2009, Week 12

What delicious organic veggies are available this week at Valley Dream Farm?

In Your CSA Bag

Potatoes ~ mixed ~ 1 qt
Beets ~ 1 bunch
Cucumber ~ 2
Eggplant, Cabbage or Gold Chard ~ choice
Green Beans ~ 1 ½ handfuls = 1lb
Spinach ~ ½ lb
Peppers ~ 2 sweet & 4 jalapeno
Tomatoes ~ 1 small/med
Zucchini
Herbs ~ Garlic bulb

Also at the Farm Stand

Sweet Corn, Blueberries, Zucchini, Broccoli rabb, Kale, Swiss Chard, Fava beans

produced locally...*
Boyden Farm ~ beef
Green Top Farm ~ lamb & pork
Essex ~ Squash and Zucchini (non-organic)
Red Hen Baking Co. ~ organic breads
Jericho Settlers Farm ~ free range eggs

* These items are brought into our farm stand to give you a larger selection.

Recipe of the Week

Grilled Zucchini and summer Squash

News from the Field

A sign of summer's end, our youngest son Jon moved out of the house and into the dorm at Johnson State College. It is always a bitter sweet day for us, happy for their new independence and sdt at their absence as our family grows smaller at the dinner table.

The Crew here at the farm has been working very hard. They hand pull and hoe the weeds away from our plants every change they get between planing and harvesting. This is to prevent the weeds from stealing the nutrients in the soil.

We are on schedule for fall crops. Broccoli, Cabbage, Brussels sprouts and Greens are all growing nicely and we're looking forward to all kinds of squashes, too. We love farming in Pleasant valley!

Please enjoy our fresh organic produce!
- Anne Tisbert