small share: 8 items; large share: 10 items
Brussels sprouts
celeriac
cabbage
hakurei turnips
watermelon radishes
daikon radishes
radicchio
winter squash (butternuts)
pie pumpkins
 beets
carrots
potatoes
onions
kale 
lettuce
lettuce mix
flour

hey all!  so you'll find that this week at market we have winter CSA forms with us, you can fill one out there, take one home a mail it back, or send it next week, or even print the one below and bring it with you.  the fall and winter CSA will be like last year.  you pay any amount you determine, we will give ten percent more free.  So if you pay $100, you will get to spend $110 worth.  just show up and shop, we keep track and record it for you.  Add more money at anytime!

its been a busy week in our personal lives, and its good that it has arrived at such a transitional time in the vegetable growing season.  You'll still see a few summer crops, like tomatoes, eggplants, and cherry tomatoes, but you will definitely notice that last week and this week have started to tilt toward the winter crops.  Right now the roots are especially gorgeous as they all still have their edible tops on them!  in a few weeks watermelon radishes will just be baseball sized balls rolling around, but right now, find them with lovely leafy edible greens on top!

Tasks at this time of year include planting garlic, making sure winter greens are cultivated one last time before they go into the low light/cold weather season, soon we will put the plastic on the newest hoophouse (its planted with greens, but not yet covered), and before the nights get very cold, we will pull all the storage radishes, turnips, celeriac, potatoes, rutabagas, carrots, and beets, and wash them and bag them for display and sale over the winter months.

hope you got a chance to see the lovely autumn colors today!  they were resplendent here in Hector today, and in the sugar hill state forest where we had a nice hike!
happy eating!  liz and matthew


celeriac
cabbage
hakurei turnips
watermelon radishes
daikon radishes
long red radishy radishes
radicchio (not a radish)
winter squash (carnival squash this week I think)
 beets
carrots
pac choi
potatoes
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
onions
tomatoes
kale 
pea shoots
tomatillos
lettuce
lettuce mix
peppers
flour
still no word from the beanery, so no black beans

Just a reminder, the CSA runs through the end of October. For those interested in participating in the Fall/Winter CSA, based on feedback we have decided to organize it like we did last year with members paying up front whatever amount they choose. We need to figure out the details a little more. If we can figure the details out this week I may post to this newsletter later in the week. Or you can discuss it with us at market when you pick up your share. Sorry for the delay. The end of summer/beginning of fall kind of snuck up on us.
celeriac
parsnips
cabbage
hakurei turnips
watermelon radishes
daikon radishes
long red radishy radishes
radicchio (not a radish)
winter squash (carnival squash this week I think)
 beets
carrots
pac choi
potatoes
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
onions
tomatoes
kale 
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
tomatillos
lettuce
lettuce mix
peppers
flour
still no word from the beanery, so no black beans

This week's expected vegetables
Choose 8 items (large share 10 items):
radicchio
winter squash
 beets
carrots
 radishes
pac choi
potatoes
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
onions
tomatoes
basil
kale 
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
husk cherries
tomatillos
lettuce
lettuce mix
peppers
flour

We have finally gotten around to contemplating how we want to operate the CSA this Fall/Winter (or if we want to do it at all) . For those of you who participated last year you know we organized the CSA differently: members paid upfront any amount they wanted, we applied a discount, then members came to the winter farmer's Markets and "bought" whatever amount they wanted from what we had available. We added up what each member "bought" each week and subtracted that from their balance. Members could add to their balance at any time, and get the same 10% additional credit.
Prior to that, our Fall/Winter CSA was organized more like our regular season CSA. Each week members picked 7 items from what was available each week.
Whether you participated in our previous Fall/Winter CSAs or not, we would love your feedback on which model you prefer. Please feel free to "comment" to this blog post, send us an email (maglenn_1999@yahoo.com) or just talk with us at market.
Right now it looks like the Corning Winter Market will run the first and third Saturdays of each month (same as previous years). We plan to also be at the Ithaca Farmers' Market most Saturdays.

Speaking of this winter: we just planted most of the our winter greens. We hope that we will do a better job this year of having salad greens all winter. We plan to have three hoophouses full of winter greens including: lettuce mix, spinach, spicy mix, tokyo bekana (baby chinese cabbage), arugula, kale and chard. We'll see how it goes. We are still learning how to grow food for this difficult time of year.

This week's expected vegetables
Choose 8 items (large share 10 items):
radicchio
winter squash
 beets
 radishes
pac choi
potatoes
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
onions
tomatoes
basil
kale 
chard (maybe)
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
husk cherries
tomatillos
lettuce
lettuce mix
peppers
flour
dry black beans

This week's expected vegetables
Choose 8 items (large share 10 items):
 beets
 radishes
pac choi
chinese cabbage
potatoes
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
onions
tomatoes
basil
green beans
yellow beans
dragon tongue beans
kale 
chard (maybe)
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
husk cherries
tomatillos
lettuce
lettuce mix
peppers
flour
dry black beans

 Its been a very beany summer for us. Most harvest days we have been scrambling to get them all picked. Now they are slowing down in production and unfortunately we haven't been able to get the irrigation set up on them. With some rain I think they will perk back up for another round of harvesting.

Best tomato harvest ever...we hope you have been enjoying the abundant tomatoes this summer. Like the beans we have been struggling to get them all picked and there has been more than we can sell (and distribute to CSA).

This week's expected vegetables
Choose 8 items (large share 10 items):
broccoli
radishes
pac choi
chinese cabbage
potatoes
eggplant
cherry tomatoes
sweet onions
tomatoes
basil
green beans
yellow beans
dragon tongue beans
zucchini
summer squash
kale 
chard (maybe)
pea shoots
sunflower shoots
husk cherries
tomatillos
lettuce
lettuce mix
spicy mix
peppers
flour
dry black beans