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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Catalpa Ridge News Vol 11 No 21 - Week of October 23rd

Annual Woolly Bear Caterpillar Report

Annual Woolly Bear Caterpillar Report- The annual Woolly Bear Caterpillar Report is in for this year. This has become an annual part of the newsletter for the past 11 years and for the most part has been pretty accurate. Weather folklore enthusiasts have long assessed that the woolly bear caterpillar is one insect that is supposed to give us some insight as to how severe the winter will be. It is said that if the middle stripe is narrower than either of the black stripes, the winter will be severe. Conversely, if the center stripe is wide, we'll have a mild winter. If all the stripes are the same size, we'll have an average winter.

What Catalpa Ridge's Woolly Bears are showing:woollybear.jpg

From the Fields: Garlic will be planted this Sunday and new fields have been prepared for this. Also we are in the process of reconfiguring our fields to accommodate our new tractor. All the fencing is way overdue on most of our fields & this project will be on-going in the off-season. The only fencing we were able to replace was around the round field in the summer.

Fruit Report: Jonathan Apples from Windy Brow Farm. This variety originated in 1826 from farm of Philip Rick in Woodstock, Ulster County, New York. Believed to be an Esopus Spitzenburg seedling. Described 1826. Although it may have originally been called the "Rick apple," it was soon renamed by Judge Buel, President of Albany Horticultural Society, after Jonathan Hasbrouck, who discovered the apple and brought it to Buel's attention.

Upcoming Events:

· Garlic Planting @ the Farm - Saturday October 29th usually between 11 am - 4 pm
· Please RSVP so we can plan lunch

REMINDER - Next week is the last delivery of the season. We appreciate all of your support during this very difficult year. The weather did not cooperate for most of the season and unfortunately we did not have the variety we usually like to deliver as well as quality problems overall. We can only wish that next year will be better.

LLAST DELIVERY NEXT WEEKL

Annual End-of-Season Potluck!!!

Potluck.jpg

November 11th -

7:30 pm@ the Hoboken Historical Museum

1301 Hudson Street in (a parking garage is close by). All CSA members are invited from all our drop-off locations - Ramsey, Hoboken Midtown, Hoboken West,, Vernon Valley & On-Farm Pick-up!

Please RSVP to Valerie D'Antonio by emailing her (just click here) with what you will be bringing to the potluck. Please leave your name & callback number just incase she needs to make any changes to the menu.

Pick of the Week: Click on the link below (or on the right) for your drop-off location. This time of year the deliveries will be the same in pounds & variety but may include different items at each location.

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