Greetings from the Garden! This week’s CSA box has tomatoes, lettuce, braising greens, salad turnips, bok choy, onions or leeks, garlic, squash, carrots, and herbs Field Notes. The forecast looks like fall is finally here. The wide temperature variations have presented challenges for all farmers. Temperatures in the 80’s and rain make it tough to bring the onions and squash into the 75 degree house! Now we will harvest the end of the more tender …
Each year as people bemoan the falling leaves and frost, Ken and I are happy to see how much the falling leaves mean our woods open up to us Oscar loves running through fallen leaves almost as much as going out snowshoeing or cross country skiing with one of us
Each year near the first frost I get the onions that have been curing on the racks off the racks in time to put the winter squash on the racks to cure. Ken picked all the squash up, stacked in piles and got into tubs. He hauled the tubs by the racks for me. He looked tired! Then I teased him for a photo and he perked up! …
