Spring Hill 2009 Newsletter #16



		Week #16 Sat, Sept. 26th –Tues, Sept. 29th 2009 Downloadable Word .doc for printing In your bag Shallots, Onions, Turnips Broccoli, Cauliflower, Eggplant* (*2 of these 3) Fingerling Potatoes Melon Saturday for sure – hopefully Tuesday! Winter squash - Sunshine Peppers – last of the season mix Roma tomatoes – a bunch! Herbs – Thyme, Rosemary How Many More Weeks of Veggies? We still have four weeks of vegetables to go! Our plan is to deliver vegetables through Saturday, October 24th and Tuesday, October 27th. The remaining bags will have an assortment of beets, cabbage, winter squash, leeks, onions, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, celeriac, garlic and shallots, carrots and parsnips. Time for some vegetable roasting and soup making! FALL WORK DAY!!! Spring Hill’s Annual Fall Work Day is Sunday, October 4th – noon-4:00pm. Join us for potato digging, garlic popping, cider pressing and soup making … Farm News It’s been a week of squash harvesting here on the farm. With the help of Dylan and Ingrid, willing workers from North Creek Community Farm, the squash harvest is complete! And, most importantly, it looks to be a good one. You’ve already received some of the Honey Bear squash, a new variety for us this year. We’re sending Sunshines this week. Aren’t they beautiful? They’ve become one of my favorites, baked in the oven and served with a little butter and kosher salt and sage if we have some. The delicatas, a favorite of many for their amazing sweetness, look good as do the butternut squash which is so nice for making soups and cutting up for roasting. We also dug some of the French Fingerling potatoes this week. They are such a nice fingerling potato. They actually have some size to them, their interior is beautiful – yellow with a ring of pink – and their waxy texture makes them quite delicious. We like them roasted or boiled a little and then sautéed in butter. Nothing better! My dad, along with our neighbors Kris and Jay (who are learning the art of beekeeping) harvested their honey this week. Leaving enough honey for the bees to get through the winter, they removed the “extra”, cut off the wax toppings and ran the honey filled frames through a centrifuge. After straining they have some beautiful golden honey. Not too much, given the bear visits over the summer, but enough for my dad to keep honey on his toast! Our nephew was married last weekend, Maggie’s birthday is this weekend and our Fall Work day is just around the corner. Life is full! Next Week’s Harvesters Saturday, October 3rd - Amy Votava & David Hemphill, Carrie Pomeroy and Brian Berg,Ann & Alan Koehler, Elaine & Lary May, Kristine & David Kolcinski Tuesday, October 6th - Hermann Weinlick, Sharon Wilson, Joe Knaeble, Jacki Betsworth NEED ONE!