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Elephant Walk in Waltham Benefit Restaurant Program All of October At The Elephant Walk in Waltham, 663 Main St. Second Chances Clothing Drive at the Farm Week of October 10-16
Marvelous Harvest Family Program Wednesday, October 13th, 9:30-11am OR Wednesday, October 20th, 9:30-11am $10/child plus $2 for each additional child. Whole Foods 5% DayWednesday, October 27 at Whole Foods Fresh Pond AND Whole Foods Newtonville Harvest Potluck and Annual Meeting Saturday, October 30, 12pm-2pm Come in Costume - there will be prizes! Children's activities. All are welcome at this annual celebration for volunteers, members and other farm friends! REAP Dinner Benefit Sunday, November 7, 5:30pm at Kitchen on Common, 442 Common St., Belmont
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| Recipes |
Do you have a recipe you'd like to share? It's okay if you've found it on another website, we'll give that site credit! :) Don't be shy -- let us know!
Looking for ideas on how to prepare Farm produce?! We have a wealth of possibilities for you! See our Recipe pages. |
Compost at the farm
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Pease add to our compost pile! Just look for the pile labeled " Add compost here"!
You know the drill: please bury your scraps and/or cover them with leaves from the nearby leaf pile. No meat scraps, no whole bread loaves. Biodegradable serving-ware from picnics or parties needs staff approval. |
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Summer CSA Distribution Days
Tuesdays 3-7 PM
Thursdays 3-7 PM
Saturdays 8 AM-12 noon |
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What's in the share this week...
Please note: this list is prepared the week before you receive your share. Some guesswork is involved! We do our best to predict which crops will be ready to harvest, but sometimes crops are on the list that are not in the share, and sometimes crops will be in the share even though they're not on the list.
 Salad Turnips
- Radishes
- Chard
- Bok Choy
- Spinach
- Greens
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Collards
- Lettuce
- Assorted Eggplant
- Assorted Peppers
- Leeks
- Beets
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Butternut Squash (from Picadilly Farm)
- Potatoes (from Picadilly Farm)
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Reminder: B.Y.O.B.
Please remember to bring your own bags to the farm for picking up your share. We are happy to provide you with bags, but we have a limited amount left for the season and were not planning on ordering any more. So please do your part, and bring clean bags for reusing at the farm. Thanks!
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Reminder: Dogs are welcome on the farm but please keep them leashed, away from the distribution shelter and out of the PYO fields.
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Pick-Your-Own Crops
You are welcome to harvest the PYO portion of the share during any daylight hours, 7 days a week. Please check the board at the little red kiosk for information on amounts and locations. Remember, you can pick one time per week but it doesn't necessarily have to be at the same time you are picking up your share. 
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Basil
- Parsley
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Tomatillos
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Husk Cherries
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Hot Peppers
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Cherry Tomatoes
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Herbs
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Flowers
- Cilantro
- Dill
Reminder: Please check the PYO board before picking
Please return any pint and half pint containers you have at home, we are happy to reuse them. |
WFCF CSA Share Renewals Begin October 1
On October 1, we'll email a CSA share renewal form to all primary CSA shareholders. (The primary shareholder is the person whose name the share is listed under when you check in at the CSA distribution.) The form will also be available at CSA distributions.
You'll have two options listed on the form: to renew your share for 2010 with a non-refundable $50 deposit, or to turn your share over to someone that you currently split the share with (if, for example, you are moving and your current share partner wants to take over the share). Current shareholders will have until October 23rd to return the form to the farm with their $50 deposit.
If we don't receive a form from you by October 23rd, we will assume that you don't want to renew your share for 2011.
Beginning November 1, any remaining 2011 shares will be offered to our wait list.
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Notes from the Field
We're back from the tropics and have returned to fall in New England! Last week we saw heavy rain, humidity and warm night time temperatures. It felt like the end of May rather than the end of September. We found ourselves scrambling to save a dozen or more beds of lettuce, spinach and mustard greens from the fast growing weeds. However, these same warm conditions helped our fall greens and cover crops grow quickly as well. We had planned to pull out the first crop of cherry tomatoes, but much to our surprise there was a whole new fruit set with ripening tomatoes on it! The moisture and warm soil temps really had everything growing faster than we thought.
There is still no sign of frost in the week's forecast, it looks like lows in the upper 40's and highs in the 60's. Even though these are not killing temperatures, it should really slow down the heat-loving eggplant, peppers and cherry tomatoes. We're lucky to have had them producing well for such a long time. But after this week, we will close the book on these remaining summer crops. Enjoy these last tastes of summer while they last. Thankfully we have an abundance of roots, greens, and storage crops to round out the season.
Andy
Office/Admin Staff:
Marla Rhodes, Development Assistant Debra Guttormsen, Administration and Bookkeeper Amanda Cather, Special Projects Coordinator Dede Dussault, Student Intern
Farm Staff:
Amy Cook, 1st year Assistant Grower
Dan Roberts, 2nd year Assistant Grower
Weed Crew:
Kenny Darling, Ruby Geballe, Jeremy Gillick, Caitlin Watson
Field Crew:
Darin Faber, Brad Leatherbee, Marcy Taubes, Becky Tisbert
Ruby Geballe, Outreach Market Intern
Education Staff
Alex Lennon-Simon, Learning Garden Educator
Paula Jordan, Learning Garden Educator
Rebekah Carter, Learning Garden Intern |
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