October 19, 2013
This week's harvest:
Kale
Butternut Squash
Pumpkins
Ginger
Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Red & Yellow Peppers
Hot Peppers
Cilantro
Daikon Radish
Celery
This week's farm news:
The garlic planting was completed this week. We still need to lay a blanket of mulch on it for the winter but the biggest amount of the work is all done. There should be no shortage of garlic next year, as we planted a whopping 7,000-9,000 cloves. Hooray!
We also dug all the rest of the ginger this week, too. It looks like enough to see us through this fall season as well as give ginger beer making a whirl. And crystallized ginger... and very gingery kimchi - which was another big project for the week. We made our first batch of kimchi which will probably yield 8 gallons or so. Yum. The house is already permeated with the mingling smells of ginger, Chinese cabbage, carrots, daikon, onions, garlic, and hot peppers. It's making my mouth water! One of our favorite winter-time meals is a baked sweet potato with lots of butter and a big scoop of kimchi!
Sunday, November 24, 2013
2013 Fall Season, week 2
October 12, 2013
This week's harvest:
Celery
Sweet Potatoes
Acorn Squash - "Thelma Sanders"
Daikon Radish
Kohlrabi
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips - medium shares
Cilantro and/or Basil (medium shares)
Onions
Tomatoes
Ginger
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Greens choice between: Tuscan Kale, Flat-Leaf Kale, Arugula, and/or Mizuna
This week's news:
The week started off with a big rain, all day long, last Sunday. It was welcome... More for the sake of having a day of rest than for moisture in the garden! Our whole crew was pretty tired after last week's sweet potato harvest.
After the rain, we had a few nights of the coolest temperatures we've had thus far this season. A lovely shareholder family came up to the farm for a few days of camping during those coolest nights, but a nice campfire and still warm autumn sunshine were just the ticket for warming up. One of their little boys and Ira are good buddies, so we had him stay with us the rest of the week. Since most of Ira's days are filled with little sisters, it was great for him to have some quality boy-time: fishing, riding bikes, racing cars, sleeping in a tent. What fun! Otherwise, this week we all got sore thumbs from "popping" garlic (breaking apart the bulbs) in preparation for planting. And yesterday was dry enough in the garden to get a good start on that project!
This week's harvest:
Celery
Sweet Potatoes
Acorn Squash - "Thelma Sanders"
Daikon Radish
Kohlrabi
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips - medium shares
Cilantro and/or Basil (medium shares)
Onions
Tomatoes
Ginger
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Greens choice between: Tuscan Kale, Flat-Leaf Kale, Arugula, and/or Mizuna
This week's news:
The week started off with a big rain, all day long, last Sunday. It was welcome... More for the sake of having a day of rest than for moisture in the garden! Our whole crew was pretty tired after last week's sweet potato harvest.
After the rain, we had a few nights of the coolest temperatures we've had thus far this season. A lovely shareholder family came up to the farm for a few days of camping during those coolest nights, but a nice campfire and still warm autumn sunshine were just the ticket for warming up. One of their little boys and Ira are good buddies, so we had him stay with us the rest of the week. Since most of Ira's days are filled with little sisters, it was great for him to have some quality boy-time: fishing, riding bikes, racing cars, sleeping in a tent. What fun! Otherwise, this week we all got sore thumbs from "popping" garlic (breaking apart the bulbs) in preparation for planting. And yesterday was dry enough in the garden to get a good start on that project!
Sunday, October 6, 2013
2013 Fall Season, week 1
October 4, 2013
This week's harvest:
Butternut Squash
Sweet Potatoes
Ginger(!)
Kale
Bok Choi
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips w/Greens!
Daikon Radish
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Sweet and Hot Peppers
Onions and Sage
This week's farm news:
Welcome to the fall season, friends! There's so much to harvest in the gardens right now, especially since we are still harvesting from some of the summer crops, that we hope your appetites are big!
