Week #14 Tuesday, Sept. 11th -Saturday, Sept. 15th , 2007 Downloadable Word .doc for printing

In your bag
Melon or Apples, Cucumbers
Yellow Onions, Garlic
Swiss Chard (Magenta)
Peppers –Sweet peppers, Anaheim (long & green)
Jalapeno (short & green)
Broccoli
Tomatoes (includes red and/or green zebras)
Romas (LaRossa romas and Black Plums)
Parsley, Cilantro

This Week's Recipes
Insalata Caprese
Spicy but Simple Tomato Sauce
I’d love for you to send us some of your favorite ways to cook Spring Hill veggies so that I can share them with other members.

Next Week’s Bag
We debated about sending winter squash and opted for starting next week. We’ll likely send some chard, more roma tomatoes, peppers and probably a cabbage. It may be that we send some leeks. I know I’m being a little vague here.
The weather – I’m thinking frost here – is pretty unpredictable right now.

FALL WORK DAY Downloadable Word .doc for printing
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd 11:00am-4:00pm
Spring Hill’s Annual Fall Work Day is just around the corner. Join us for a day of garden work, good food, and fun. Weather permitting, we’ll dig potatoes, do some garden clean-up, harvest pumpkins, string chili peppers, press apples into cider, make vegetable soup over the fire and enjoy a fall day. There’s no need to RSVP, just show-up ready to help and enjoy the day. You should have received a flyer with details either by e-mail or snail mail (by Thursday) but if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail.

Mark your calendars
for our Harvest Dinner. We’ll celebrate the season with a potluck dinner on Saturday evening, November 3rd at St. Frances Cabrini Church in Minneapolis.

Farm News
We are thinking of this week’s bag as the “last of summer” bag. Already there have been threats of frost here and the weather is definitely fall-like. This week is the last of the melons. Tomatoes have slowed down considerably – except the romas which will keep going until we’re no longer able to protect them from frosty nights. As for the herbs, this is the last of the cilantro and the basil. Basil doesn’t like it when the temps drop below 40, and we’ve been getting close. The beans --oh the beans. We began the season announcing this as the “year of the bean.” We purchased seed for several new varieties and had hopes of a continual supply of beans in various colors and sizes and shapes. The reality has been quite different. Part of it has been due to deer feasting on bean blossoms – that really puts a dent in the yield. The Dragon Tongue beans took a hit with the dry weather – remember that dry month of June – which set them up for a disease and they never did produce enough beans to send. Our trusty Maxibel green filet beans did fairly well for the first couple of rounds of beans but since then, it’s been tough.
Next week, and for the remainder of the season, we’ll shift to the fall veggies. Look for some winter squash, maybe a cabbage, potatoes, carrots, leeks, rosemary, sage – fixins for a good soup or stew. There’s still plenty of wonderful eating from the garden and our plan is to continue deliveries through Saturday, October 27th.
On the home front we’re all adjusting to the school schedule. We’re also in “food preservation mode.” David made several batches of pesto which are now in the freezer. Maggie helped chop and squish apples for some beautiful apple and apple raspberry sauce and we’ve all helped with raspberry jam. Now, it’s on to the tomatoes!

Next Week’s Harvesters
Tuesday, September 18th – Amy & Troy Sinykin, Beth Leonidas, Kate Kysar, Amanda Douglas, Marc Beitz & Amy Cichanowski
Saturday, September 23rd – Brian Berg & Carrie Pomeroy, Anne Holzinger, Sue Illg & David Musielwicz, Amy Votava & David Hemphill