arugula, mustard, mizuna, tatsoi and kale – this is great with the romaine with some apples
*Hot peppers are a mix of hot wax, jalapeno, and cayenne – you may have to freeze or dry some of these for some instant heat during the winter – or pickle them! (recipe down below)
*Squash is butternut or spaghetti and is great roasted with some butter
*Oregano is wonderful with roasted carrots and squash or you can hang it to dry for later use
*The weather right now stinks – cold and wet with little sun.  It is far below normal for this time of year and it looks like it may continue. We are putting row cover on crops and trying to protect what we can in the field
*We hope that you enjoy your first box and it translates into some fantastic smells and flavors in your kitchen

 

Farm Article

We are excited that so many of you have ‘jumped on board” with us for our Fall Share produce season.  This should carry you into the holidays with fresh, local vegetables from our farm to your table.  We know it has been a tough year for all of us and we hope that some good, hearty and healthy home meals helps bring some calm and familiarity to your household.  Every 2 weeks we will deliver a box full of a variety of fresh greens, root crops, storage vegetables and herbs to your drop location.  Thus far, the fields and hoop house are looking good, but we have early, winter-like temperatures already on the horizon (15 degrees next week 🙁 ).

We have been busy harvesting and storing many crops like potatoes, squash, dry beans and carrots, and have tons of crops covered (some double covered) with floating row cover in the field.  I think that you will enjoy the variety and the quality of what you get in your boxes.
Cheers!
~Farmer Norm
Some recipes to try:
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