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Winter Week 4, 2014/15

Bag Contents Beef Roast Acorn squash Onion Parsnips Turnips Beets (no tops) Carrots Navy Beans Frozen Tomatoes Heirloom Potatoes Spinach (8 oz) Pink Lady Apples This Week’s Cast…

Broad Breasted Bronze Turkeys at Leroy’s Farm in Fredericksburg. Below are some shot of the turkeys at Leroy’s farm. Leroy is the grower we profiled last year in the 2014 Fresh Fork Market Almanac. His birds are some of the nicest around. Leroy take’s exceptional care of his turkeys to make sure they get plenty…

Winter Week 3, 2014/15

Bag Contents Pork Sausage (ground, salt and pepper) Ground beef Pumpkin Sage Linguine Butternut squash Carrots Brussels Sprouts Cauliflower Jumbo White Stem Bok Choy Kale Red Cabbage Eggs This Week’s Cast….

Winter Week 2, 2014/15

Bag Contents Green Onion Brats Ham Hock Carrots x 2 bunch Spaghetti Squash Green Cabbage Swiss Chard Mustard Greens Red Leaf Lettuce x 2 bunch Kidney Beans Broccoli, 1 head Frozen Tomatoes (1 quart) Apples, quarter peck (Gold Rush & Cameo) Yukon Gold Potatoes 3# This Week’s Cast…

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 …

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…

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…

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 #…

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…

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…