Liz and Luna both harvesting kale

An afternoon hike in the National Forest. The ski tracks are not ours as we were walking that day. But we have gotten out skiing several times now. Its nice to have the snow stick around for a while.

Please note the summer CSA form is now posted in the links on the right side of this page. Just print and return either by mail or at the farmers' market.

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• sorry still no salad greens 😢
• baby pac choi
• fennel
• no parsnips until the snow melts
• celeriac
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsukabuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• red onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour)

 

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• spicy mix or lettuce mix
• salad turnips
• baby pac choi
• fennel
• no parsnips until the snow melts
• celeriac
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsukabuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• pie pumpkins
• red onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour)

 

Liz harvesting baby pac choi

Frozen kale stalks

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• spicy mix or lettuce mix
• baby pac choi
• fennel
• no parsnips this week - we haven't harvested them yet and the ground is too frozen
• celeriac
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsakubuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• pie pumpkins
• red onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour)

 Dear Elmira CSA members

The Chamberlain Acres Farmers Market for today has been cancelled due to  icy conditions. Sorry about that. You can double up on shares next week if you want or you can come to market in Corning on Thursday.

Stay warm

Matthew and Liz

    Shoot, another week went by without us taking any farm photos. Well, there's no pretty tomatoes growing or interesting insects buzzing flowers to photograph. The landscape is quite drab here until we get a nice snowfall. Hopefully we will get little snow later this week.

    Our seeds for next year are ordered (or tucked into seed packets already for the veggies we grow our own seed for). Now we move on to planning our crop map to figure out exactly how much to grow and in which fields. Yes, we probably should do this before ordering seeds but we wanted to get our seed orders in as early as possible as it looks like there will continue to be shortages on many varieties again this year. (Something to think about if you have your own garden!)

Expected harvest (Choose 6):

• spicy mix or lettuce mix
• fennel
• parsnips
• celeriac
• grape juice (conventional from Mansfield Farm)
• long turnips
• watermelon radishes
• daikon radishes
• carrots (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• tetsakubuto squash (dark orange flesh sweet nutty flavor)
• butternut squash
• pie pumpkins
• onions
• garlic 
• potatoes
• cabbage
• chard
• kale
• beets (organic from Remembrance Farm)
• apples
• flour (organic from Farmer Ground Flour)