Week 22; November 3, 2022

What’s in the box?

Butternut or Buttercup squash

onions

leeks

brussel sprouts

potatoes

turnips and radishes

leaf lettuce and Romaine

spinach

kale

Romanesco (large and medium, limited)

parsley (large and medium)

baby pac choi

carrots (large only)

garlic

Notes on the box.

I can’t remember when we got such a leafy last box, but with some covering persistence through the cold snap, and above average temperatures through October we made it. Even though we had a crop failure on the potatoes we had some generous neighboring farms who offered up their extras for us to send to you. The CSA community goes beyond just us, and is a wonderful dynamic in a community of farmers. Sharing information and helping where we can. Thanks to Threshing Table farm in Star Prairie and Sweet Top farm in Deer Park.

Cosmic Wheel Creamery Cheese Shares.

This week we have our aged swiss and a new flavor of Quark! I added honey to the quark to make a nice sweet spread. Great on a bagel, pumpkin bread, carrot muffins, or on roasted squash! The swiss doesn’t have nice big holes in it like the swiss at the store since we don’t have the aging space to have the varying temperatures needed to make that happen, but it’s still super yummy!

Recipes.

Sesame Sheet Pan Salmon with Baby Bok Choy and Hakuri Turnips
Palak Mooli - Spinach with Radish

On the Farm.

This is it, the last CSA box for 2022. But this isn’t it from us. you dont have to wait for next year to get food from us. We are working on making ourselves available year round. The past 4 years we have been opening up our online farmstand (link found on website). There you can find all our food when it is stocked. Beef, Pork, cheeses, and winter vegetables. We will have dates posted and available to order soon. Our first Winter delivery will be NOVEMBER 17th. You will not be able to order until we have updated the store. So we will notify everyone when that is all set and ready to order (they updated the system and we now need to get caught up). online orders work like this; select a date, place the order, choose ‘pickup’ for for pick up at a delivery site or choose ‘delivery’ for Home delivery. leave any special instructions as needed on the order for delivery and be sure your home address is correct and up to date.

Additionally we will be at winter farmers markets throughout the winter. Nov 12th at Neighborhood Roots market in South Mpls, Nov 19th at Mill City Market at the Mill City Museum, and Nov 20th in St Croix Falls. More dates in December and later into the Winter and early Spring. Follow us on Instagram for Market updates.

Thank you all so much! Community Supported Agriculture isn’t possible with out our community of eaters. And a HUGE thank you to our 2022 farm crew.

We will be opening sign-ups for the 2023 season in January or February. We would love any feedback you care to offer. Many many thanks!