Last week was a freeze, this week is the flu
Leslie has been out sick for 2 weeks now and fortunately Jessie & Allyson have helped Farmer Rich a few days during the week. Now Farmer Rich is sick and trying to work, but finding it difficult. He’ll be in the field harvesting a few radishes, then has to go & sit in the truck to rest, then go back out & try again. We usually have a large delivery at the end of the season as all the odds & ends are harvested, but with everyone sick it is virtually impossible to get them off the field & into the delivery. Last week we got behind with Leslie out all week and lost the spinach & sorrel.
Fruit – This week we have picked up Suncrisp Apples from Windy Brow Farm located in Newton, NJ. This variety was introduced in 1992 by Rutgers. It is a complex cross of several varieties including Cox’s Orange Pippin, Golden Delicious & Cortland.
From the Fields: We covered the garlic area with plastic for planting in November. Allyson helped with laying the plastic & Ron from Adam’s farm helped with making the beds. We got this done just in time before it rained on Saturday night. We have never planted garlic in plastic before. We had too big of a weed problem this year with the garlic and thought it best to give it a try. We did have a lot of success with the vegetables planted in plastic this year, so are trying it with the garlic. Hopefully we will have better harvests and larger bulbs for 2009.
Weather Report: About 3” of rain fell on Saturday night. We needed the rain, but it did little to help as this is the last delivery (Hoboken & Jersey City). Cold weather is predicted later this week and this will probably finish off all of the outside crops.
Work Day @ the Farm Saturday, November 8th - Garlic Planting at the Farm 11 am- 2/3 pm help us plant garlic for the 2009 season. Please RSVP so we can plan on lunch & refreshments and send you directions. Possible rain dates (November 15th / 16th)
Farming Quote of the Week: The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA
From the Fields: We covered the garlic area with plastic for planting in November. Allyson helped with laying the plastic & Ron from Adam’s farm helped with making the beds. We got this done just in time before it rained on Saturday night. We have never planted garlic in plastic before. We had too big of a weed problem this year with the garlic and thought it best to give it a try. We did have a lot of success with the vegetables planted in plastic this year, so are trying it with the garlic. Hopefully we will have better harvests and larger bulbs for 2009.
Last deliveries
Hoboken & Jersey City Sites: October 28th
Hamburg: October 29th
Mahwah: November 3/4th
End of Season Potluck Dinner
All CSA members are invited to the end of season potluck dinner to be held in Hoboken on November 1st starting @ 7:30 pm Hoboken Historical Museum 1301 Hudson Street – Hoboken please refer to the details in your weekly newsletter copy Pick of the Week: click on the links below or to the right to bring you to the delivery specific to your pick-up location. Deliveries will be of similar variety & poundage, but may contain different items. Occasionally, some crops are ready to harvest but not enough to deliver to all our drop-off locations. What we do is start to filter them in each week to a different drop-off until there is enough to delivery to everyone.
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