First order of business, one last reminder to check your deliveries page if you haven't already and make sure everything looks the way you want it to for the remaining weeks. Let me know if you have questions. Remaining delivery (pick-up) dates for the season are October 7th, 14th, and 21st.
Second, if you're wondering what to do when CSA ends, here's some info for you!
- Put Fill Your Pantry on your Calendar. We'll be there, November 13th at the county fairgrounds with lots of great fresh and bulk foods to get you through the winter. It's a good idea to check out their website also, as it's always a good idea to preorder what you know you want, to make sure you get it and so you can skip some lines. Preorders will be available October 23- Nov 6th.
- Look out for (limited) bulk crops for your last CSA pickup. On October 21st, we'll be offering some larger quantities of popular bulk crops (i.e. onions, carrots) as add-ons, delivered directly to your CSA pickup. We're keeping this limited to a few favorites to prevent things from getting too complicated, so still plan on Fill Your Pantry for more variety.
- After the season ends, keep your eyes out for emails regarding pop-up deliveries. If we have enough supply and variety, we often offer additional one-time share deliveries in between the end of CSA season and Fill Your Pantry.
This week we've got gorgeous (and potentially enormous) cauliflower in boxes, as well as some great roots and greens for some cozy cooking this week. It's looking like our first real freeze on the farm is coming in a couple days, and it feels right on time. We were lucky to evade a freeze last week. This fall has felt quite mild and lovely, and this is a great time for a good frost since most everything in the field is ready for it and our greenhouses are nearly fully transitioned to fall crops. We know it can be hard to say goodbye to summer fruits, but on the farm we know that the last remaining bed of tomatoes must go and make way for greens if we want to keep eating fresh into the fall and winter. Things start growing very slowly over the next month, so the time is now for planting as we lose the summer light and enter a time of rest. It's sometimes challenging, but always rewarding, we find, to embrace this seasonal flow. This week we invite you to join us in appreciating how the food on our plates shifts with the light.
Your farmers,
Ashley, Caleb and the Sungrounded Crew
