Two Saturdays ago we had a very serious frost on the farm. We were expecting frost, and we covered our tomatoes and peppers and we knew we might lose a few things, but it was much colder than we expected. We had extensive damage in our tomatoes and peppers and all the rest of the warm season crops (beans, melons, cukes, eggplant, etc) are black and melted looking, and even some of the cold weather crops look a little singed. So this morning's harvest was much smaller than usual and we've decided to wind down the CSA a little earlier than planned. We feel good - our season has already passed 20 weeks - which is always our estimate - but it's still sad to see food go to waste, and of course sad to let go of summer and the farm season. So the plan for now, based on our most educated guesses, is that last week was our last regular delivery. However, we still have some cold weather crops that we had planted to be ready in october, so we will do one more delivery in october - probably next week though it could be later, depending on when carrots are ready.
To our paid shares-we'll let you know when you'll be recieving your last box.
To our working shares-we will still be working on the farm and donating our smaller harvests to the food pantries. Give me a call if you have any questions, or if you are missing your vegetables a lot, or if you want to help out. We probably will have a lot of extra green tomatoes and kale and chard.