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Crop
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Half Share Qty/Price
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Full Share Qty/Price
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Sweet
Pepper
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1/2lb/$1.75
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1lb/$3.50
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Tomatoes
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1lb/$3.00
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2lb/$6.00
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Winter
Squash
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$4.50(approx
3#)
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$6.00
(approx. 4#)
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Basil
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$1.00
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$2.00
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Radishes
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1bunch/$2.00
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1bunch/$2.00
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TOTAL
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$12.25
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$19.50
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Reminder: Those of you who pick up at Hanes
Parking Lot need to find me at the new
drop-off site at Dreyfuss. I’m
still not quite sure where I’m going yet, either, but heres a map
link to the Dreyfus parking lot, which I think is pretty close to
Hanes… http://www.rti.org/csa/page.cfm?nav=814
Recipe of the Week
Radish Top Soup
INGREDIENTS
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 large onion, diced
* 2 medium potatoes, sliced
* 4 cups raw radish greens
* 4 cups chicken broth
* 1/3 cup heavy cream
* 5 radishes, sliced
DIRECTIONS
1. Melt butter in a large
saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion, and saute until tender. Mix
in the potatoes and radish greens, coating them with the butter. Pour in
chicken broth. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 30
minutes.
2. Allow the soup mixture to cool
slightly, and transfer to a blender. Blend until smooth.
3. Return the mixture to the saucepan.
Mix in the heavy cream. Cook and stir until well blended. Serve with radish
slices.
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What’s
Happening on the Farm
I’m
desperately trying to find you more variety. Bear with me for just a few more
weeks, hopefully by then we’ll have some more greens for you. Now that
it has finally cooled off and we’ve gotten some rain, I can plant in
earnest, and I’ve certainly made the attempt to catch up to where we
should be by this time. Its still too warm, it
seems, for spinach seed to germinate, but I’ll keep trying. Normally,
the fall garden is one of my favorites to work with, but this year has just
been completely odd for me. I know that with farming, I need to be flexible
when it comes to Mother Nature, but wow… what a summer…
Many of
you will be happy to know that I have decided to plant strawberries for next
season. There are so many strawberries at our local farmers market, I never had a desire to grow them. But a few of
you have requested no-spray strawberries, so I think we’ll give them a
whirl. I ordered 600 plants and I have to go to pick them up in Virginia at the end of
this month. Its going to be a totally new
experience, as I’ve never paid attention to their culture. I’m
planning on planting blueberries and blackberries as well, but since their
fruits are a few years in the making, I figured having strawberries (plant in
the fall, harvest the following spring) would maybe tide us over for now.
What to
Look Forward To
Turnip
greens and swiss chard in the “greens” category, and more
tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant if the plants can hold on and just produce a
bit more! As I mentioned before, lettuce mix, mustards, braising greens in
probably 3-4 weeks.
Questions
or comments? Contact us:
Brian
and Joann Gallagher
castlemainefarm@hotmail.com
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