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What’s at the last market? November 24th 2009

Here we are! The last market of 2009. Things are slowing down on the farm as far as vegetables go but we’re busy with a zillion other projects too.

We’ve been expanding our main barn allowing for more storage and better curing of our crops. No more blue tarps covering the onions. We’ll have the spacious expanse of our barn.

We’re also trying to get our planning for next year done early this winter. Trying to prep as much  as possible before the baby shows up in March. Demian is the only one currently “ready” for the next addition to the fam. Melanie and I have piles of work to do still.

Speaking of additions, we just bought a new (but old) cultivating tractor to add to the farm system. It’s a 1952 Farmall Super A and should help us immensely in our mission to rid our farm of ALL weeds. This is going to take some work but we have to head that direction at least.

I’ve driven it less the Demian. It seems it is his tractor:

So this week at market we’ll have piles of food. We just cleared the fields. And we’re bringing piles of storage onions and potatoes as well.

Here’s the full list:

• Arugula
• Beets
• Stir Fry Mix
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Collards
• Garlic
• Kale- Red Russian, White Russian, Dino
• Leeks
• Mustard Greens
• Onions- Red and Yellow
• Parsnips
• Parsley
• Shallots
• Potatoes
• Radishes
• Salad Mix
• Spinach
• Winter Squash
• Pie Pumpkins
• Salad Turnips
• Kohlrabi
• Fennel

That’s a nice list that should help fulfill your Thanksgiving Day food wish list.

See you at Market!

What’s at Market? Week of November 8th

The cold is setting in. Today was quite the soggy harvest day. It really is amazing the amount of food coming out of the fields still. Last night was a pretty hard freeze too. 27 degrees when I woke up this morning. A windshield scraping kind of day. We’ll have plenty of food to keep your families warm and full tomorrow at market. Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. We’re planning to have extras of all the Thanksgiving necessities on the last Tuesday market- the 24th. This weekend- the 14th will be our last Grants Pass market. All good things must come to an end. We’re always so thankful for the amazing support we receive each season from our loyal eater base. Thanks to all of you! See you at market.

This week at market:

• Arugula
• Beets
• Stir Fry Mix
• Broccoli- We’ll have the last of the broccoli this Tuesday. The rest is gone due to the killing duo- rain followed by a hard freeze.
• Cabbage-Red, green, Savoy
• Napa Cabbage
• Carrots- Oh so sweet!
• Chard
• Cilantro
• Garlic
• Kale
• Leeks
• Lettuce-Red and Green Leaf
• Onions
• Parsnips- Getting sweeter by the minute
• Parsley
• Shallots
• Potatoes
• Radishes
• Salad Mix
• Spinach
• Winter Squash
• Turnips
• Fennel

That’s about it. Stay dry and warm, and we’ll see you at market!

What’s at Market? Week of October 25th

It’s almost November. We still have quite a bit of food coming to you fresh out of our fields. Until I talk with farmer friends in other parts of the country, I forget each year how long our growing season is here in southern Oregon. Good season, good food.

This Saturday will be the last Saturday Ashland market, however the Tuesday Ashland market will continue until November 24th. That’s the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.

The Grants Pass Growers market will continue outside until the end of November, and will be moving indoors up until Christmas. We will be attending the Grants Pass Saturday market until the 14th of November, unless the weather gets extremely wet and cold, in turn knocking out our remaining field crops. We’ll see what the weather brings.

This week at market:

• Arugula
• Beets
• Baby Bok Choy
• Stir Fry Mix
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Chard
• Cilantro
• Collards
• Napa Cabbage
• Garlic
• Kale
• Leeks
• Lettuce- Red Butter, Red Leaf, Romaine Hearts
• Onions
• Sweet Onions
• Parsnips
• Parsley
• Shallots
• Potatoes
• Radishes
• Salad Mix
• Spinach
• Winter Squash
• Tatsoi
• Turnips
• Celery Root
• Fennel

See you at market!

What’s at Market? Week of October 18th

Cause and Effect. That’s what our two year old has been learning about over the past couple of weeks. Tonight it was: Throw your tomato at the dog’s mouth, he will catch it (Isaac is an amazing ball catcher;high speed even) and then eat it. Demian paused, looked in amazement at what had happened, looked at me, and then belted out the loudest cry. I looked at him and was speechless. I had nothing to say but, “You throw the tomato at him he’s going to eat it. Wouldn’t you do the same thing?”. Demian stopped crying, looked at me and replied with a very complete “yep”. Problem solved. Wish all problems were that easy to solve.

Sometimes I forget the “cause and effect” of farming. Aphids moved into the last two rounds of broccoli and cauliflower. Effect: We have very little broccoli and cauliflower this fall. What would you do if you were an aphid and there was an entire forest in front of you of your favorite food? You’d eat it. “Yep”

Oh, well I won’t worry about it then. We have plenty of other great food to bring to market. We actually do have a bit of broccoli and cauliflower tomorrow- just not a lot. Darned insects.

This week at market:

• Arugula
• Beets
• Baby Bok Choy
• Stir Fry Mix
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower- I have maybe 5 heads going to market tomorrow. hrmph.
• Carrots
• Chard
• Cilantro
• Collards
• Napa Cabbage- Make that Kim Chi now!
• Fennel- Oh yeah, fennel, first time this season. A sign that fall is here.
• Garlic
• Kale
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Onions
• Sweet Onions- Just a few more weeks of these
• Parsnips- Getting sweeter by the week
• Parsley
• Shallots
• Potatoes
• Salad Mix
• Spinach
• Winter Squash
• Tatsoi
• Salad Turnips
• Celery- The very last week for celery.
• Celery Root

What’s at Market? Week of October 11th

Things must be slowing down a bit. This is what we did on Sunday:

But things are still looking pretty nice at the farm too:

We’ll see how everything fares after this storm that is supposed to roll through starting tomorrow. We’ve already had several freezes on the farm. Some moisture would definitely be nice.

Come brave the weather with us tomorrow or wait and visit us at one of the markets (Grants Pass or Ashland) on Saturday. Either way we’ll be there.

This week at market:

• Arugula
• Beets
• Baby Bok Choy
• Stir Fry Mix
• Broccoli- Just a bit, get there early if you’re looking for Broccoli
• Cabbage-Savoy,Red, Green, Napa
• Carrots
• Chard
• Cilantro
• Collards
• Garlic
• Kale- Try out our White Russian Kale. It’s awesome, and loves the fall/winter. It’s cold hardy!
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Onions
• PARSNIPS!!!!! yum! our favorite.
• Parsley
• Shallots
• Potatoes
• Radishes
• Salad Mix
• Spinach
• Winter Squash
• Tatsoi
• Salad Turnips
• Kohlrabi
• Celery
• Celery Root

That’s it for this week. Enjoy the fall weather…..See you at market!