*from the top of the tunnel field, photo by Adam Ford*

This Week’s Availability

This week we will have leeks, kohlrabi, red beets, yellow beets, rainbow mix of daikon radishes (red, purple, and white), watermelon radishes, carrots, shallots, red and yellow onions (Juniper Hill), garlic, green cabbage, mini red cabbage, red and yellow potatoes (Atlas Farm), fingerling potatoes (Clearfield Farm), celeriac, red and green napa cabbage, rainbow chard, baby bok choi, green curly kale, romaine lettuce, mini-lettuce heads, baby lettuce, spinach, mesclun mix, tokyo bekana, baby kale, claytonia, frozen cherry tomatoes, and frozen heirloom/beefsteak tomatoes.

CSA Bag Delivery Order Form

Fill out the delivery form by noon on Tuesdays.

You do not need to fill out the form if you plan to come to the barn on Wednesdays or Thursdays to pick out your items yourself.

CSA pickup and delivery days and times

Bulk vegetables available for processing

If you are interested in getting a bulk amount of anything, send us an email. Thanks!

Red and Green Napa: $1 per pound

Daikon radish (red, purple, or white): $1 per pound

Watermelon radish: $2 per pound

Carrots: $2 per pound

Green Curly Kale: $14 for 5 bunches, $24 for 10 bunches

Garlic: $12 per pound

*liiiiiiiiittle bit of bird food left on this one, photo by Adam Ford*

CSA Balance Due

Payment for your fall CSA share is due unless you need a different payment plan. (And please reach out to us if you need a different payment plan, we are happy to do that.) You can mail a check to Evening Song Farm, 48 Nice Road, Cuttingsville, VT 05738, leave cash or check in the box at the barn, use this link to pay online, or call or email us to pay with EBT.

Farm News

The 2022 seed order is done! Hooray! And even with getting it done this early, there are already a few items that are backordered. It sounds like those few items will just arrive later, and we won’t need to switch to alternate varieties. Sometimes people are really amazed at things like winter greens production, or the sweetness of the baby bok choi, or tomato flavors…a lot of what goes into these little differences is variety selection. One of the advantages of being a small CSA farm is that we can choose varieties that have exceptional flavor, rather than varieties selected to withstand being packed and shipped across the world. We’re excited to grow Solar Flare Tomato again next year (we loved its flavor and striking colors), and to try MaiTai tomato for the first time. We’re also excited to try out some new Japanese cucumbers that are reputed to have excellent flavor, and to try a couple new varieties of cantaloupe and watermelon, and a brilliant variety of grain corn that can be used for corn meal, popcorn, or art projects. Some other highlights of our seed order are selecting even more varieties to grow for our pre-order plant sale in the spring…it’s exciting for us to make a really wide variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers for people to grow in their own gardens or containers. And of course, another joy of the seed order is choosing new flowers—snapdragons, zinnias, asters…to grow in the pick-your-own flower garden! It feels good to have that order completed, and makes for a much more relaxing Christmas without the seed order hanging over our heads (and spread around the office.)

Have a great week,

-ESF Team: Kara, Ryan, Morgan, Cindy, Taylor, Molly, Elana, and Katie

This Week's Recipe: Mashed Potatoes with Baby Kale