It's Week 20 of our CSA season! Only 4 more weeks to go after this. It seems unreal that it's already the middle of October. The weather has been perfect for vibrant leaf color this year. Maple trees not only give us delicious syrup, but they also give us the best fall colors.
The featured photo this week might not be very pretty to look at, but it's a beautiful picture if you're an organic farmer. The compost on top of the ground is full of microorganisms that will create living soil to grow healthier plants. Glacial Till Farm uses both green and brown compost to enrich their soil.
Here's how Derek explains his process: After spring salad greens I started prepping the 2021 garlic beds.
1. Power harrow crop residue
2. Seed with peas and oats cover crop
3. Flail mow just before oats shoot head
4. Spread compost
5. Tarp.
Garlic will be going into the ground in a few weeks which marks the end of our planting season.
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We have a few cherry tomatoes, inferno peppers, and banana peppers this week. We are expecting a hard freeze this weekend, so this will probably be the last hurrah for these crops this year.
Byler Farm is making more apple cider, so be sure to edit to your share if you want some.
Dinner Bell Farm is back from vacation this week with English Muffin Bread and S'mores Blossom Cookies. They are also making Apple Dumplings available in the Webstore.
You can add mushrooms as extras this week from Full Moon Mushrooms (oyster or lions mane) and Raber Farm (shiitake).
Thanksgiving Turkeys: Preorder your Thanksgiving turkeys now! A $25.00 deposit holds your local turkey for delivery November 18-19. Two options: Fresh turkey from Byler Farm (AB) will be small, 10-15 lb. at $4.50/lb. Frozen turkey from Moose Farm (CM) will be 20+ lb., butchered and flash frozen in November, at $4.59/lb.
We also have potatoes, cabbage, beets, squash, and more in the Webstore this week. Plus bread from Going with the Grain Bakery.
Get out and enjoy the fall colors this weekend, and then enjoy a cup of mulled cider.
Amy
