Volume 23, Week 20

Full share & 🌼yellow🌼 half shares

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

The Winter Share is now open!

Three big pickups, delivered monthly on Saturdays in November, December, and January - perfect for the holidays!

Week 20 News (still a lot!)

  • We’ll be holding our annual potluck on October 24th during distribution! If you’d like to bring a dish to share, sign up here :)

  • Please fill out our 2024 season survey! Your feedback helps us make decisions about pricing, extra shares, distribution logistics, and more!

  • The CSA relies on you to run smoothly - sign up for work shift hours here (members who do not fulfill their work shift hours may not be eligible for priority registration next year)! If you’ve signed up for an upcoming shift but can no longer make it, please let us know ASAP, so we can find someone to cover your shift!

  • And finally….The waitlist for the 2025 summer season is now open! If you have friends or neighbors who are interested in joining the CSA, invite them to sign up for the waitlist! Please note: current members will be offered priority registration next spring, and do NOT have to sign up for the waitlist.

This week’s share

  • The last of the sweet peppers

  • Kale mix

  • Lettuce

  • Spinach or swiss chard

  • Sweet potatoes

  • A bagful of shallots and chiles

  • Delicata squash

  • Carrots

  • Broccoli or cauliflower

  • Fruit: one or two of the new apple varieties growing at Yonder Farm, possibly ‘Snapdragon’ or ‘Ludicrisp’

  • Extras: eggs, bread, mushrooms, etc!

News from Windflower Farm

Distribution No. 20 , week of October 14, 2024

If you see Don, the man who drives our delivery truck with Daniel on Thursdays, wish him a happy birthday – he turned 75 last week!

What’s new on the farm?

The swirling deep rose and light blues of the Aurora Borealis dominated the night sky here late last week. I am told that the spectacle was the result of interactions between the sun’s solar winds and the earth’s magnetic field. With that, and a significant temperature cool down and two rainy days, the summer farm season seemed to give way to fall over the weekend. Freeze warnings sent us to the field with floating row covers to protect the tender greens and ginger we have yet to harvest. Seasonal deadlines have given some bounce to our step - with just three weeks remaining in the field season, there is much to do. We harvested all the remaining sweet peppers, chiles and eggplants yesterday. Just a few odd beds of leeks, potatoes and carrots remain to be harvested. In the days before, we took down all the tomato vines, producing a compost heap that is now larger than my house. Next, we’ll pick up pepper stakes, bundle the irrigation headers, and roll up the caterpillar tunnel plastic for use next year.

While I composted and shaped an acre or so of field beds for fall Allium plantings (garlic, onions, shallots and an experimental leek variety), Nate chisel plowed and applied compost to the tunnels where we’ll plant winter greens starting later today. On Wednesday, I’ll pick up 2,000 lbs. of rye and hairy vetch seed from friends at The Farm at Miller’s Crossing to sow on any remaining bare ground. In sections of the farm intended for the earliest spring 2025 plantings, we have shaped beds prior to cover cropping. In this way, just a shallow skim tilling will be needed ahead of next year’s earliest transplanting.

A winter share anyone?

Purchasing a winter share is your chance to extend the fruit and vegetable season through the New Year.

What is it? In a nutshell, the winter share consists of a total of three one-bushel boxes, one delivered every fourth Saturday from mid-November through early January (November 16th, December 14th, and January 11th). It contains a big bag of fresh greens (kale, spinach and more), 8-10 lb. of vegetables from our root cellar (including winter squashes, “Irish” and sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, beets, and other storage veggies), 4-6 lb. of delicious apples (and pears if available) from the Borden Farm, and a sweet treat every month (the Borden’s apple cider, Harry’s honey, and Deb’s jam). Optional grain, maple and egg shares are also available. Please follow the link for more details and to sign up.

Click here to learn more: Windflower Farm's 2024-2025 Winter Share (wufoo.com).

We hope you’ll join us for the winter share season!

Take care, Ted

Meet the Clinton Hill CSA Core Group!

Curious how the CSA is run? One of the ways that the CSA keeps costs down is by being fully volunteer run! Member shifts at at distribution are essential, and we have a core group that steers the planning and execution of the season. Each week for the remainder of the season, we’ll feature a member of the core group that steers the CSA and tell you what they do!

Meet Veronica

Role in the CSA: Newsletter editor! I put this thing together every week.

Favorite vegetable: Greens, greens, greens, and fennel!

Something you wouldn’t guess about me: I have also performed at Carnegie Hall - that’s 2 out of 10 core members!

Recipes

Last chance! Submit your favorite seasonal recipes featuring CSA ingredients, and be entered into a drawing to win some culinary-inspired prizes! You may also see your recipe featured on our social media or here in the Beet!

Veronica