This week's share consists of carrots, beets, onions, garlic, butternut winter squash, napa cabbage, kale, bok choi, sweet green cabbage, ugly looking celeriac, and beautiful heads of lettuce. Please share your recipes on the farm facebook page.
Last night was the coldest night of the season. This morning was our first Fall Share harvest. Even with the covers we put over the crops, everything was frozen solid. That means that we had to wait until late morning to begin the harvest. (you cant pick them when frozen, or they thaw out all slimy and beat up looking). Well anyways, it stayed cold enough that some crops never thawed all day.
Last night was the coldest night of the season. This morning was our first Fall Share harvest. Even with the covers we put over the crops, everything was frozen solid. That means that we had to wait until late morning to begin the harvest. (you cant pick them when frozen, or they thaw out all slimy and beat up looking). Well anyways, it stayed cold enough that some crops never thawed all day.
HoopHouse Covered , late afternoon Nov4. We remove these covers in the morning, to allow more sun to reach the crops and the soil. Then we put the cover back on late afternoon, trapping in the heat which has been captured in the soil. We'll harvest the crops in the hoophouse in december when most of the field crops are dead.
HoopHouse, Cover removed morning of Nov5
the broccoli took a hit last night, but we think most of it will bounce back and size up for the next share.
frozen cabbage
cabbage still frozen