Dear Friends of B & H Organic Produce,
November is here and the weather sure feels like it. But, we are not giving up yet. We use row covers on all our frost sensitive crops so that we can continue to reap the benefits of our hard summer labor. The West Reading Farmer's Market will continue for 3 more weeks until November 21st. We are still out there when it is cold. And we will have all your needs for your amazing Thanksgiving dinner.
Our store, Hartz Natural Foods also carries our produce. Come in and check it out.
On the farm we are busy harvesting and trying to bring the crops in for winter storage. Did you know that all root crops (radishes, turnips, carrots, potatoes etc.) can be stored in your refrigerator through the winter? I was even eating cabbage until April of last year. I simply store my roots in a plastic bag in my crisper. You must check them periodically for spoilage. If there is a rotten root int he bag I remove it and was the other roots for continued storage. Be sure to remove the greens as they will spoil quickly. Also, if you are harvesting from your own garden with storage in mind- don't wash the roots- the minerals in the dirt will help to preserve them longer.
This is what we will have at market this week:
- spinach
- mustard greens
- salad mix- with less flowers due to the frost
- carrots
- beets
- daikon radish
- lettuce
- broccoli
- peppers
- cabbage
- fennel
- baby pac choi
- broccoli raab
- radishes
- turnips
- arugula
- spicy mix
- kale
- potatoes
- butternut squash
Our dinner this evening:
Roasted chicken with a fennel cream sauce (http://www.greenchronicle.com/recipes/fennel_cream_sauce.htm I think I will add leeks and use plain yogurt in place of the cream). Served with sauteed Broccoli Raab (simply placed in a hot pan with olive oil and garlic sprinkled with a bit of salt). And mashed turnips ( I will prepare these the same as mashed potatoes, but this will be a lighter version)
Tomorrow night:
Pot Roast in the crock pot. Eye round roast with carrots, garlic, onion, celery root, daikon radish, turnips and fingerling potatoes.
On Wednesday night:
Organic egg salad in radicchio cups.
Enjoy!!!!!!!!!!
For our midweek deliveries:
- mustard greens $2.00
- salad mix $4.50
- carrots- red or orange $2.50
- beets - red $2.50
- daikon radish- $2.00
- lettuce- butter or romaine $2.00
- broccoli- 1# $3.00
- peppers - 1# $2.00
- fennel- $2.50
- baby pac choi $2.00
- broccoli raab $2.50
- radishes - purple or french breakfast $2.00
- turnips- $2.00
- arugula- bunched $2.00
- butternut squash - $3.00
Please have your orders in by Wednesday evening.
Thank you all and have a great week,
Erica
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