The big project of the week, and it took most of the week to complete, was harvesting the sweet potatoes. And oh, my! There were lots. We estimate about three thousand pounds were lifted from the garden soil, hauled out of the field, down to the hill to our homestead, and tucked away under blankets into the warmth of our greenhouse for curing. They look fabulous, too! This is our family's staple winter food so having them all harvested and stored and safely protected from the coming cold weather feels just right.
Next on the list is getting our garlic crop planted and sowing the last round of cover crops on any open ground, and that will pretty much wrap up this busy and productive growing season!
This week's harvest:
Butternut Squash
Sweet Potatoes
Ginger(!)
Kale
Bok Choi
"Hakurei" Salad Turnips w/Greens!
Daikon Radish
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Sweet and Hot Peppers
Onions and Sage
This week's farm news:
Welcome to the fall season, friends! There's so much to harvest in the gardens right now, especially since we are still harvesting from some of the summer crops, that we hope your appetites are big!
The big project of the week, and it took most of the week to complete, was harvesting the sweet potatoes. And oh, my! There were lots. We estimate about three thousand pounds were lifted from the garden soil, hauled out of the field, down to the hill to our homestead, and tucked away under blankets into the warmth of our greenhouse for curing. They look fabulous, too! This is our family's staple winter food so having them all harvested and stored and safely protected from the coming cold weather feels just right.
Next on the list is getting our garlic crop planted and sowing the last round of cover crops on any open ground, and that will pretty much wrap up this busy and productive growing season!
Sunday, September 29, 2013
2013 Season, Week 20
September 28, 2013
This week's harvest:
Cut Lettuce Mix
Choice between: Kale, Bokchoi, Arugula, Collards
Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Eggplant and/or Patty Pan Squash
Watermelon - medium shares
Muskmelons - small shares
Hot Peppers
Potatoes
Onions
Spaghetti Squash - free choice
This week's farm news
Well, we are so happy to be back in Bugtussle! We had a fabulous vacation at the beach, packed full of fun in the sun, but there's no place like home. Jesse and Hannah took care of everything at the farm splendidly and we're so proud of all of our critters for being on their best behavior while we were away, and not giving Jesse and Hannah any grief - like last year!
It's very evident that the season has shifted to autumn. Having been away these past ten days, it is especially apparent - with so many leaves on the ground and so much more light filtering through the canopy of the trees. And it's so much cooler here than it was at the beach! This is just such a lovely time of year.
And now that we're back, we are going to get busy harvesting crops that need to be brought in before frost (sweet potatoes, ginger, acorn squash) which is surely just around the corner! And it's time to get the garlic planted and to also put many garden beds to rest for the cold season. Another busy growing season is coming to a close...
This week's harvest:
Cut Lettuce Mix
Choice between: Kale, Bokchoi, Arugula, Collards
Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Eggplant and/or Patty Pan Squash
Watermelon - medium shares
Muskmelons - small shares
Hot Peppers
Potatoes
Onions
Spaghetti Squash - free choice
This week's farm news
Well, we are so happy to be back in Bugtussle! We had a fabulous vacation at the beach, packed full of fun in the sun, but there's no place like home. Jesse and Hannah took care of everything at the farm splendidly and we're so proud of all of our critters for being on their best behavior while we were away, and not giving Jesse and Hannah any grief - like last year!
It's very evident that the season has shifted to autumn. Having been away these past ten days, it is especially apparent - with so many leaves on the ground and so much more light filtering through the canopy of the trees. And it's so much cooler here than it was at the beach! This is just such a lovely time of year.
And now that we're back, we are going to get busy harvesting crops that need to be brought in before frost (sweet potatoes, ginger, acorn squash) which is surely just around the corner! And it's time to get the garlic planted and to also put many garden beds to rest for the cold season. Another busy growing season is coming to a close...
