To all of our new and returning members, welcome!
We want to thank each of you for supporting us this season, we can't wait to share with you what we've been up to in our brief hiatus. We've welcomed several new apprentices and interns since our last season and they have been a tremendous help with getting us back up and running for our new season. As the seasons begin to change, we're noticing many differences here on the farm. The days are shorter, certain crops aren't producing as heavily while others are thriving, and, much to my chagrin, fruit season has come to an end. We are embracing these seasonal changes by starting our work days earlier so we can still get our tasks in before the sun sets and focusing more heavily on planting crops here at the farm since we can no longer rely on our orchards to supply us with produce for our shares.
We have some exciting new crops in the ground that will be ready for harvest later in the season such as broccoli, scotch bonnet peppers, lacinato kale and slicer tomatoes! While we wait for these goodies we have lots of other delicious produce to hold us over such as eggplant, okra, and cherry tomatoes to name a few. This week we have a few half pints of guavaberries available, our trees reminding us that this year is coming to a close and holiday season is nearly upon us! If, like me, you're missing fruit season already, we have you covered with plenty of carambola and some West Indian (acerola) cherries as well.
Additionally, with an abundance of certain crops, we have been getting creative in the kitchen these past few weeks and have some exciting new value added items to add to our inventory. This week we will have pickled okra and a pickled vegetable medley available. If you find yourself oftentimes craving a salty snack, pickles are my go-to and really nothing much beats crunchy, pickled, farm fresh veggies. We also have some carambola chutney, and if you've been to any of our Slow Down dinners in the past few weeks you know just what I'm talking about. This chutney is sweet and sour and a perfect addition to a charcuterie board, meat, sandwiches, you name it. I just eat it straight out of the jar...
We hope everyone has a great week and we look forward to seeing you this weekend!
Elizabeth and the Farm Crew
