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I LOVE this time of year…I know I said it before but I cannot help it and have to say it again.  LOVE it.   A great week…..Beautiful weather.  A surprising blast of heat and then cool dewy mornings with bright sunshine.  Final crops are coming from the garden, our workload eases some and we move with a little slower pace throughout our days without that underlying urgency of how are we going to get it all done. It sure feels good…Time frees up a bit for “non gardening” activities. We processed grapes to juice, made a final trip to Devil’s Lake for the last dip of the season and made another floral bouquet for a special customer…

Making Grape Juice.

20+ Quarts of pure Concord Grape Juice.  Thank you Schick Family for letting us pick.

Final Devil’s Lake Dip of the season.

Last week’s Pretty flower bouquet created in the only spot of sunlight when our power went out!  FOCUS!!

Cleanup needs to become a daily duty, and the garlic crop needs to get planted.  We laugh as we already find ourselves discussing next season’s crops and the garden rotation.

SUMMER SHARE #18

A great share this week. 580 pounds of perfect Fall produce from the gardens…And Fall honey is here.  Extra honey is available too if you wish to purchase.

2 shares remain of the 2017 Summer Season.  Season Member surveys appear in the shares this week.  Please take some time to let us know your thoughts about our CSA and return.  Your thoughts, ideas and feedback are important in shaping the direction of next season.  Thanks!  Also, please gather up and return all remaining totes from the weekly shares for reuse.

SNACK PACK

HONEY!, baby arugula, head lettuce, brussels sprouts, potatoes, storage onions, butternut squash, sweet pepper, black radishes, pac choi, tomato

honey-sweet honey from our backyard hives.

Scott spinning the honey.

Honey draining after spinning.

baby arugula-spicy baby green leaves.  Fresh or saute it is delicious.

Baby arugula at harvest.

head lettuce-great lettuce again this week from the hoop house.  Either another variety of butterhead or a pretty ruffled bicolor.

Butterhead lettuce at harvest.

brussels sprouts-Our best! growing season ever of this favorite crop.  We planted 3 different varieties and tons of them and the yield is great.  Enjoy this late season treat.  A bounty.

The brussels sprout patch in the HOT! September sun.

Potatoes-Perfect baking potatoes this week.  The variety is gold rush.

Picking up the potatoes in the field.

storage onions-several of these long storage onions in every share.  Best storage onion harvest ever also this season.

butternut squash-we pulled the last of our winter storage squash from the field this week and this mini butternut was in the mix.

Final load of winter squash from the field.

sweet pepper-with the blast of heat this past week we picked a nice mix again of sweet peppers and 1 or more in every share.

Black radish-A 1st in our CSA shares.  A 3rd year of trying to grow them and this year it finally happened.  Great radish taste and such a cool color.

Black radishes at harvest.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY AUNTIE HOWDY!!!! HOPE YOU EAT YOUR FAVORITE CAKE AND MAKE A SPECIAL WISH FOR THE COMING YEAR AS YOU BLOW OUT THE CANDLES.  MUCH LOVE TO YOU FROM ALL 3 OF US…..

pac choi-a crunchy treat from the hoop house.  Great raw in salads or in stir fry.

Pac choi at harvest.

tomato-we were able to pull 1 tomato for everyone out of the tomato patch with the mini little heatwave this week.

FULL SHARE

HONEY!, baby arugula, head lettuce brussels sprouts, potato, storage onion, butternut squash, peppers, spinach, purple beans, broccoli side shoots, black radishes, pac choi, tomato

honey-backyard Fall honey.  Rich deep flavor.

Straining the honey.

Filling jars for the CSA shares.

baby arugula-A snappy treat from the hoophouse.

Head lettuce-We harvested 2 perfect varieties this week and both are in all Full shares.

Head lettuce at morning harvest.

Brussels Sprouts- A BIG! bag of these little wonders. Enjoy!

Trying very hard to look “chipper” picking 150+ pounds of brussels sprouts at a steamy 91 degrees around 12 noon…..I know-pretty.

potatoes-The perfect baking potato.  Gold Rush is it’s name….

storage onions-long term winter storage onions.  Stronger in flavor than the sweet summer onions.

butternut squash-The final winter squash to come from our patch.

Butternut squash from the field.

sweet peppers-we are still picking from the peppers and a few are in every share.

spinach-even with all that heat last week we had a good harvest for full share.

purple beans-the last of our beans for the 2017 season.

broccoli side shoots-the never ending side shoots from the wonder plants continue.  They are getting smaller but just as delicious.

Black radishes-snappy radish flavor with a cool black color.  We are thrilled to finally have a harvest after 3 years of trying…

Black radishes all washed and ready for the shares.

Pac choi-A favorite of mine.  Fresh or on stir fry a crunchy and flavorful treat.

Dew on the pac choi leaves in the morning.

tomato-1 final tomato for the season.  Enjoy!

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK…IT’S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC! carrots, ginger, pie pumpkin, sweet potato, lettuce, radishes, collard greens, and more!

ready to harvest for next week…..