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Category Archives: Eggplant
CSA Newsletter: Week 13, 2016
More than a few days late, but here’s our newsletter from September 8: Dear CSA members, Here it is, your final weekly share of the season! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to grow food for you again this season. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Newsletters, Cilantro, CSA, Eggplant, Kale, Potatoes, Recipes, Tomato, Uncategorized
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CSA Newsletter: Week 12, 2016
Our newsletter from September 1: Dear CSA members, The first of September already! This is the time of year when I look back on the season and wish I had a time machine to transport me back to Spring so … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Newsletters, Basil, Cilantro, Corn, CSA, Eggplant, Parsley, Pest Management, Recipes, Tomato, Uncategorized
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CSA Newsletter: Week 9, 2016
Our newsletter from August 11: Dear CSA members, Summer just keeps on coming, doesn’t it? We’ve got our fingers crossed that the forecasted Friday rain materializes, since everything is dry, dry, dry again. Irrigation is a poor substitute for a … Continue reading
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CSA Newsletter: Week 8, 2016
Our newsletter from August 4: Dear CSA members, After three years of beekeeping, we finally have a honey harvest! Just a bit, because we want to make sure that the bees have enough to get them through the winter—that’s why … Continue reading
CSA Newsletter: Week 19, 2013
Dear CSA members, If the season began with difficult growing weather, it is sure making up for it with a lovely fall. We’re feeling really blessed by the continued overall warmth and lack of frost so far, despite the fact … Continue reading
Posted in Arugula, Beets, Cabbage, Chile peppers, Cilantro, CSA, Eggplant, Garlic & Garlic Scapes, Kale, Onion, Potatoes, Recipes, Spinach, Sweet Peppers, Swiss Chard, Tomato, Winter Squash
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CSA Newsletter: Week 16, 2013
Dear CSA members, It feels like fall officially arrived with this past week’s weather change. Our summer vines (cucumber, tomato, squash) are beginning to die back and the fall greens (kale, chard, pac choi) are perking up in the cooler … Continue reading
CSA Newsletter: Week 15, 2013
Dear CSA members, I know that many of you have new fall schedules that you’re adjusting to with the start of the school calendar this month. It’s the same here on the farm as I move back into my teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Arugula, CSA, Edamame, Eggplant, Garlic & Garlic Scapes, Recipes
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CSA Newsletter: Week 14, 2013
Dear CSA members, September already! We’re two-thirds of the way through harvest season with our fingers crossed for a couple more months of good produce to come. Over the next month, the contents of your boxes will likely change again, … Continue reading
CSA Newsletter: Week 12, 2013
Dear CSA members, Well, another chilly week, eh? I just glanced at the forecast this Monday morning and it predicts warmer days and nights to come. The tomato and pepper plants will be happy about that! We will too, though … Continue reading
CSA Newsletter: Week 11, 2013
Dear CSA members, I don’t know if it was the fertilizer we spread last week, the subsequent thunderstorm, the past several sunshiny afternoons or the combination of all three, but the plants in the lake garden seem to have perked … Continue reading
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