13 Oct Thu 2011
Wonderful rain on Wednesday. Lots of greens and squash, big radishes
Greetings shareholders,
This Saturday, October 15, we will have potatoes, onions, kale and collards, green tomatoes, mostly red sweet peppers, daikon radishes, regular radishes, several kinds of bok choi, several kinds of mustards, arugula, lettuce (yippee!!!), small Red Russian kale, hot peppers, a few red turnips, parsley and cilantro, swiss chard, and winter squash.
We harvested almost all of the squash, but we're only going to give you about half of it. We'll save the remainder for the final Saturday, October 22. We've got spaghetti, butternut, acorn, Honeybear (a brand new, smaller acorn), buttercup, baby hubbard, kabocha, Delicata, and Sweet Dumpling. Most of them, except the spaghetti, Delicata and Dumpling, can/should be stored for several months. Butternut and kabocha seem to get better the longer they sit around at my house. However, if you notice a soft spot on a squash, eat it. They don't store well if their skin is compromised. Luckily, there aren't too many with that kind of problem this year. Here is a pretty useful guide to winter squash varieties.
Sunday, October 16, is World Food Day. Hope you will celebrate it. Here is an idea about how to do it.
My friend Dan Specht just called to ask me to remind you that he has grassfed beef for sale. He said he's had lots of calls and really appreciates your business. He needs to make an appointment for the locker quite soon (competing with the deer hunters for locker space), so he needs to know how many steers to schedule. If you are planning to order a half or quarter beef this fall, please talk with Dan by MONDAY, OCTOBER 17. His contact info is Dan Specht, 12082 Iris Ave., McGregor IA 52157, 563-873-3873, 563 516-1007 cell, danspech@neitel.net .
Also, remember that vegetable pickup time is 10:00 until 2:00 on Saturday. If you just can't make it then, and you can't send a friend to pick up for you, let me know today or tomorrow and we'll see if we can work out something for you to get your things another time. I hate to see you miss all the great fall food.
We had 1" of rain yesterday. Perfect.
See you Saturday,
Laura