Garden Patch Farm
CSA Newsletter #11
Hello Members,
Did You Know?
The average U.S.
citizen spends less than 12 percent of his or her disposable income on food.
A CSA membership is both a great value and a great way to support the local
economy with your food dollars.
***Please remember to
check off your name on the sign-in sheet. Thank you.***
This Week's
Picks
-Cabbage-
-Celery-
-Eggplant-
-Peppers- (Mix: Bells,
hot peppers, Banana peppers, Cubenelle, which are a sweet frying, light
green pepper and Corno Di Toro, which are an Italian heirloom sweet frying
pepper )
-Kale-
-Okra-
-Potatoes- (Yukon Gold
and Russets)
-Tomatillos- (Native to
Mexico, a tomato-type fruit that is used in salsas and sauces; we have a
cookbook highlighting them you can examine)
-Tomatoes- (Red Cherry
Tomatoes, Orange Cherry Tomatoes, Mountain Fresh, Roma, Amish Paste, and
Large Heirlooms) Possibly Stupice, too.
Tim is taking requests
for the VERY large-leaved cabbage ("Late Flat Dutch" variety)--great for
stuffing. Let us know how many you want and he will have it picked for you.
Done for the year:
cauliflower, garlic, and beans. The beans were blossoming, then they died
off. (?)
We will not have:
cilantro, corn, dill, onions or winter squash.
You-Cut Herbs
Tips and ideas...
-Cut as much as you
would like and store/freeze in freezer bags or jars
-For a sausage flavor
in spaghetti sauce, combine tomato sauce with such typical sausage herbs as
fennel, basil, pepper, and onion and garlic powders
-Use savory in beans
and legumes, cabbage, root vegetables, and onions
I will take requests
featuring the herb/s of your choice. Let me know via email, as this is best.
You-Cut Flowers
-Black-Eyed Susan-
-Cosmos-
-Gladiolas- (some)
-Sunflowers-
-Zinnias-
-For those of you that
ordered or would like to purchase chicken, we will have a fresh batch this weekend.
So, you can pick up with this weekend's produce. If you do not pick up this
weekend, the birds will all be frozen by the following weekend. Below
find the list of those on the chicken order for September:
Berda
Clark, J & L
Couglin
Delucia
Green, J
Hunter, Su
Janney
Moilanen
Money
Palmer
Rumbarger
Wiitala
Zuccaro
Available to
Purchase
-Local
Honey- (from
hives in Howell)
-Eggs- (fresh,
certified organic and delicious!) $3.75/dozen
Available to
Order
-We have 3 turkeys
available for you to order out of the 60 we are raising.
-Order your October
chickens now for winter stock up.
Tips, Hints and
Ideas
--For Potatoes:
-Add raw potato chunks
to stews and hearty soups during the last 20-30 minutes of cooking.
-Keeping peeled
potatoes in cold water prevents them from discoloring; however, it also
releases their starch.
-Use cooked sliced
potatoes in quiches and omelets.
-Use left over mashed
potatoes in cakes, and yeast breads.
-Make an omelet with
potatoes, onions, peppers, olives, and eggs.
I will take requests
for Tips, Hints and Ideas featuring a vegetable of your choice. Let me know
via email, as this is best.
If we do not get
an early frost, you may have produce up to the first weekend in November
(and then one weekend in December).
Saturday,
September 24
Growing Connections
2005 Conference & Organic* Harvest Festival
The Real Deal on
Healthy Food
*certified
organic and local, environmentally-conscious grown foods & products
Springfield Oaks County
Park, Davisburg (4-H Fairgrounds in northern Oakland County) 9:30am-6:00pm
Festival Admission:
$10.00/person; children 12 & under$5 (kids under 3 free)
Workshops registration:
$20.00 pre-registered; $25 at the door
"GIVE TO A WISE PERSON
AND HE WILL BECOME STILL WISER.
IMPART KNOWLEDGE TO SOMEONE
RIGHTEOUS AND HE WILL INCREASE
IN LEARNING."
-Proverbs 9:9-
We'll see you this
weekend,
Robin Leonard
~Garden Patch Farm~
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