All of the Shared Harvest veggie farm have rows and rows of leafy greens growing for fall and winter harvest. Most farmers have row cover ready to toss over beds of the more tender greens when frost is predicted. The lettuce, escarole, endive and dandelion greens growing in the Busa fields will do fine without … Continue reading Winter Greens
News from the Fields
Our farmers are bringing in many of the storage crops and tending to the crops that will stay in the ground until they're harvested for the winter share. It looks like we will have another tasty and varied winter share this year. Here are a few crop reports. Riverland Farm crop update "All in all … Continue reading News from the Fields
Connecting to the Source: theMOVE
"Sometimes I wish a school bus full of volunteers would pull into the farm and offer to help," said one tired family farmer to another. theMOVE is a new organization with a mission and work that will make just about every farmer I know smile, including the one mentioned above. theMOVE organizes and leads reflective … Continue reading Connecting to the Source: theMOVE
It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it
Managing Shared Harvest can be pretty challenging. Consider all the extras that I've got to sample. Most recently I've been sampling Crystal Brook's orange-cranberry goat cheese. I've been a fan of their classic plain and cracked black pepper cheese since I toured the farm during a CRAFT visit several years ago. Thinking that shareholders might … Continue reading It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it
Fiore Di Nonno’s Lavender Honey and Chili Burrata
is Holy Cow! amazing. (Or Holy Purple Cow! as we say at Shared Harvest.) In putting together the smorgasbord of extras for the winter share, I had almost decided to not offer this burrata. It just sounded silly. I couldn't get my Iowan sensibilities around the mix of flavors. Then I tried it. The chili … Continue reading Fiore Di Nonno’s Lavender Honey and Chili Burrata
Got Maple Syrup?
This year, one of the Shared Harvest optional items (extras) will be maple syrup from the Warren Farm in North Brookfield. I'll be sending shareholders an order form next week and finalizing our purchase by the end of September. I spoke with Jan Wentworth, Warren Farm co-owner and farmer, last week about what kind of … Continue reading Got Maple Syrup?
Purple Cows in the Winter Share!
Next week Charley Baer hopes to harvest the heirloom Jacob's Cattle beans he's growing for the Shared Harvest CSA. According to Slow Food USA, "Jacob's Cattle bean is also called a Trout bean or an Appaloosa bean, but Jacob’s Cattle bean is the oldest name for the variety. This bean is a Prince Edward Island … Continue reading Purple Cows in the Winter Share!
Picadilly Harvest and Potluck this Saturday
Picadilly Farm is having a Harvest Day & Potluck Lunch this Saturday, September 11, from 10:00 to 2:00. There's sure to be plenty of farm fun and people to meet. There will be some work, too - probably either topping onions or harvesting winter squash. Should be fun. Shared Harvest CSA shareholders are welcome to … Continue reading Picadilly Harvest and Potluck this Saturday
Farm Happenings
Shared Harvest CSA shareholders are welcome to join Riverland Farmers Rob and Meghan for a potluck picnic this Saturday, September 4 at 5:30 PM. Come join your farmers for a meal! Bring a large dish to share, a blanket to sit on, and your friends and family. Rob and Meghan will provide the salad and … Continue reading Farm Happenings
Dehydrated grape tomatoes
I dehydrated three pounds of grape tomatoes in my oven last week. I think they turned out well. It's definitely a good idea to make sure the tomatoes are all the same size. I included a handful of slightly larger tomatoes in the batch and they did not dehydrate at the same rate as the … Continue reading Dehydrated grape tomatoes
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