Dear Friends and Members of B & H Organic Produce,
This week is our last CSA delivery. Where has the time gone?
The CSA has been a great experience for us this season. We will surely do it again next year. And as of now we will keep the system as it is, including price.
We have enjoyed serving our customers and meeting their needs. Even though this was not our best growing season ever.
The next few weeks will be filled with garden clean up and preparation for next spring. As farmer’s we are always looking ahead to the future.
In the winter I spend my time with paperwork, seed ordering and planning. And in late February I will start the seeds for the garden. Can you believe that we start tomato seeds in March, which won’t be harvested until July and in a better year will yield until October. That is 8 months of babying those amazing tomatoes.
I love planning the garden. Everything looks so good on paper.
We will be sending out information for the 2012 CSA season in January. So check you email inboxes.
I plan to send you all a survey about the past CSA season to help us improve our service for next year. Your comments are very important.
As for rewarding the members who took time from their busy schedules to work on the farm. Well, I haven’t decided what to do yet. I would love to give you an extra delivery of vegetables the week before Thanksgiving. However, this will depend on the weather and how the crops are growing. So check your email for your reward in the next few weeks.
We had planned and hoped to have Brussels sprouts for you for this last week. However, they haven’t quite sized up and because we haven’t had a good frost they just aren’t so sweet.
The West Reading Farmer’s Market continues until November 20th. We will be selling produce at Hartz Natural Foods until the ground freezes.
For now enjoy your last week of produce and many thanks to you all for your support.
Sincerely,
Erica Bowers Lavdanski
This week's harvest;
Full share: (you may receive any of these items)
- White potatoes 2 lb
- Lettuce- 2-3 heads
- salad mix 1/2 lb
- Beets 1.5 lb
- Carrots 1.5 lb
- Mixed colors and shapes of sweet peppers 1.5 lb
- Eggplant (small purple, green, large purple or orange) 1.5 lb - limited quantities
- You may receive 2 orders of greens - 3/4 lb of kale or collard greens or mustard greens mix or baby pac choi or ½ lb land cress (similar flavor to watercress but grown in soil instead of water).
- Winter Squash- Butternut. 1 fruit.
- Cabbage 1 head - this could be green or savoy
- Daikon Radishes
- Broccoli - 1 lb - probably can't fulfill double orders
- Celeriac (celery root) - 1 root
- Sweet Potatoes - 2 lb - we are buying in these potatoes from a local organic farm. Only one order per share.
- Baby turnips ¾ lb
Half Share:
- Any 4 of the above full share items.
Extra Items: (these do not count as an item) - Please let me know the quantity you would like. Most of these are limited quantities. Will be given on a first come first serve basis.
- Hot peppers - 6 peppers – we have tons so order more.
- Carrots- 1.5 lb
- Beets 1.5 lb
- Mixed colors and shapes of sweet peppers 1.5 lb
- Collards 3/4 lb
- Lettuce- 3 small heads
- Aji Dulce Peppers- ½ lb. These are also known as Caribbean Seasoning Peppers. They look; taste and smell like a hot pepper but have no heat. They are excellent for seasoning.
- Italian Parsley- 1/8 lb
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