It’s hard to believe we’re already to the end of the 2020 season and nearly to Thanksgiving! This week, I wanted to use the blog post for two purposes, the first being to thank all of you sincerely for your incredible support this year. This year has been a challenging one for everyone everywhere and has certainly been a hard one for small businesses. We made the decision to stick with direct deliveries for the entire 2020 season as we believed this was the best way to keep both ourselves and all of you as safe as possible. But, of course, we could not have done this without the weekly...
Storage vegetables
Although we only have two weeks of deliveries left, a great thing about many fall vegetables is how long they can be stored. Cabbage is a perfect example and even comes with it’s own built-in storage container, ie, the outer leaves. Cabbage can keep for weeks in the refrigerator. I would recommend putting it in a plastic bag. However, the outer leaves also act as a “bag” of sorts. When you go to use the cabbage, simply peel off any outer leaves that are yellowing and you’ll see that these will have helped keep the inner leaves fresh and green. In fact, when harvesting cabbage from the field, we leave...
Cold at last!
We finally had our first real freeze of the fall, so it’s officially time to start clearing out the summer beds and getting them ready for winter, whether that be by cover cropping, mulching, or tapping. The cold-hardy crops are still happily growing, some in the open and some under a protective layer of row cover. Even better, the colder weather can actually improve the flavor of a lot of these crops, as dropping temperatures causes them to increase their sugar content. This is the reason that crops like spinach, kale, and carrots can be sweeter when harvested after several frosts. Including this week, we will be delivering veggies for...