Sunday, September 22, 2013
2013 Season, Week 19
September 21, 2013
This week's harvest:
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Tomatoes
Spaghetti Squash
Garlic
Collards
Choice of: Cut Lettuce/Kale/Mustard Greens
Onions
Green Beans
Hot & Sweet Peppers
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
Well, we haven't heard a peep from the Smiths, so they must be having a blast on vacation! So far, (and I am KNOCKING ON WOOD as I write this) everything has gone very smoothly. We are hoping for so repeats of the last time we watched the farm - when the pigs escaped into the woods and complete chaos ensued, ending with a ram smashing his head against an iron gate and cracking his horn off. Oh my.
This year, all has been quiet and peaceful, if not a bit busy. We have filled the days mostly with animal chores - moving the sheep and cattle in Eric's rotational grazing program, bottle feeding a calf, giving Ira's rather large avian menagerie food and water, collecting eggs - not to mention our own homestead critters! Still, we have had time to do some garden work as well, including hand-weeding the fall garden - and let me tell you, it is looking DELICIOUS.
Like always, things aren't the same without Eric, Cher, Ira, Opal, and Livi on the farm. True, we do love the normally absent QUIET, but we are looking forward to the family's return, screaming children and all.
- Hannah and Jesse
This week's harvest:
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Tomatoes
Spaghetti Squash
Garlic
Collards
Choice of: Cut Lettuce/Kale/Mustard Greens
Onions
Green Beans
Hot & Sweet Peppers
Eggplant
This week's farm news:
Well, we haven't heard a peep from the Smiths, so they must be having a blast on vacation! So far, (and I am KNOCKING ON WOOD as I write this) everything has gone very smoothly. We are hoping for so repeats of the last time we watched the farm - when the pigs escaped into the woods and complete chaos ensued, ending with a ram smashing his head against an iron gate and cracking his horn off. Oh my.
This year, all has been quiet and peaceful, if not a bit busy. We have filled the days mostly with animal chores - moving the sheep and cattle in Eric's rotational grazing program, bottle feeding a calf, giving Ira's rather large avian menagerie food and water, collecting eggs - not to mention our own homestead critters! Still, we have had time to do some garden work as well, including hand-weeding the fall garden - and let me tell you, it is looking DELICIOUS.
Like always, things aren't the same without Eric, Cher, Ira, Opal, and Livi on the farm. True, we do love the normally absent QUIET, but we are looking forward to the family's return, screaming children and all.
- Hannah and Jesse
Sunday, September 15, 2013
2013 Season, week 18
September 14, 2013
This week's harvest:
Tomatoes
Potatoes - Yukon Gold
Garlic
Onions
Lettuce
Red Russian Kale
Muskmelons - medium shares
Watermelons - small shares
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Okra
Eggplant and/or Patty Pan Squash
This week's farm news:
It was a very busy week. There was so much to do, especially since the Smith Family will be heading south for the beach following market today! Hooray! We are all very excited and looking forward to a little fun in the sun. Jesse and Hannah will be navigating "Ship Bugtussle" for the next 10 days. Eric and I did our best to leave the farm in a state that won't make all of the extra chores overwhelming for them... So that maybe they can even have some peace and quiet on the farm without our wild family! Jesse and Hannah are pros at this point anyways, and we feel so blessed to have them here and confident all will be fine and dandy when we return home!
So all of this busy-ness in the garden this week came from setting most of the remaining transplants, weeding, harvesting the pumpkins and spaghetti squash, sowing spinach, and just generally getting everything in a state of order before our departure. So Jesse and Hannah will be on their own at market next week, and we'll see you in two weeks!
This week's harvest:
Tomatoes
Potatoes - Yukon Gold
Garlic
Onions
Lettuce
Red Russian Kale
Muskmelons - medium shares
Watermelons - small shares
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Okra
Eggplant and/or Patty Pan Squash
This week's farm news:
It was a very busy week. There was so much to do, especially since the Smith Family will be heading south for the beach following market today! Hooray! We are all very excited and looking forward to a little fun in the sun. Jesse and Hannah will be navigating "Ship Bugtussle" for the next 10 days. Eric and I did our best to leave the farm in a state that won't make all of the extra chores overwhelming for them... So that maybe they can even have some peace and quiet on the farm without our wild family! Jesse and Hannah are pros at this point anyways, and we feel so blessed to have them here and confident all will be fine and dandy when we return home!
