Full share & green half shares

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

Call for bags!

Once again we are asking for BAGS! If you have extras laying around - canvas, plastic, reusable, whatever - we’ll take them!

Reminder for volunteers

We couldn’t run the CSA without you! All members are required to complete work shift(s) (2 two hour shifts for members with full shares, and one two hour shift for members with half shares). Your work shift is a commitment that you agreed to when you signed up, and households that do not complete their shifts will not be able to join the CSA again in the future. Children are welcome on site when their parents are doing their work shift commitment; our youngest members can be very helpful, and we only ask that you bring snacks and other things to keep them busy.

If you have not yet signed up for a work shift, you may do so here.

If you have questions about work shifts, please reach out to volunteer@clintonhillcsa.org.

Fresh spices from Sourcery are delivered today!

Reminder: CSA members can order fresh spices from Sourcery and have them delivered to our site! To order, make selections here: ClintonHillCSA Spices Website, and choose the Clinton Hill CSA pickup option. The next pickup is _____

This week’s share

Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Garlic
Chiles
Fennel
Squashes or beets
Green beans or sweet corn
Lettuce
Lacinato kale
Fruit: we’ll find out!
Extras: bread, eggs, mushrooms!

News from Windflower Farm

Delivery #13, August 27, 2026

I’ve just learned that worldwide every single day in August has been the hottest day on record for that day. For us, August has been pleasant, and the regular rainfall has helped crops throughout the neighborhood look as good as I’ve ever seen them. July, on the other hand, was difficult to deal with: extremely hot and humid, with lettuce germinating poorly and bolting prematurely. We nearly ran our irrigation system dry. The heat of next summer, an El Nino summer, coupled with global warming, could be particularly challenging.

Developing farming strategies to help address the heat and drought reminded me of a recent equipment purchase. In December of last year, with light snow coming down, Jan and Nate joined me on a road trip through the backwoods of Vermont. Our first stop was at Vermont Compost in the hills above Montpellier to pick up several sling bags of their potting soil - ‘Karl’s Gold’ - to use in our greenhouses to grow vegetable transplants. Montpellier is Jan’s hometown, so we stopped for lunch.

Then we headed north to a farm near the Canadian border where we’d arranged the day before to buy a Brillion seeder. We were seeking something small enough that we’d be able to sow cover crops one bed at a time shortly after harvesting. By the time we left Montpellier, the snow was falling heavily, and soon we were the only truck on the road. This was when skiers at Jay Peak were having the most incredible start ever to their season. The roads were barely passable, and the farmer was surprised to see us pull in. It wasn’t a pretty piece of equipment, and certainly an antique, but it would do. It was in fine mechanical shape, and, with some imagination, I could see it restored to its original Brillion red paint. Jan rolled her eyes when she saw it but couldn’t see the sense in making such a harrowing drive without following through with the purchase. So we paid the man and brought it home.

Nate is using the seeder as I write. Light rain is expected this afternoon, and he is sowing buckwheat, Sudangrass and Japanese millet in the spaces where spinach, broccoli raab and mustard mixes had been. Sowing more cover crops sooner – that is, one bed at a time - will help build soil organic matter and provide an added degree of resilience to our cropping system.

Have a good week, Ted

Recipes

Julia Child’s ratatouille, and what a treat - a classic video recipe! Julia’s “Flaming Fish” - sea bass flamed in fennel.

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

Volume 25, Week 13