Hello CSA Members,
Well here we are at the end of another wonderful
season. I want to thank you all so
much for your support. Without you
it would not be possible to do what we do. Your trust in us means a lot.
For those of you whom joined our late season CSA it will begin
on Wednesday November 6th.
For everyone else we will be sending out emails in January about our CSA
for the 2014 season. As a previous
member you will receive the CSA email before anyone else. We are looking forward to a great 2014
season. The West Reading Farmer’s
Market continues on until the end of November, so please come see us
there.
We had a few nights of heavy frost and freezing this week so
you will see this list has declined for this week. We were able to weather most of it.
We are very sorry about running out of broccoli last
week. I had hoped to give all of
you whom missed broccoli a chance for this week but with the cold we will not
be able to pick broccoli this week.
Broccoli will come back for the last season CSA.
You can order by replying to the email or by emailing bhorganicscsa@gmail.com. The orders must be in by Tuesday at 2
pm. Processing the orders takes
some time so I would appreciate no late orders.
This week’s Harvest:
Full shares order 8 items. Half Shares order 4-5 items (depending
on how much you want.)
·
Salad
Mix – 8 oz
·
Italian Flat Leaf Parsley – 1/8 lb
·
Garlic – ¼ lb. Purple Stripe.
This is individual cloves and very sweet. You may order 2.
·
Tomatillos 1 lb. You may order 2
·
Lettuce- Romaine or Red Leaf– 1-2 heads. You may order 2
·
Beets- Red, Golden or Chioggia 1.5 lb
·
Collards – ¾ lb
·
Carrots, no tops – 1 lb
·
Hot peppers, mixed – ½ pint. You may order 2
·
Sweet Peppers – mostly green but turning. 1 lb. You may order 2
·
Komatsuna (a mild mustard green) ¾ lb. You may order 2
·
Frisee – 1 head. You may order 2
·
Daikon Radishes – 1- 2 roots with greens.
·
Dandelion – ½ lb
·
Swiss Chard – ¾ lb
·
White Turnips – ¾ lb
·
Kale – ¾ lb
·
Watermelon Radishes – 1.5 lb
·
Garlic Chive – 1/8 lb
·
Radicchio, tall or round – 2 heads
·
Yams – 2 lb – We will be ordering these in from
another local organic farm.
Extras: You must order
these items in your regular order to get the extras.
·
Tomatillos – 1 lb
·
Garlic – purple stripe – ¼ lb
·
Hot peppers, mixed – ½ pint.
·
Sweet Peppers – mostly green but turning. 1 lb.
What crops we think have a high energy this week:
·
Garlic
·
Komatsuna
·
Radishes
·
Turnips
·
Lettuce
·
Beets
·
Dandelion
·
Frisee
·
Radicchio
·
Swiss Chard
Recipes:
Peppers.
We did not have a great red pepper year. However, we were able to harvest quite
a bit of peppers before the freeze this week. I have been pleasantly surprised to find that peppers freeze
very well. I don’t do anything to
them. I just throw them in a
freezer bag and pop them in the freezer.
When I want to use them in the winter I take them out of the bag, cut
off the stem, remove the seeds and they are still a bit crunchy. This works for the bell peppers, sweet
Italian peppers and hot peppers as well.
Now is the time for stock piling peppers for winter and they are the
easiest things to store.
·
16 great recipes for sweet peppers http://www.kitchendaily.com/read/16-best-bell-pepper-recipes
·
Sweet Pepper Poppers. These can be done with frozen peppers and hot peppers as
well. A great Paleo treat. http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/kelsey-nixon/sweet-pepper-poppers.html
·
And leave it to Martha Stewart to come up with
some new ideas. http://www.marthastewart.com/275370/bell-pepper-recipes/@center/276955/seasonal-produce-recipe-guide#332260
Don’t forget most of the peppers will ripen if kept in a bag
for a few days. Here is how: http://www.thekitchn.com/good-question-how-to-ripen-pep-67761
And if you don’t have a ripe tomato, bananas and apples give
off quite a bit of ethylene as well.
We really appreciate you and could not do it with out you.
Thank you,
Erica
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