Week #17 Saturday, Oct. 11th - Tuesday Oct. 14th

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In your bag:
Winter Squash - (Delicata – cut this sweet squash in half lengthwise before baking.  The skin is so tender, it can be eaten as well.)
Pie Pumpkin
Potatoes, Shallots, Garlic
Carrots
Beets
Arugula
Cauliflower and/or Broccoli

Coming Soon. 
We’ll get those Brussels sprouts to you next week along with some kale and sunshine squash.

Harvest Dinner November 1st
Spring Hill’s Annual Fall Dinner will be held Saturday evening November 1st at St. Frances Cabrini Church in Minneapolis.  Mark your calendar now and look for a flyer soon!

Vegetables through October!
Weekly vegetable deliveries will continue through October.  The final Saturday delivery will be October 25th and the last Tuesday delivery October 28th. 

Winter Share
Many  of you signed-up for our winter share.  We’ll be in touch in a couple of weeks with delivery details.  This delivery of storage vegetables will be sent out a week or two before Thanksgiving.  If you’re not sure if you signed-up for one, contact the farm.

Farm News
We just got in from planting the bulk of next year’s garlic!  With some luck we’ll finish it off (or come close anyway) tomorrow with our harvest/delivery crew.   It is a good feeling to have that project well on its way to completion.  The fall weather can sometimes be tricky for garlic planting.  If we have an extended rainy period, it can take a long time for the soil to dry out with the short, cool days of fall.    The forecast has us heading into a rainy period so we will be very glad to have the garlic in.

We’ve had a little help over the past two weeks with a couple of “Willing Workers On Organic Farms,” otherwise known as “Woofers” who have been working on a neighboring CSA, North Creek Community Farm.   Brenda from Illinois joined us for a couple of days last week and Dylan spent a couple of days here this week.  Both of them brought an amazing amount of experience with them, Brenda having worked on a number of farms around Illinois and Dylan having traveled across the country working in Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Wisconsin and now on to Florida.   We enjoyed having both of them here and particularly loved hearing their stories and insights from having worked other places.

The valley has been absolute beautiful this week.  The maples (at their peak now) joined by the birch and poplar are putting on quite a show.  Their beauty is a very welcome distraction from both the economy and the election.

Next Week’s Harvesters
Saturday, October  18th  – Rebecca Noran & Jon Dehning, Carolyn Essig, Lynn Cooper & Scott Lewis, Heather Struwe
Tuesday,  October 21st  -  Stacie & Jessie Warejoncas, Lisa Mills, Sandra Haff, Gail & Peter Sorensen, Tom & Lorrie Evans