With holidays around the corner, and a lot less visiting this year... we're hoping to stock you up well for special meals no matter the occasion or number of people around the table. By now you will have had a chance to see how you've eaten through your box - did you run out of some items? Do you have anything left over? You'll be even better equipped for your swaps and extras this month. Don't be shy we have a lot of good veggies to go around.
To help make planning easier, we try to keep consistent sizing of items (or specify a weight where we can). When it comes to sizing large items, small is usually around a lb and medium is around a kg. If you're ever curious don't be shy to ask, we're trying to keep customization widows a few days long to help ensure you have time to ask questions if needed :)
It can be tricky planning for a whole month at a time, but it's also key to allowing the farm crew to focus on other tasks throughout the winter. In the break since your last boxes we've harvested almost everything from the garden and put up the ribs for two new greenhouses so we can grow you even more fresh goodies through the winter next year. We've got a great crop of small carrots safely in the fridge. Nice and sweet, and as many as you can eat! We had a pleasant surprise in the Brussels sprout patch, which we cleared for thanksgiving but lots more have come to size in the cool months in between.
Special note this month: Sweet potatoes! Somehow I forgot to list the sweet potatoes last month, and so we've got lots to send out this month. We didn't cure the sweets destined for distribution this fall, because curing is only needed for long term storage (we've had them till July some years!) When I realized they hadn't been listed, it was too late to cure them. They have some spots and won't keep well past December so I'm dropping the price as they're not our usual quality. They'll store best on the counter in plastic, and keep an eye on them. Peel or cut off any spots, we've done a careful sorting but I'm labelling them as "seconds". The rest of our supply is cured and holding beautifully to feed us in Jan/Feb/Mar :)
