Farm News: Week of Saturday, December 17, 2011

On-the-farm
We are starting to get into the every-other-week groove. It has been very welcome to have a week where I could not spend so much time at the computer.

Sam and I have begun work to “winterize” our packing shed. That is the concrete block building that houses our coolers and all our work stations for cleaning, portioning and packing your orders. In the winter it is sometimes well below freezing when we go in there to work (this morning it was about 15 degrees outside, and 22 in the packing shed). We are going to install a metal ceiling, blow in insulation over that, install a propane heater, install better lighting so we can see what we’re doing, and see if that makes working in the winter any better! Hopefully if we are more comfortable and can see what we’re doing, we’ll do a better job with our produce and your orders!

[Photo: Lacinato kale in the greenhouse.]

Schedule
(I’ll probably repeat this through December, as not everyone looks every week.) We have begun our winter schedule early this year, starting in December instead of January. Below are the specific dates we will be delivering this winter. You order the Wednesday before.

DEC: 3, 17, 31.  JAN: 14, 28.  FEB: 11, 25.  MAR: 10, 24.  APR: 7, 21

This week’s planned produce list

• Apples: Fuji, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Pink Lady, Apple-a-Day mix.
• Greens: arugula, cabbage, baby rainbow chard, lettuce (3 kinds), Lacinato kale, microgreens mix, pea shoots, mesclun mix, baby spinach, stir fry mix, Swiss chard.
• Veggies: beets, carrots (orange & multi-color), celeriac, garlic (green & cured bulbs), Jerusalem artichokes, leeks, onions, parsnips, potatoes (Yukon Gold, Russet, Russian Banana), radishes (Daikon, watermelon, red), rutabaga, shallots, sweet potatoes, turnips (purple-top, sweet white, mixed specialty, turnip soup pack), winter squash (acorn, butternut & seconds).
• Mushrooms: crimini, portabella, white, Royal Trumpet & Shiitake.
• Herbs: cilantro, parsley, rosemary, savory, thyme.
• Other food items: eggs, frozen chicken, butter, cheese, preserves.
• Firewood: kindling and logs.

Harvest Box contents
This week’s box contents are planned to be Grand Rapids green leaf lettuce, small cabbage, Chioggia Italian beets, carrots, XL hardneck garlic, red onions, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, winter savory, 5 pink lady apples.

Thanks much to all of you for your support,
Randy, Chris & all at Star Hollow Farm

General farm info: starhollowfarm.com.
CSA-specific info: starhollowfarm.com/csa.
Online store: store.starhollowfarm.com.

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WINTER SCHEDULE

Our schedule

• General
• Weekly (May – Thanksgiving)
• Bi-weekly (December – April)

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