COLD, snowy, rainy, ugly
It was a super cold weekend for October and we didn't enjoy harvesting in the snow on Saturday. We also were loading the van for the Garlic Festival on Sunday and we had a combination of snow, sleet & rain most of the day. It just seems appropriate for the final weeks of the season to continue with more precipitation!!! Not our best season needless to say, as the cool temperatures and rain just seemed to continue from June through October. We think one week of summer actually did sneak in there somewhere!!
Sunday, we had Lisa and a new part-time worker Erin; harvest the greens as Farmer Rich & I headed to Hoboken for the annual Garlic Festival. I am still trying to thaw out!! A cold, rainy morning turned into just a cold, windy day and we were pleased at the turnout at the festival on such an ugly day. We also got to meet many CSA members, which we always enjoy. In addition to garlic varieties, we brought 15 varieties of apples from Windy Brow Farm for people to sample. Many are heritage varieties and seldom seen at the grocery stores. Also, Shawna a neighboring farmer, made up a great selection of season jarred goodies and her Cinnamon Apples with raisins, jams, jellies and chutney's were a big hit.
Monday morning the weather report has a low in Sussex County of 26ºF, so Farmer Rich is anticipating icicles hanging from the field greens when he gets to the farm.
From the Fields: Provided they all don't freeze and we are able to harvest in the fields during the week, we have a really nice variety for next week's delivery. A combination of radishes, celeriac, and many greens should be on the docket. The long range forecast has next weekend similar to this one, but at least not as cold. The crew will start the harvest early and get bunches into the cooler.
Weather Report: On Friday, we received 3" of snow at the farm though Farmer Rich didn't get to see it. Friday morning's first stop was to our Franklin greenhouse to harvest the rosemary. By the time he got up to the farm, the snow had mostly melted, but some pockets were still evident. This weather is definitely hampering the delivery.
We usually post our Annual Wooly Bear Caterpillar report in this issue, but apparently it is too cold for the wooly bear's to be out! The last one we saw had a wide center brown stripe which predicts a milder winter - but of course that remains to be seen.
Animal Report: The two farm cats continue to roam around at the farm. They were checking us out as we loaded the van on Saturday, probably wondering why we were out in such a cold, rainy day.
SCHEDULED LAST DELIVERIES OF THE SEASON:
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Hoboken & Jersey City dropoffs - October 27th
Franklin - October 28th
On-Farm Pickup - October 30/31
Mahwah @ Beth Haverim Shir Shalom - November 2/3(due to skipped week during Yom Kippur)
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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