Week #19 Saturday, Oct. 25th – Tuesday, Oct.28th Downloadable Word .doc for printing

In your bag
Potatoes
Carrots—Bolero, a good keeper
Celeriac
Garlic
Beets
Butternut squash
Brussels Sprouts
Onions
Spinach—this is from the hoophouse, there may a few holes from grasshoppers, but it is far too tasty to discard those leaves!

Dear Spring Hill Members,

As this season comes to a close, we would like to thank all of you for all your support this past year. It is truly our great pleasure to to grow vegetables for you. We hope you enjoyed the bounty of Spring Hill. Despite a cool, wet spring, we feel this was a good growing season. From our perspective most crops did quite well, providing us with solid quantity and quality over a long period of time. As is the case with most seasons, there were winners and losers: our early greens suffered from the cold start, but the garlic, potatoes and fall carrots have been particularly bountiful. We would like to thank all of you for your commitment to this farm and your efforts on behalf of us and your fellow members. In particular, many thanks to the these folks who volunteered for a myriad of different jobs:

Pick-up Site Hosts: Susan Hoch & Jim Haefemeyer, Laura & Paul Morrill,
Nancy Peterson & Chester McCoy, Mary & Dave Hedenstrom, Janet Peters & Alan Torborg, Robin Schow & Greg Bernstein, Jim & Karen Fassett-Carmen, Wendy Fassett & Kevin Mahony, Helen Torrens & Jeff Haberer, Anne Holzinger, Amy & Keith Goetzman, Mary & Michael Vanderford, Joe & Colleen Bartels
Core Group Members: Brenda Beyer, Cathy Dolan, Brian Devore, Wendy Fassett, Nancy Dilts, Dan Philippon, Marilyn Johnson, Joe Knaeble, Kim Laudert
Community Events Committee Members: Sandra Haff, Pat Haga, Kate Hage, Erica Perl, Sue Poore, Robin Schow, Helen Torrens, Marian Wright
Story/Recipe Project: Linda Harding, Marilyn Johnson, Cathy Dolan, Brian Devore, Sandra Haff, Kim Laudert, Kathleen Morton, Robin Schow, Pat Turner
Web Site – Jess Fischer, Janet Peters
Spring Hill Video – Larry Schmitt & Katy Podolinsky
Delivery Day Coordinator – Michele Gersich

We hope you have a restful winter, and we look forward to growing with you again next year.

Michael & Patty

Writing Workshop
Work has begun on our Story/Recipe book project! We are excited about gathering and sharing some of the stories and recipes that of Spring Hill Community members. To this end, Marilyn Johnson & Kim Laudert are leading a writing workshop on Saturday, November 8th at Linden Hills Library, 10:30am-12:30pm. You are welcome to bring an existing idea for a story, or just come and participate in some exercises that will jog your memory!

Winter Reading
The October 12, 2008 New York Times Magazine featured a dazzling article by Michael Pollan entitled “Farmer In Chief—What the next president can and should do to remake the way we grow and eat our food.” This is a great article, well worth your time.