Archive for August 2007
Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter Week 11, 2007 From the farm: I have to be quick this week – we are off to a wedding with a truck full of produce. The corn is the big exciting thing this week; lots and lots of corn. The delacata did great, and is really putting out nice large [...]
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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter Week 10, 2007 From the farm: Fall is in the air on the farm. The mornings are cold, and the Turkeys are staying close to home, feasting on the grasshoppers that thrive in the irrigated fields. The Corn patch, in the far far field beyond the hoophouse, has really come in [...]
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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter Week 9, 2007 From the farm: Tomatoes – We know everyone is waiting for tomatoes, and they are beginning to ripen. We should have a trickle in the next week or two, then hit the big time for a month or so. Peppers – You’ll find some bell peppers and hot [...]
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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter Week 8, 2007 From the farm: In a word RAIN! Its actually been hard to get out and harvest crops because the field is so wet! Certain crops, like basil, really don’t like being harvested while wet… even little drops can cause brown spots on the leaves in storage. What’s coming [...]
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Turkey Hill CSA Newsletter Week 7, 2007 From the farm: This week the farm is really booming – everything seems to be growing an inch a day. This includes the weeds – the infamous ‘red root’ or ‘pigweed’ has grown from 6 inches to 2 feet in the last two weeks! We are finally getting [...]
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