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Week of October 23, 2008

 Last of Harvest Days of the Year

Friday, 24th   9:00-11:00am

Tuesday, 28th   5:00-7:30pm

Last call for fresh Veggies! 

The garden is still producing but our market demand for our produce has decreased significantly. So, we'll be selling the last of our produce on Tuesday, October 28th.  That gives you two more opportunities to have garden fresh produce; Friday 9:00-11:00 a.m. and Tuesday 5:00-7:00 p.m. 

We’ve had some beautiful heads of Romaine lettuce and will also be cutting the red and green leaf lettuces for the final markets.  Some of the Napa cabbages will be ready if you like tender babies and the Pak Choi has been great. 

I made a Tortellini, Greens and Tomato Soup with the Pak Choi this past week and the blend of flavors with chicken broth and garlic was awesome!  We have the recipe available if you would like to try it.  Depending on the first freeze we should still have some of the climbing spinach that can also be used in the same recipe.  Fresh carrots are available along with the baby beets and sell quickly so come early if you want either of these.  Our Gourmet Greens mix makes a delicious salad with the mixture of flavors from baby lettuce varieties, Red Russian Kale, beet greens and arugula.  Add a light dressing, some grilled chicken and a bit of blue or feta cheese and you have a delicious meal!

Fried green tomatoes are a good use for the ones we’re picking now that won’t have time to ripen.  Does anyone have a good recipe for green tomato relish?  I have one for green tomato mince meat that I enjoy with cream cheese on bagels or English muffins.  We still have some red tomatoes, chilies and peppers that will be available but the okra is a goner.  The large red Italian frying pepper bushes are loaded with large green fruits that would be good stuffed like bells.  They are thinner walled so wouldn’t require much, if any, precooking before stuffing and baking.  The hardest thing for me to let go of at this time of year are the pimiento peppers.  The bushes are always loaded with fruits that won’t ripen and there’s just nothing better in my mind than a fresh, red, ripe pimiento….what a bummer!

Last Laugh Farms had some darling gift baskets filled with their goat milk soaps and some soft, cuddly, stuffed goats that were very fashionable with tutus and jewelry…too cute.  We’re trying to talk Shelley into bringing some of their wonderful fudge that they sampled at the Fall Harvest Fest for our closeout markets!  She is taking orders for holiday gifts now so it’s a good opportunity to get something neat for that special person on your gift list.

Melinda with Wagon Creek Creamery has been a delight to have with us.  Her winning ways have encouraged a lot of you to try their products and find out how good they are.  She was sampling both Colby and Cheddar Cheese at market this past Tuesday and asking people for their favorite.  I think the final vote was pretty near a split as they were both winners!

We want to thank you for your support this year. We made many new friends and was very glad to see our "old" friends, too, during market. So, even if you’re not in the market for produce, we’d certainly love to have you come by so we can personally thank you. Also, if you could give us your ideas on how we might make make our harvest more successful in the community, everyone will benefit next year.  If you had favorite varieties or some that you really didn’t care for please let us know about it. That would also help with next year’s planning. 

Dress warm and come say goodbye to the 2008 garden season with us, we’d love to see you!

Gardening for God,

Kate Morrison,
Faith Farm Coordinator

PS:  Would you or your group like to have a personal tour or program about Faith Farm? Call Kate at 237-4800 to schedule a time.

Harvest Fest 2008 was a great success!
Thank you for your support. With the ambiance of live music in the garden, everyone appeared to enjoy themselves tasting all the foods and buying their favorite vegetables and flowers.

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