So all of this busy-ness in the garden this week came from setting most of the remaining transplants, weeding, harvesting the pumpkins and spaghetti squash, sowing spinach, and just generally getting everything in a state of order before our departure. So Jesse and Hannah will be on their own at market next week, and we'll see you in two weeks!
Sunday, September 8, 2013
2013 Season, week 17
September 7, 2013
This week's harvest:
lettuce
tomatoes
kale
sweet peppers
hot peppers
okra
potatoes
onions
garlic
basil
summer squash and/or eggplant
This week's farm news:
It was another glorious week on the farm. The weather was pleasant and the days carried with them the dry, crispness of autumn. Early in the week, we had a few small rainshowers. They were very isolated little pockets of rain that we were thrilled to receive. Even though not much rain fell, it was still adequate for germinating lots of the seeds that were sown last week. Hooray!
The big project of the week was harvesting the butternut squash. Now we have it stored in the barn's loft for curing. The crop looks so much better than last year's, so our mouths are watering for butternut squash pie. And squash soup. And squash porridge... Divine. Watch the farm's blog (www.bugtusslefarm.com) for more about the squash harvest accompanied by some photos.
And finally, I wanted to put out the word that we are now signing folks up for THIS SEASON'S FALL SHARE. Most of you current shareholders are already aware of this, but those of you who haven't been part of the summer season this year might like the details, as we should have a little extra space in the CSA. The fall season will begin Saturday, October 5th and last eight weeks until Saturday, November 23. The price will be $175 for a small share; $275 for a medium share; and $375 for the family share. The fall garden is looking great. In fact, we are beginning to harvest from it already! Last week's arugula and this week's lettuce and kale were harvested from the very eager fall crops. (We are so happy to have more greens entering our meals once again!) Also in the fall share you can look forward to sweet potatoes, winter squash, a wide variety of greens (lettuce, kale, arugula, chinese cabbage, spinach, swiss chard, etc.), carrots, hakurei salad turnips, cauliflower, celery, and a continuation of the summer crops up until frost. We are very hopeful about a great fall season. Let us know if you are interested!
Cheers!
Cher, Eric, and the Bugtussle crew
This week's harvest:
lettuce
tomatoes
kale
sweet peppers
hot peppers
okra
potatoes
onions
garlic
basil
summer squash and/or eggplant
This week's farm news:
It was another glorious week on the farm. The weather was pleasant and the days carried with them the dry, crispness of autumn. Early in the week, we had a few small rainshowers. They were very isolated little pockets of rain that we were thrilled to receive. Even though not much rain fell, it was still adequate for germinating lots of the seeds that were sown last week. Hooray!
The big project of the week was harvesting the butternut squash. Now we have it stored in the barn's loft for curing. The crop looks so much better than last year's, so our mouths are watering for butternut squash pie. And squash soup. And squash porridge... Divine. Watch the farm's blog (www.bugtusslefarm.com) for more about the squash harvest accompanied by some photos.
And finally, I wanted to put out the word that we are now signing folks up for THIS SEASON'S FALL SHARE. Most of you current shareholders are already aware of this, but those of you who haven't been part of the summer season this year might like the details, as we should have a little extra space in the CSA. The fall season will begin Saturday, October 5th and last eight weeks until Saturday, November 23. The price will be $175 for a small share; $275 for a medium share; and $375 for the family share. The fall garden is looking great. In fact, we are beginning to harvest from it already! Last week's arugula and this week's lettuce and kale were harvested from the very eager fall crops. (We are so happy to have more greens entering our meals once again!) Also in the fall share you can look forward to sweet potatoes, winter squash, a wide variety of greens (lettuce, kale, arugula, chinese cabbage, spinach, swiss chard, etc.), carrots, hakurei salad turnips, cauliflower, celery, and a continuation of the summer crops up until frost. We are very hopeful about a great fall season. Let us know if you are interested!
Cheers!
Cher, Eric, and the Bugtussle crew
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