On Saturday evening the Powisset Farm Crew closed the big
red barn door to end our fifteenth week of CSA distributions. We turned the music up loud and hauled the
remaining veggies into the cooler, counted and stacked the bins, swept the wash
area and drove the rotten tomatoes out to the compost. I walked down the farm road with my bags
filled with veggies, bunches of kale sticking out over the top of the totes,
onions and summer squash from the stand making the bags weigh heavy on my
shoulders. I had a lot of plans for my
weekend cooking adventures. After passing
the fields and the few remaining families hunting for the last of the husk
cherries, I made it home, piled my bags on the kitchen table and grabbed the
leash and the dog. 
Henry and I walked into the fields side by side as I closed
the gates behind me; the last task to end this September work week. We walked to the very back corner of the
field, to the end of a row of turnips, ready for winter storage. I looked back at the farm road and noticed
how different everything looks from the edges of the field. Even though I have spent days and months and
years looking at these fields and rows of crops growing and being turned-in and
growing again, I found myself in a corner of the farm on this almost-fall day,
with the light dimming and the leaves starting to turn and it felt like I was
looking at a whole new farm.
That transition from Summer to Fall at the farm, often makes
me feel like I am working at a new farm. Our pace changes, our tasks shift from
harvesting tomatoes to pulling out tomato stakes. To mark this change, I like
to make bread and pick flowers and have farm festivals and press cider and walk
to the edges of the fields so that the farm looks as different as it
feels. Next week I’ll tell you about
Bread Day and we’ll reflect on our wonderful Fall Festival (which, by the way,
is this Sunday, September 22 from 10-3pm).
I’ll see you at the farm,
Meryl & the Powisset Farm Crew
Fall Festival! This Sunday, September 22 10am-3pm
Join us this Sunday, September 22 for the Powisset Farm Fall
Festival!
It is time again for the wonderful and amazing fall
festival! The fall festival will be a
chance for us all to come together and celebrate Fall on the Farm! We are winding down our farm season and want
to spend time with you, our farm community, to celebrate our 2013 farm
season! There will be live music and
vendors (food/crafts and more!), farm tours, activities for kids and Powisset
Farm produce for sale! The event is free
and open to all! I hope that you can
come celebrate the farm and fall with us!
When: This Sunday, September 22 10am-3pm
Where: Powisset Farm!
Free and open to all!
Why: So much fun!
Winter Shares for Sale!
Our summer CSA will be wrapping up in four weeks, but the
veggies don’t have to end! Join our
winter CSA and continue to eat Powisset produce deep into the winter! The winter share has: greens (kale, cabbage,
collards, & more), potatoes, sweet potatoes, winter squash, beets, carrots,
turnips, parsnips, rutabaga, onions, leeks, shallots, garlic and more! There are four pick ups, from the end of
October through the middle of December.
We will give you a wide variety of produce, tips for storage and recipe
suggestions. The winter share is a warm,
festive time at the farm and we will do our best to provide you with as much
variety as possible, as well as produce that is great for long-term storage.
Join us! To sign up,
please email: mlatronica@ttor.org
Or, sign up at the barn when you come for your share.
Dates and times of the 2013 winter share:
October 26
November 9
November 23
December 14
All pick-ups are at the farm from 10am-3pm
Cost of the winter share: $275
What's in the share:
Up at the barn: lettuce, turnips, radishes, napa or chard, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, onions
In the fields: husk cherries, herbs, last of the cherry tomatoes
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