This has been a very exciting week at the farm. Three of our sows gave birth to the sweetest little piglets, we harvested all of our winter squash, and we harvested our best crop of broccoli yet! Having more baby animals to care for is a challenge and a joy. Two of our sows rejected their babies, leaving our one good mother to care for all 15. Unfortunately we lost five of the piglets, but the remaining ten seem healthy and active and momma pig, Annabelle, is doing a great job as a new mother.

We are definitely feeling fall in the air. The leaves are beginning to turn on the farm, and the summer crops are slowly beginning to peter out. Instead of the full lush garden of summer, we have many empty beds waiting to be cover-cropped for the winter. I've learned so much this year. And despite being tired and ready for the rest that winter promises, I can't help but be excited for next season. I am already dreaming about new crops to try (ruffled red peppers, and Mexican gherkins for example) and contemplating ways to improve the farm.

We are also currently raising a batch of 100 meat birds, which will be ready to harvest at the end of October. Please get in touch if you are interested in purchasing locally-grown chicken, raised on pasture, organic feed and organic garden scraps. We will also be selling our piglets at the end of November. They are all registered American Guinea Hogs, which are a great breed for small farms as they are incredibly friendly, great foragers and much smaller then factory farmed pigs.

In the share this week you will find parsnips; they are one of my favorite root vegetables: delicious roasted, fried or mashed. We also have broccoli raab this week. Our broccoli raab is great sauteed in the pan with oil and garlic. It has a distinctly mustardy taste, and the leaf is incredibly tender.

Full Share

Broccoli, Gypsy - 1 head

Beans, Carson Yellow Wax - 1/2 Pound

Leeks - 2 each

Parsnips - 1 pound

Tomatoes - Heirloom and Red Slicers

Sweet Peppers, Italian Frying - 6 each

Broccoli Raab, Spring Raab - 1 bunch

Beets - 1 pound

Eggplant - 1# each

Chard - 1 bunch

Kohlrabi - 1 each

Cilantro - 1 bunch

Anaheim Peppers - 5 each

Half Share