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Onion Harvest and Tomato Season Update

Posted on August 17th, 2022 by Brittany Reardon

Good morning! 

The new customization windows will be as follows, as we've been delayed sending the farm notes out each time.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY -- CSA email goes out Saturday evening OR Sunday morning, customization ends on Monday at 12 noon.

SATURDAY -- CSA email goes out Wednesday morning, customization ends on Thursday at 12 noon. 


We're writing with some unfortunate news today - we will see an early end to our tomato crop due to early blight which we suspect is due to lack of rain and stressed plants. If you're looking to put tomatoes away for the winter, this is the time! I like freezing them whole in bags and processing them during the winter months. 

The onion harvest begins! Though we've been picking fresh onions for a few weeks now, it's time to pull them to cure for the colder days ahead. Red onions are first, then cippolini, and then finally our yellow storage onions. Sweet onions will be harvested for fresh eating. We planted them late to avoid the first flight of the allium leaf miner, so the harvest is a bit late, but so far it's looking great!