THANK YOU to everyone who renewed their Farm Share membership for 2022! We appreciate you and your trust in us as farmers. Leeks, garlic, onions, and flowers are already in the ground growing for you.
While the FarmShare ends for 2022 this weekend, we'll still have vegetables (and bread) available for you for the next three weeks, and then starting again in February as the weather allows. Please shop our self-serve FarmStand at our farm, shop via the online market Fall Line Farms, and/or visit us in person at the Farmers' Market @ St. Stephens (in the west end of Richmond).
Pictured above is Farm Class in session here last week. Some of our employees every season participate in our farmer-education program where we get nerdy about all sorts of farm topics. A lot of knowledge is needed in order to make things work in the fields! This fine group of people is about to graduate from the 2021 season. Please join us in thanking them for all of their hard work to make food available for this community! (Photo credit: Emi-Arts.com)
The forecast is for us to see 25 degrees next week. We've already seen 29 and 28 degree mornings so far this fall. This is what your Salad Mix looks like after a 29 degree freeze! (It recovered. It can do that for a little while - but not indefinitely - after experiencing 29 degrees.)
Accordingly, more and more of our harvest is coming from inside our hoophouses - see below.
REMINDER: This week is the final week of our 2022 Farm Share. We'll harvest hard to finish up the FarmShare and have lots of great options for the first half of next week (Thanksgiving), then we'll rest a bit for a few days after Thanksgiving, and finally we'll harvest what we can for the first two weeks in December. Then we'll take a break from harvest during the darkest part of winter.
Vegetable Storage Reminder: All GREENS and ROOTS need to be refrigerated in an AIR TIGHT bag or container to prevent going limp/wilty.
The delicious fermented vegetables listed here are also from Katherine at Gathered Threads. We've been making our own fermented/cultured vegetables for years, and hers are the most delicious we've ever tasted! Give them a try. Your taste buds and your gut flora will thank you. This month's options include:
And - There are EGGS available this week.
Blessings on your meals ~
