Winter Week 1, 2014/15

Bag Contents 1 whole Chicken, approx 5# Parsley, 1 bunch Carrots x 2 bunch Collard greens, 1 bunch Watermelon radishes, 1 bunch Whole Wheat Flour, 2# bag Celery, 1 bunch Onions, 1-2 Beets, 1 bunch Apple cider, 1/2 gallon Garlic, 1 bulb Broccoli, 1 head Goldrush apples, quarter peck Green Leaf Lettuce, 1 sleeve  …

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Carrots & Fall Root Crops

This is my favorite time of the year for root crops. Radishes, carrots, turnips, and rutabagas are so good this time of the year. The most noticeable difference is in carrots. Summer carrots sometimes have a bitter note. Not fall and winter carrots. The carrots are kept in the ground as long as possible and…

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Winter Livestock

As November comes to a close, we will finish harvesting all of our chickens for our winter inventory. Our chickens are “pasture raised,” which means they live outside all of their lives. Part of the benefit here is that they receive s significant portion of their diet from the bugs, seeds, and grass they eat…

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Summer Week 22, 2014

 Small Omnivore Turkey breast lunchmeat or bacon Brussels sprouts on stalk Sweet potatoes – 3 # bag Lettuce Beets – 1 bunch Red cabbage – 1 head Cauliflower – 1 head Celeriac (Celery Root) – 1 large bulb             Small Vegetarian Brussels sprouts on stalk Sweet potatoes – 3 #…

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Summer Week 21, 2014

 Small Omnivore Green Onion Bratwursts Red Norland Potatoes – 2# Shallots: 4 to 5 Jonagold Apples – quarter peck Carrots – 1 bunch Kale – 1 bunch Romaine Lettuce – 1 head Napa Cabbage – 1 head Broccoli – 1 head         Small Vegetarian Eggplant – 1 to 2 depending on size…

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Summer Week 20, 2014

Small Omnivore 1 lb butternut squash and sage spelt flour linguine 8 oz “Flat Rock” abondance style cheese 1 bunch white radishes 1 bunch swiss chard 1 pint cherry tomatoes 1 onion 1 head green cabbage 1 head broccoli 1 spaghetti squash         Small Vegetarian 1 lb butternut squash and sage spelt…

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Summer Share 2014 – Week 16

Summer Newsletter Week 16 Dear Robert, Can you believe it is week 16 already?  This cool spell this last week has really brought it to my attention that the growing season is nearing an end.  It is bittersweet for us.  We love the bounty of the summer and the energy of our summer season, but the…

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Week 15 Newsletter

Summer Newsletter Week 15 Dear Robert,   Welcome to week 15!  There are some interesting goodies in the bag this week. First off is celery. We don’t see a lot of celery at Fresh Fork Market, so to have it in the regular bag is a real treat. It has much more flavor than the conventionally…

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