It's bulk carrot harvest time on the farm! Carrots thrive in the cooler, shorter days of late fall. Every October we harvest and wash about 10,000 lbs of these orange beauties and we store them in our root cellar for Winter and Spring CSA Shares. It's a huge task, and it seems daunting at first, but once we get into the rhythm of the harvest it's really enjoyable work and we can usually get the whole harvest done in 3-4 weeks.
Fall carrots are sweet and bright with a satisfying crunchy snap- they're so fresh they don't need to be peeled. Now is the time for colorful sheet pan roasts of all the roots- kohlrabi, carrots, beets, and potatoes, tossed with some oil and garlic and finished with a sprinkling of fresh rosemary and thyme.
Seasonal Recipes
Carrots with Rosemary Maple Butter
Roasted Turnips and Pears with Honey-Rosemary Drizzle
Rueben Quiche featuring R5F Caraway Powerkraut! - Original Recipe from our Kitchen Manager Cindy!
