Saturday, October 26, 2019

Last week of the summer CSA! Join us friday night November 1st for a potluck on the farm to celebrate the end of the season! Bring a dish to pass and one to eat from if you can and come see the farm in it's autumn splendor!  6 pm but come even if it'll be a little later. 

This week's corning market will be in the same park but vendors will be set up along the brick path to the fountain. (There was a mistake in applying for the permit to use the park and this the last week was not included. In order to use city property there needs to be a permit, confusing but look around, we'll only be 100 feet from where we normally are!) 


 mother ginger on the left, baby ginger on the right and topside, this year's ginger was smaller than usual.
 Autumn!
 Parsnips loaded up for a restaurant order
 The fingerling potatoes say hello!

Thanks for joining us to eat through the seasons! Want to keep eating local food?  We have a fall and winter CSA that runs from November through March pickups available inside the information center in Corning on Saturdays 11-3 and at Chamberlain acres farmer's Market Sundays 11-3.

Your support of our farm means the world to us!  Thank you so much! If we don't see you this winter, we hope to see you next spring!
Liz and Matthew

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):

Parsnips
Daikon radishes
Watermelon radishes
Celeriac
Brussels sprouts
Baby Ginger
Baby turmeric
Butternut Squash
Beets
Shallots
Hot Peppers
Sweet onions
Leeks
Tomatoes maybe?
Garlic
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Spinach
Pea Shoots
Swiss chard
Kale
Potatoes
Carrots

Sunday, October 20, 2019

 
 Its garlic-planting time. Matthew is placing the cloves near the holes in the weedmat and Liz is on the prone weeder planting them.

Some of the nice-looking celeriac awaiting harvest.


Radish stack.

Reminder: the CSA runs through the end of October. The Fall/Winter CSA begins the first week of November. Its not too late to sign up if you are interested.

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):


Spaghetti squash
Parsnips
Daikon radishes
Watermelon radishes
Celeriac
Brussels sprouts
Baby ginger
Baby turmeric
Delicata
Beets
Shallots
Sweet onions
Leeks
Cherry tomatoes
Tomatoes
Garlic
Spicy mix
Lettuce mix
Swiss chard
Kale
Potatoes
Carrots

Saturday, October 12, 2019


 Loving these beautiful fall days
 Hiding in the pepper plants
Looks like a good parsnip crop this year

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):

Parsnips
Daikon radishes
Watermelon radishes
Celeriac
Brussels sprouts
Baby Ginger
Baby turmeric
Delicata
Beets
Shallots
Ripe Peppers
Hot Peppers
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Sweet onions
Leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomatoes
Garlic
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Swiss chard
Kale
Potatoes
Carrots

Saturday, October 5, 2019

 When we dump a crate of muddy carrots in the sink and let them sit, these carrot patterns emerge in the water corresponding to the carrots below in the bottom of the sink.
 Its gnarly root vegetable time

Its an impressive turmeric harvest this year.

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):

Parsnips
Daikon radishes
Watermelon radishes
Celeriac
Brussels sprouts
Baby Ginger
Baby turmeric
Butternut squash
Beets
Edamame
Shallots
Ripe Peppers
Hot Peppers
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Eggplant
Sweet onions
Leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Garlic
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Swiss chard
Kale
Potatoes
Carrots

Saturday, September 28, 2019

 Is that a tiny dog or giant turmeric leaves?
 We spread the last of our compost pile before transplanting winter greens.
Daikon radishes poking out of the ground

Okay, a bunch of new stuff this week. Harvest day is gonna be nuts this week.
We are now accepting payment for our fall/winter CSA. It starts the first week of November immediately after the regular season CSA ends.

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):

Sweet potatoes!!
Daikon radishes
Watermelon radishes
Celeriac
Brussels sprouts
Baby Ginger
Baby turmeric
Acorn squash
Beets
Edamame
Shallots
Ripe Peppers
Hot Peppers
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Eggplant
Sweet onions
Leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Garlic
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Swiss chard
Kale
Potatoes
Carrots

Saturday, September 21, 2019

 These are some of the bean seeds we grew for Fruition Seeds this year. These beautiful beans are called Haudenosaunee Skunk beans...I guess because they are black and white like skunks, not because they smell bad.

 Our "wall of onions". It was a good harvest this year and we have a great supply of onions and shallots. Thanks to Matthew's Mom for cleaning them.

 This photo was popular on Instagram this week.

Yes, you can believe it! Those are sweet potatoes that we grew and the voles did not eat them! We will have them available in the CSA the week after next. Right now they are curing in one of our coolers that has been converted into a heater. They have to cure at 85 degrees for about 10 days. They are gorgeous!

