Lettuce Rejoice! September 12, 2024 - Summer Share Week 15

It’s Week 15 of the Summer Farm Share (only 3 more until the winter share starts, you can sign up here)!

Administrative Details

*Please remember to return your cooler bags and clips:)*

You are getting this email to let you know it’s time to customize your share, you will have until 9:00 p.m. on Monday September 9th to do so.   

Here’s a how to file: https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/1260802865550-Customizing-Your-Box-

If you run into any issues, please email support@harvie.zendesk.com, you can also reach out to me at firmlyrootedfarm@gmail.com 

If you run into issues at your pick-up, please reach out to me at 519 441 1556.

Harvie University

Harvie has excellent help files on all sorts of topics, they call their help file database ‘Harvie University’, you can find it here:

https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000048773-Harvie-University-Members

What’s in the Box?

 The fall cooking greens are gorgeous as is the spinach.  

We'll be sending out delicata squash for the next few weeks.  We love to slice it into half-moons, roast it in a hot oven, and then use it in salads or as a side.  You should definately eat the pretty thin skin too.  

https://www.loveandlemons.com/roasted-delicata-squash/

Other squashes need to cure before they reach best eating quality so you'll see them closer to Thanksgiving. 

The peppers are abundant, but ripening slowly; instead of waiting, we are going to embrace green peppers.

Broccoli should be coming ready sometime in the next two weeks, and if all goes as planned it'll stick around for several weeks.  Cauliflower will be hot on it's heels.  

On the Farm

We planted our final outdoor transplants for 2024; next week will be the final outdoor seeding. 

We started pulling down beds of greenhouse cucumbers that were well passed their prime to make room for winter greens.  

I'm really excited about winter crops this year though leek moth has wreaked havoc on our alliums so there won't be leeks, and our scallion crop is smaller then usual.  

The carrots look like they may be our best ever, and the sweet potato lake (below) is impressive. 

 Thanks for eating well with us; it truly means the world.  

That’s all for now, happy eating until next time,

Farmer Tamara