Volume 24, Week 9

Full share & 🪲green🪲 half shares

218 Gates Avenue between Classon and Franklin
(IMPACCT Brooklyn at the Gibbs Mansion)
5:00 to 7:30 pm

The CSA needs BAGS!

We’ll take whatever you’ve got - reusable is preferred, plastic works too!

Feel free to bring any bags you can part with to distribution!

This week’s share

  • Eggplant

  • Beans

  • Red onions

  • Tomatoes

  • Basil

  • Fennel

  • Sweet corn (From Ted: There is some bug damage in the tips. You may want to cut off the tips before shucking your corn.)

  • Beets

  • Lettuce from Denison Farm

  • Fruit: Yonder’s peaches

  • Extras: bread, eggs, granola

News from Windflower Farm

Delivery #9, Week of July 28, 2025

The water level in our primary irrigation pond, which is in a deep ravine in the middle of our farm, has been going down during these hot and dry weeks of midsummer, concentrating the aquatic wildlife in an ever-smaller pool, as happens every year at this time. The snapping turtles, fishes, frogs, and insects have come to reside in what I imagine is uncomfortable proximity. Nate and I were installing a dock on which to relocate an irrigation pump in a corner of the pond the other day when we encountered the remains of a crawdad that measured a whopping 7 ½ inches in length. Tracks in the mud suggested that the animal may have been mortally wounded by a raccoon, a species known to relish crayfish. I once had crayfish at the Bobcat Café, in Bristol, Vermont, in a dish called prawns in marinara with linguine, and found them to be surprisingly good.

We were admiring the creature when Jan came running down the pond trail in pursuit by the county sheriff. “What had she done?” I wondered. “Are you OK?” she asked. It took us a minute to understand what was going on. It turns out that Nate had butt-dialed 9-1-1. The sheriff was surprised at how difficult it was to keep up with Jan, who first ran down a steep hill and then up another long one before getting to us. But I wasn’t - she was a track star in high school. He gets butt dials all the time, he said, and must respond to each one. He’s been to almost every farm in the county. The sheriff also said that Candelaria and Salvador, who are part of our Mexican staff, looked nervous when they saw him go by. “No kidding!” I thought.

After nearly an inch of rainfall today, the pond’s level has risen considerably, and its inhabitants are no doubt happy to have a little more space. And Nate is happy to have a break from irrigation this week.

Have a great week, Ted

Recipes

Quick pickle ANYTHING - great for extra onions, beets, and string beans - plus lots of eggplant ideas!

Did you know? Our website has recipes, food storage tips, and information about the vegetables you might come across in your share!

 
Veronica