Sorry there was no update last week. We did not have any WiFi last weekend.

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Butternut Squash
Edamame
Shallots
Ripe Peppers
Hot Peppers
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Cape gooseberries
Eggplant
Sweet onions
Leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Cucumbers
Garlic
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Basil
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
Potatoes
Carrots
We are holding off on picking the ginger and turmeric until the first week of October to, hopefully, let them size up some more.

Saturday, September 7, 2019

 Habanadas are back!
 We will have edamame for only a few weeks, so enjoy them while you can.
 Unfurling turmeric leaves.
Ripe (left) and unripe Aunt Ruby's German Green heirloom tomatoes.


Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Edamame
Shallots
Ripe Peppers
Hot Peppers
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Cape gooseberries
Eggplant
Sweet onions
Baby leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Pickling cucumbers
Garlic
Beets
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Basil
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

Saturday, August 31, 2019

 The peppers are finally ripening! And, yes, all of the peppers in this picture are sweet, not hot. But we do have some beautiful hot peppers too.

Matthew and Dominic harvesting carrots for a large wholesale order.

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Edamame
Shallots
Ripe Peppers
Hot Peppers
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Cape gooseberries Eggplant
Sweet onions
Baby leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Garlic (we will try extra hard not to forget to bring the garlic to market this week!)
Beets
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Basil
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

Saturday, August 24, 2019

 Harvesting cape gooseberries
 Lexi, Luna and Liz
 I wonder who took this twisty bunch home this week.
If you want to get tomatoes for canning, now is the time!

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Cape gooseberries (like big husk cherries)
Eggplant
Sweet onions
Baby leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Squash/Zucchini
Cabbage
Garlic
Beets
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Basil
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

Saturday, August 17, 2019

 Its onion harvest time
A toad blending in with the dry soil.

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Green peppers
Poblano Peppers
Ripe Peppers
Husk cherries
Cape gooseberries (like big husk cherries)
Eggplant
Sweet Onions
Shallots
Baby leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Pickling cucumbers
Cabbage
Garlic
Beets
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Mix
Basil
Baby Kale
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

Saturday, August 10, 2019



 These are Cape gooseberries. They are similar to husk cherries but slightly bigger and different taste. Give them a try and let us know what you think!
 For those of you who love the Red Long of Tropea onions, we will have them this week and maybe next, but they are almost gone.
 If you have been missing our pea shoots, this is why. We are not sure why but the seeds have been rotting in the trays. We are trying to determine the cause.
 Its been a good summer for carrots. Having our prone weeder has really helped to get them weeded in a timely manner.
Our newest toy - the 8 burner Pyroweeder (without the propane tank). This will enable us to flameweed a whole bed at once. Until now we have only had a 1 burner flameweeder. Flameweeding lets us kill weeds when they are very small. We kill weeds this way before planting seeds or after planting (but before the seeds we plant actually germinate!)

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Green peppers
Husk cherries
Cape gooseberries (like big husk cherries)
Cutting Celery
Eggplant
Red Long of Tropea Onions
Sweet onions
Baby leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Squash/Zucchini
Cabbage
Garlic
Beets
Green Beans
Spicy Mix
Basil
Baby Kale
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour

Saturday, August 3, 2019




 The heirloom tomatoes are really kicking in now! Enjoy them while they last.

Both of our families took a vacation to Ocean City, NJ last weekend (hence no newsletter blog). Here we are getting sick on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
 The boardwalk at dusk.
 Fun in the surf

Our favorite miniature golf course at the beach.



This is cutting celery. Too tough for salads but nice used as an herb in cooking.


Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Cutting Celery
Eggplant
Red Long of Tropea Onions
Sweet onions
Baby leeks
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomaotes
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Squash/Zucchini
Cabbage
Garlic
Beets
Green Beans
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Basil
Baby Kale
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour





Saturday, July 20, 2019

 Beautiful Scarlet runner beans that we are growing for Fruition Seeds
 The cooler after a harvest morning
 The bunching bunch
 Repairs finally being made to our barn roof after some of pieces came off in a wind storm a while back
 Yay tomatoes
 Leek flower
Gemini enjoying a purple carrot. She is at least 14 years old and has some health issues so we don't know how much longer she will be with us. We are making sure we enjoy the time we have left with her. She is a great farm dog!

Expected options (Small share choose 8, large share choose 10):
Red Long of Tropea Onions
Cherry Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Squash/Zucchini
Cabbage
Broccoli
Garlic
Beets
Green Beans
Lettuce Mix
Spicy Mix
Lettuce Heads
Swiss chard
Kale
Scallions
Hakurei Turnips
Pea Shoots
Parsley
New Potatoes
Carrots
Flour