You can look forward to two classic Wenatchee Valley apple varieties in your CSA bag this week, Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. Arkansas Black, Gala and Fuji apples may also make an appearance along with Golden D’Anjou Pears, Purple Mizuna, Arugula or Jericho Romaine, Merlot or Freckles lettuce, Winter Squash and Carrots, Radishes, Fennel or Tomatoes.
Farmer Greg has a quick autumn update from the farm in ‘Crop Talk’ and we have several seasonal recipes for you on the back page of this week’s ‘Fresh from the Farm’, including a very adaptable Harvest Cake recipe.
UPDATE: It looks like there were smaller amounts of some varieties ready for harvest than we expected due to cool weather during the weekend and early part of the week!
Most members ended up receiving either Arugula, Purple Mizuna, Lettuce, Kale, Collards, Carrots, Fennel, Radish or Tomatoes in today’s bag instead of Purple Mizuna and Arugula and Carrots or Radishes or Fennel or Tomatoes.
The Harvest List is our best estimate of what we will be able to put in the bag put together when we enter the fields Monday morning at the beginning of the weekly harvest. As mentioned in the weekly ‘Fresh from the Farm’ newsletter, “This newsletter is written before harvest is complete. Below is a list of what we hope to put in your bag. For peak freshness, we harvest at the last possible minute. The varieties ready at that time are added to your bag.”
If a specific variety listed is not in your bag it means the farm had to make a last minute substitution or change to the contents and have added either another variety not listed or extra of another already on the list to round out the selection in your CSA bag.
