Posts from September, 2008

Farm Share Info for September 30

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Tomorrow marks the first day of October and the themes of our work around the farm certainly reflects that.  All but one of our gradens have been “put to bed” with cover crops, we’ve harvested the last of our winter squash, we’re preparing to plant our garlic, we’re digging potatoes and — most notably — … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for September 23

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
So, we did have a frost last week.  Then another one and another one and probably another one tonight.  They’ve all been very light and haven’t killed anything, but the cold, cold night temperatures have slowed the growth of most crops to a stand still.  (You’ll note that there are no cukes or zukes this … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for September 16

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Frost is starting to threaten us here in Montville.  Thursday evening,the forecast has us within a couple degrees of freezing, which ispretty cold.  This may spell the end for some of the outside, heatloving crops like cucumbers, zucchini (will you really miss it?) andbasil.  We’ll do what we can to keep the frost at bay, … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for September 9

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
All shares contain: Zucchini, Summer Squash and/or Patti-pan Squash Cucumbers Tomatoes Lettuce Swiss Chard “Full” shares also contain: more squash Eggplant Basil Cherry Tomatoes Veggie NotesZucchini and Squash – Are you sick of zukes?  We aren’t, but we’re getting close.  We started picking from our second planting this week and this planting features some different … Continue reading »

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Farm Share Info for September 2

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
This first week of September sees us half way through our CSA season. It’s been 10 weeks since our first share (July 1st) and it seems like a good time to do some midseason reflection. To date, shares have contained: radishes, braising greens, lettuce, kohlrabi, garlic, tarragon, sage, napa cabbage, peas, swiss chard, cilantro, broccoli, … Continue reading »

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