Spoutwood Farm

CSA Harvest Guide : Week 12

Spoutwood Spotlight : Surplus

One of our members, Becky, brought a shopping basket to pick up her share today. Not only does the fresh, organic produce take an awesome picture, it is also a great visual representation of the bountiful harvest we had this week.

Along with squash, cucumbers, potatoes, onions, eggplant, peppers, green beans, tomatoes, swiss chard, lettuce, and parsley, each member who has a medium share, took home 10 tomatoes; the large shares received 19. It was an awesome harvest.

We hope that you are finding your shares to be loaded with great veggies, without being overwhelmed by the quantity. Giving you enough, without over doing it, is a fine line to walk. But the plants are happy and producing rapidly; there is more than enough to go around.

Over the last couple of weeks we determined what a good share size is, added some to that, then realized just how much surplus we have. Brett spent, and continues to spend, time looking for food pantrys that will accept fresh produce. Last week we were able to donate 350 tomatoes, and some summer squash, to a church in York. It was given out to people in need. This week we have nearly 400 tomatoes that we will donate tomorrow.

It is something that the Spoutwood staff feels good about; we hope that you do to.

Below is a shot of Brett's trunk just before we unloaded it at the church.

Today's Harvest

I mentioned above what you should expect to see in your bag this week, but it can't hurt to say it again. Each member received patty pan squash, yellow squash, potatoes, onions, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, swiss chard, lettuce, and parsley. Some locations should expect to find cucumbers, while the others took home green beans.

The only new comers to your share are two different tomato varieties; San Marzano and Roman Candle. They are both paste tomatoes.

Spoutwood Needs Bags

If you happen to have any plastic shopping bags laying around, feel free to drop them off at the farm. We need them to bag up the tomatoes each week, and we are running out!