Fall CSA Your next share will be ready this Saturday, Nov. 5. The farmstand will be open from 10 to 5 just for you, our Fall CSA members. Now that the farmstand is closed, it is important that you pick up on Saturdays. Reminder: The four remaining Saturday pick-up dates for Fall CSA are Nov. 5 & 19 and Dec. 3 & 17. The last three pick-ups have two weeks between each pickup. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you have any questions.
Keep in touch The farmstand and café are now officially closed for the season. We’ll be around the farm throughout the winter, but will not be easily available by phone. To get in touch with us, it’s best to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). She’ll be busy in the office and putting gardens to bed. The rest of the crew will be bedding down the farm for winter, closing up the kitchen, and getting started on making repairs and structural improvements for next year.
See you soon We’ll be at the Lebanon & Norwich winter markets throughout the coming season. And mark your calendars for Nov. 19 and Dec. 17 when we will open the farmstand to the public, providing scrumptious veggies and more to compliment your holiday meals.
Your farm share this week…
A view from the farm
We have plenty in store for your fall share . . .
Super students! Thetford Elementary’s school gardens are put to bed and their new five-bin compost facility is up and running. This latest installation completes the food cycle: the compost created from cafeteria food waste will go back to the school gardens to grow more food for the cafeteria. The gardens are managed by kindergarten, first and second grade students; the fourth and fifth grade students manage the compost. Cat helps to coordinate and plan the management of the food cycle.
Field notes Our garlic is planted and the potatoes are all in. Between snowfalls we harvested a fair sunflower crop and hope to press the oil in the coming weeks. The nine varieties of dry beans are harvested and are waiting to be threshed and winnowed. We’ll let you know when the beans and oil are ready for sale!
As you like it Roots are aplenty these days and you can eat them either warm, like these Caramelized Roots, or cold, like this Rainbow Root Salad.
Climate change survey for Vermonters Please help with a doctoral study that examines what shapes the decisions of Vermonters to engage in public action regarding climate change. The study is being conducted by Kathryn Doherty, a Vermont resident and doctoral candidate at Antioch University New England who is working in conjunction with researchers from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the Social and Environmental Research Institute. Complete a short survey and enter a raffle to win prizes. Please share with your friends! Click for more info and even more.
[ November 2, 2011 ]
