The Weekly Harvest: It's finally happening

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Hey Folks, 

Well, it's finally happening - Fall. Thank goodness it has cooled off a bit. The never ending heat of July and August was intense. Your farm crew and produce are thankful for cooler nights, cooler days, and shorter days. We are still very much in the harvest hustle but the crops are shifting with the weather. There are still tomatoes and peppers in abundance but summer crop days are numbered as we start to prepare for the first frost sometime this month, which feels hard to believe given that it might be 95 degrees this Saturday.  These cooler temps and the coming Fall are such a welcome time of year on the Farm as we say goodbye (or good riddance!) to cucumbers, zucchini, patty pans, and summer squash and we start to bring in the winter squash to cure in the greenhouse. 

I love this time of year as we bring in big bulk harvests and start to store things away for the Fall, Winter, and early Spring. We seed the outdoor vegetable fields to their Winter cover crops and seed all of our tunnel space (almost a half acre!) to hearty winter greens. We can start to think again of turning on that heat producing oven thing in our kitchens, yet we can still enjoy the lingering fruits of summer. This overlap in September makes for some great eating. There are still tomatoes for preserving (available this week), so make sure to get some if you are interested as we are for sure over the tomato crest. 

Come mid-September, we are hoping to be able to roast chiles and poblanos on Fridays at the Farm Stand for y'all. So keep your digital ears peeled for that announcement. 

Eat local + be well, 
Nic and The Native Hill Farm Crew
 

This Week’s Harvest:

  • Roma canning tomatoes - 20lb box

  • Red Canning tomatoes - 20lb box

  • Heirloom Canners - 10lb flats

  • Head Lettuce

  • Cantaloupe (last week!)

  • Salad Mix

  • Carrots 

  • Beets (last week of bunched beets)

  • Kale (Tuscan and Curly)

  • Rainbow chard

  • Heirloom garlic

  • Sweet Onions

  • Bell Peppers

  • Broccoli

  • Italian Parsley

  • Flowers! (Bouquets at Market and Farm Stand)

  • U Pick Flowers at the Farm Stand!

  • Red beefsteak slicer tomatoes 

  • Heirloom Tomatoes

  • Cherry Tomatoes

  • Hot Peppers: Jalapeño, Serrano, Fresno, Banana, and Habanero types

  • Asian and Italian Eggplant

  • Shishito peppers 

  • Yukon Gold potatoes

  • Fingerling potato mix

  • Sweet Corn at Farm Stand (last week!)

  • Napa Cabbage

  • Green Cabbage

  • Red Cabbage

  • Frisée

  • Escarole