It’s been a long season of bounty, from the first delicate mesclun leaves you took home in May through mid-summer cucumber madness and on the the sweet potato finish line! Thanks for being part of our CSA this season and feeding your family with local, sustainable sustenance. Come celebrate a successful season with us this Saturday 2-4 pm at our Sweetland Harvest Festival. We’ll have pumpkin carrot cake to snack on by the camp fire and the last of our apples to press into cider. Wear your costume and be in the Harvest Festival Photo at 3pm!
And don’t forget to limber up for the hay bale tossing competition at 3:15. Winner gets unlimited invitations to 2020 hay days! Smaller Sweetlanders can practice their tossing skills on the corn hole court. Our goal when we started Sweetland was to feed our neighbors, be stewards to our land, and bring our community together through healthy food and honest work.
Together with our amazing crew and our extended community of CSA members, 2019 has felt like a true realization of that goal. While we’re excited for a few months of rest and rejuvenation, we’re already brainstorming how to make next season even more fun, bountiful, and sustainable. Many, many thanks to all of you for being part of this mission to make the world a better place through small-scale farming. If we don’t see you at the Harvest Festival or the Holiday CSA (still a few spots left!), we’ll see you in the spring!
Cheers, Norah and the Sweetland Crew
Week 24 Harvest, Brimming Basket
- Winter squash, 2
- Sweet potatoes, 1.5 pounds (plus LOTS of free seconds in the back room!)
- Onions, 3 pounds
- Carrots, 3 pounds
- Rutabaga, 1 pound
- Brussels sprouts, 1 stalk
- Celeriac, 2 bulbs
- Kale, 1 bunch
- Garlic, 2 heads
- Kohl Rabi, 2 bulbs
Week 24 Harvest, Half Pint
- Winter squash, 2
- Sweet potatoes, 1.5 pounds (plus LOTS of free seconds in the back room!)
- Onions, 2 pounds
- Carrots, 2 pounds
- Rutabaga, 1 pound
- Brussels sprouts, 1 stalk
- Celeriac, 1 bulb
- Kale, 1 bunch
- Garlic, 1 head
Recipes of the Week
- I’m planning to use my acorn squash, carrots, rutabaga and onions in a variation on this Shepherd’s Pie
- If you haven’t tried pan seared brussels sprouts you must!
- You’ve all had sweet potato fries, now add Garlic & Herb Celeriac Fries to the list!