Evening, everyone! Beautiful day to be out in the fields picking vegetables. All the veggies are as sweet and tender as can be having been grown outdoors through frosts and cool weather. Not much is actually growing at this point in the year as we’ve dipped below 10 hours of sunlight per day and enter what Eliot Coleman coined as the ‘Persephone Period’. This time of year there just isn’t enough sunlight and warmth to drive growth, so anything not at maturity likely will not get there by this time of year and all the crops that are ready for harvest sweeten with each frost until we’re ready to pick them.
We picked a vanload of veggies for the rest of the week including carrots, broccoli, lettuce heads and mix, bok choy, radishes, kale, chard, salad turnips and even more, plus we’ve got our onions, garlic and butternut squash in dry storage. There will be a wide selection of fresh produce at the market and in the store. Not bad for a third of the way through November!
Farmers Market at Cheshire Medical Center Thursday 11/12
We’ll be in the cafeteria of Cheshire Med on Thursday 11/12 from 10am - 2pm. The cafeteria is downstairs and you can access it from the main entrance and go downstairs or by driving around to the back entrance. There are signs in the hospital for the farmers market and cafeteria.
Lots of great stuff this week including our own tomato sauce and medium salsa, beets, arugula, carrots, lettuce, mushrooms, winter squash, and more plus sweet potatoes and potatoes from Picadilly Farm, and bread from Orchard Hill!
From Local Farms
Picadilly Farm, Winchester, NH
Sweet Potatoes & Potatoes
Orchard Hill Breadworks, Alstead, NH
Bread & Cookies
From Our Farm
Arugula
Beets
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Butternut
Cabbage
Carrots
Chard
Garlic
Hakurei Turnips
Kale
Lettuce
Lettuce Mix
Oyster Mushrooms
Onions
Radishes
Spicy Mix
FARM STORE STOCKED THURSDAY MORNINGS UNTIL 11/24
The Farm Store and Plant Stand are both on the farm at 72 Jaffrey Rd, Fitzwilliam, NH 03447. The Plant Stand is at the beginning of the driveway along the roadway and the Farm Store is in the barn straight through after you enter. All payment is to be made in the farm store. You are welcome to shop for your garden starts and leave them in your car while you pay in the store. There is a self service card machine as well as a cash box for cash or check payment. We do not make change, so please plan accordingly.
In the Store:
Beets
Bok Choy
Broccoli
Butternut
Cabbage
Carrots
Chard
Garlic
Hakurei Turnips
Kale
Lettuce
Lettuce Mix
Onions
Radishes
Spaghetti Squash
Spicy Mix
Sweet Potatoes
In the Stand:
CLOSED FOR SEASON
