Westfield Area CSA Blog
Farm News- July 9, 2009
Hello Folks,
The weather looks good for the week ahead so perhaps this means we have reached the end of the monsoon season here in the Northeast. With abundant sunshine and some moderate heat the warm weather crops should begin to grow rapidly. (more…)
Farm News- July 2, 2009
Hi Folks,
Well it seems that we are in for another week of scattered thunderstorms. Hopefully it won’t be quite as bad as this past month has been. We were caught out in the field several times this past week as strong storms rolled through unexpectedly. (more…)
Chinese Meatballs in Lettuce Leaves
Ingredients:
1 lb ground chicken or turkey
½ yellow onion, minced
½ poblano or cubanelle pepper, minced
1 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice powder (more…)
Farm News- June 25, 2009
Hello Everyone,
The cool wet weather continues to make life difficult here on the farm. Unfortunately I have an even worse weather phenomenon to report. On Monday evening the Andover farm was hit by a quite severe hailstorm. (more…)
Farm News- June 18, 2009
Hi Everyone,
We’ve arrived at the week you’ve all been waiting for the week of the first delivery. As usual there won’t be a large number of items in this first share, but what we have I think you will enjoy. I was hoping to have broccoli for the first share, as the early crop was beginning to head up last week, but it seems that it will need another week. (more…)
Farm News- June 1, 2009
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to another late farm update! I’ve been trying to find time to write this for the past week, but after a 12 or 13 hour day in the field it’s difficult to concentrate. This is the time of year when everything needs to get planted at once and when the weather doesn’t cooperate, by raining for a week straight for example, it’s easy to get behind. We finished planting the onions about 2 weeks ago and they are growing nicely. (more…)
Pumpkin Rice Soup
Ingredients
1 ½ lb pumpkin, butternut squash or acorn squash
Small handful of lime leaves (optional)
2-3 chilies (or 1 small can)
2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced (more…)
Farm News- December 4, 2008
Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. We are in the home stretch and I am looking forward to some much needed R& R. With a break in the frigid temperatures the ground thawed and we were able to plant the garlic for next season’s harvest. (more…)
Farm News- November 26, 2008
Hi Everyone,
I guess I don’t need to inform you that it’s been brutally cold this past week. The frigid temperatures have destroyed almost everything that remained in the fields. (more…)