Week 20

Hi Everyone,

The temp is 47 as I write this message and sure feels like fall around the farm. A fire is in the woodstove keeping us toasty and I love smelling the smoke from the fire when we go out. We are working hard at keeping things growing, even though it refuses to stop raining. This time of year we are also trying to clean things up and get things put away so when the CSA is over on 11/2 we are ready to till and plant our cover crop and hopefully we have enough time for the seed to germinate and grab hold. We will be planting rye on the fields this year and till it back in the spring to give us some nice organic matter in the soil.

We are building another large chicken coop in the front barn so we can move the hens that are out back in the back barn up front. That way we will have all the layers together and it will make things easier for the daily chores. It will also free up some space out back for the meat chickens. It seems that the extra light we are giving the hens is working so far, egg production really hasn't dropped off as it normally would as the days get shorter.

We finally will have some salad mix for you this week. The arugula and red mustard greens should make a nice combo for a tender salad with some kick to it. The radishes this week are what we call watermelon radishes. They are greenish on the outside and red on the inside. They are actually called Red Meat.

In your crates this week:

Napa Cabbage
Radishes
Spicy Salad Mix
Spinach
Butternut Squash
Turnips
Basil
Garlic
Potatoes

See you Wednesday,

Steve and Vicky