Wow its hard to believe but the CSA season is coming to an end, it feels like just last week we were planting our tomatoes and preparing for the summer and now the tomatoes (and all the rest of our summer crops) are coming out, cover crop is going in, and we're preparing to put the farm to rest for winter!
This week we will be sending out the final shares of the season and we hope you enjoy your final box of fall bounty (except for those of you who will be continuing on with us with the winter shares and have more shares to come - there is still a bit of space left for those who want to join).
We will be wrapping up the season with many of our fall favorites such as brussel sprouts, spinach, onions, shallots, leeks, storage onions, and green tomatoes! I love green tomatoes breaded and fried, the tartness of the tomato complimented by the crispy salty outside is fantastic. It's a southern classic recipe and fairly simple! The New York Times has a great recipe for them here. Green tomatoes are also often pickled, used to make chutney, or used for a spin off on salsa verde.
This weeks special squash will be the Butternut squash! Butternut squash are a familiar favorite, popular in all sorts of pasta dishes and roasted veggie medleys and soups - they were the squash that drew me in made me fall in love with all winter squash! Last week I tried a butternut squash carbonara at a restaurant and have been dying to try recreating it since! Here is a recipe from a great seasonal cooking blog I love if you want to try that experiment with me: Butternut Squash Carbonara
We will be offering more in the extras section on Harvie this week for those interested in bulking out their pantries a bit for winter and so we hope you will take advantage of the Harvie extras feature this week! There will be saurkraut, fermented hot sauce, Aurora apples and extra veggies that can hold for quite a long time such as cabbage, beets, carrots, leeks, onions and of course winter squash (available as individuals by variety or as bulk 20lb boxes)!
This week since it is the final share of the season we can't resist offering flowers one last time. So available in extras you will see large Dahlia bouquets and we're crossing our fingers that the frost holds off another week because our patch is lovely and still incredibly full!
Finally, from all of us on the farm want to send you our thanks for making the choice to eat locally and seasonally these past 4 months and to care for the earth and your local place through this choice! It has been a pleasure to grow food for you all and we have deeply appreciated your commitment to A Rocha and your choice to eat in a flexible and unique way.
It has been an incredible, wild and beautiful first season for me here at A Rocha, and I am so thankful for all of you sharing delight and patience with me through all the highs and lows of the farm this year!
We hope to see you again next season!
Cheers!
Farmer Carly
