September 7th Summer Share #15

September 7, 2017 by foxlinecityfarm

We love this time of year as we transition to Autumn. Favorite late season crops started so long ago in early Spring are reaching harvest, we bundle up in the morning in caps and warm clothes and daylight changes and the colors are so pretty. It’s energizing.

A symbolic activity around here is the removal of the shade cloth from the hoop house to allow full daylight in for the late season crops. Autumn has arrived! We have fully transitioned the hoop house this past week to late season harvest. ALL the late season spinach and winter over spinach varieties transplanted out, cool loving leafy greens and lettuces all in-AND! another round of those favorite turnips are germinating.

Scott pulling off the shade cloth from the hoop house.

Late season turnips germinating in the hoop house.

The winter squash patch looks fantastic this year! Bountiful and many varieties including tons of pie pumpkins that return this year at the suggestion of a CSA member. We are excited to start the harvest in the next few weeks. All the storage onions are now out and hanging to cure and our final bean crop just about ready to harvest if it would ever warm up.

We look forward to these last few weeks of the summer share with great crops to finish up a great season for us.

SUMMER SHARE #15

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE- We are pretty excited about this share this week….A favorite crop has arrived….brussels sprouts and tons of them. A great share full of tasty treats this week…..633 pounds of delicious produce going home with members today.

Remember to return your totes for reuse….we are running a little low in the rotation. Thanks!

SNACK PACK

head lettuce, asian greens mix, pears, red and orange carrots, pint cherry tomatoes, slice tomato, brussels sprouts, sweet peppers, mini sweet peppers, sweet onion and zinnia bouquet.

Head lettuce-We harvested 3 varieties this week and 1 or more appear in every share. Such a great lettuce year for us.

Pretty lettuce ready to harvest.

Asian Greens mix-A juicy mix of mini green. Enjoy fresh in salads or saute.

Asian greens mix at harvest.

Pears-We started harvesting off the 3rd variety of trees this week. Big delicious fruit. Leave on counter to fully ripen.

Our 3rd variety of pears we harvested this year. Enjoy!

Carrot Mix-Orange and red crunchy carrots this week.

Red carrots at harvest.

Cherry Tomatoes-The Cherry tomatoes are still chugging along in the cool temperatures. We are thrilled. Sweet!

Cherry Tomato picking late in the day…..

Slice tomatoes-This may be the end of our Slice tomato season.

Brussels Sprouts!-We planted a HUGE! patch this year of 3 different varieties. Here they come….a favorite.

150 pounds brussels sprouts in our 1st picking of the season.

Sweet Peppers-A great harvest this week of assorted sweet peppers and a mix in every share.

This week’s Pepper Harvest.

Mini Snack Sweet Peppers-These beauties ripen late in the season and they are so worth the wait. Perfect for snacking and school lunches.

Mini sweet peppers harvest.

Sweet Onion-The very last of the sweet summer onions…storage onions next week.

Zinnia Bouquets-A pretty late season bouquet from the garden.

The pretty zinnia patch.

Zinnia bouquets ready for the shares.

FULL SHARE

head lettuce, SPINACH!, pears, carrot mix, quart cherry tomatoes, slice tomato, broccoli side shoots, brussels sprouts, sweet peppers, jimmy nardello sweet peppers, sweet onion, kohlrabi, zinnia bouquet

Head lettuce-3 delicious varieties came from the hoop house this week. 2-3 heads are in every full share.

SPINACH!-A true sign of the arrival of Autumn. Our 1st Spinach harvest. 1/2 pound in every full share.