October 2011

Week 20: Thank you for a great season!

Submitted by highcountrycsa on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:45pm

Thank you for journeying with us for our season!  We had a bumpy start with lack of rain, hail damage to crops, and then too much rain, but despite these challenges, our farmers persevered and provided us with over 50 varieties of produce over the last 20 weeks of the CSA.  The final average dollar amount per share came in just over $25 per week; with 60 members in our CSA that means an estimated $30,000 went directly to High Country CSA farmers this season.  What a great boost to our local agriculture economy . . .

Week 19: Celeriac

Submitted by highcountrycsa on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 8:34pm

This fall, we have continued to have various vegetables run behind schedule – napa cabbage, bok choy, and collards.   Bok choy finally came in two weeks ago, and napa cabbage will come in this Tuesday.  Unfortunately, for many of our farmers their carrots have not fared well this fall, so our planned carrot crop will not come in this season.   However, we will have a nice fall variety this week. . . We will have napa cabbage, kale, garlic, petite greens, potatoes, and celeriac. 

Week 18: Butternut squash recipe

Submitted by highcountrycsa on Wed, 10/05/2011 - 6:04pm

Can you believe that we only have three more CSA pickup days of our season?  Many of our farmers’ fields have started to slow down, and our farmers have begun thinking about cover crops and winter storage.  Fortunately, we still have plenty of produce planned for our last several weeks.  This week you can expect to have garlic, potatoes, winter squash, bok choi, kale, and more greens mix.   We had hoped to also have cabbage for this week, but it is running a little behind schedule; we