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Monday, October 15, 2007

Vol 12 No 20 - Week of October 15th

When it Rains - It Pours!
Finally some rain fell at the farm. We received 5” total between two back to back storms during the week. We also had severe high winds at the farm on Friday while we were loading the truck for the Garlic Fest in Hoboken. All of a sudden about 5 trees blew down just on the line between us & our neighbors. Luckily no structures were damaged as they fell into the neighbor’s driveway. COOOOOOOLer temperatures arrive. A low of 28ºF and luckily only spotty frost damage on the plants. There would be a dead pepper plant surrounded by live ones, so there must have been just enough wind to save most of the greens in the field. A neighboring farm lost all of their basil & pepper plants. From the Fields: Just two more weeks to deliver, as long as we don’t get a freeze. We still need to harvest 8 rows of potatoes & hope to get that done this weekend so we can deliver them. More greens will be coming in your deliveries over the next two weeks. Animal Report: “The Twins” – our resident twin fawns came back to visit on Thursday as well as a visit by a quite a few blue birds. The neighborhood sparrows did not like the blue birds visiting at all as there was a ruckus in the field. Fruit ReportKeepsake Apples –Freshly picked from Windy Brow Farm. Windy Brow does have apple picking at their farm this time of year. Their phone # is 973.579.9157 so you can call for directions & dates & times they are open. It is a nice day out in the country! Work Day @ the Farm: It Garlic Time! Come out for a stinkin’ day of fun at the farm: · Work Day at the Farm – Saturday NOVEMBER 3rd 11 am to ??– Garlic planting day · (this also happens to be Farmer Rich’s birthday – so we’ll have a birthday cake) · Please RSVP so we can plan a nice seasonal lunch · Dress in layers – you never know what the weather will be · Projects include garlic popping (preparing the bulbs into individual cloves · Garlic planting · Mulching · In just a few hours we can plant hundreds of cloves · A great family fun day! Prepared Garlic Treats! We can offer members some prepared garlic products from August’s Harvest:
  • Pickled Garlic Crunch
  • Pickled Garlic Flowers
  • Red Pepper Garlic Dipping Sauce

More info on www.jerseygrown.com – they make nice gifts for the holiday season. Just e-mail us your order & we’ll e-mail you an invoice to pay via credit card!

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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