October 2007
Monthly Archive
2007 CSA Newsletter #21 - October 31st
Posted on Oct 31 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
We had a whopper of a frost last night, just in time for our last week of distribution. The frost handed us the kind of morning you expect in late October. Since we can’t handle the crops when they are frozen, the crew separated seed garlic cloves in the warm(er) greenhouse until [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #20 - October 24th
Posted on Oct 24 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
The harvest this season has been really incredible. I’ve wanted to say that for a long while now, but I didn’t want to jinx the farm. With a pile of potatoes and winter squash in the barn, lots of frost tolerant greens and roots in the field, and 20 weeks of deliveries behind [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #19 - October 17th
Posted on Oct 16 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
Hello all, this is Janine filling in for Paul this week. I have to say, it has been so refreshing stepping into the fields in the mornings this past week with layers of fleece on and my wool socks to keep my feet warm! I’ve been waiting for that cool autumn breeze. The warm weather [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #18 — October 10th
Posted on Oct 09 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
We’ve just had a thunderstorm pass, and it seems to have ushered in some cooler air but only dropped enough water to settle the dust on the farm roads. To soak our farm’s soil, we have been irrigating daily. I can’t remember a season where I had to irrigate so late into the fall. We’ve [...]
2007 CSA Newsletter #17 - October 4th
Posted on Oct 02 2007 | Tagged as: Newsletters
This week’s Farm News is brought to you by Brian Reardon. Brian has been apprenticing on vegetable farms for the last 3 years in Maine, New York, and here at Fort Hill, and is looking for a farm to run next year. Brian writes:
Walking into a brisk, dewy morning, hearing and then seeing Canadian geese [...]