Final Delivery of the Season
Thanks to all CSA members for your continued support. We hope you enjoyed the variety offered throughout the season.
Every year presents new challenges and this year was no different. First it was too wet, and then it was too dry during the early part of the season. To end the season it was too dry again and Farmer Rich had to irrigate in October! Our Farmhand Leslie had some medical problems during the harvest season so Farmer Rich was left with intermittent help during that time. This year we changed our farming system, expanding the fields to be tractor friendly and used black plastic with drip-tape irrigation which presented a whole new set of problems. Weeds were difficult to control on each side of the plastic and it seemed that not enough water was getting on the beds. That equated to a reduction in yields, though the season was much better than last year. Over the winter, Farmer Rich will be revamping ideas on the growing systems in the new larger fields so hopefully we won’t have this problem again.
Comments are always welcome, so feel free to drop us an e-mail or give us a call with suggestions for next season.
From the Fields: We have a Work-Day scheduled on November 3rd to plant garlic & we hope that many of you will be able to come & help. Farmer Rich was starting to prepare the fields & low & behold the tractor wouldn’t start. A mechanic friend is checking it out. Either way we’ll have the field ready for garlic planting on the 3rd.
Fruit Report – Enterprise Apples –Freshly picked from Windy Brow Farm.
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 http://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!
Annual End of Season 
December 1st – 7:00 pm @ the Hoboken Historical Museum 1301 Hudson Street in Hoboken (a parking garage is close by). All CSA members are invited from all our drop-off locations – Mahwah, Hoboken Midtown, Hoboken West, Jersey City & On-Farm Pick-up! Please RSVP to Nancy Jessup & let her know what you will be bringing to the potluck. Please sned her your name & callback number just incase she needs to make any changes to the menu. Click here to send an e-mail
Thank you for your support!
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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