MOUNTAIN BOUNTY FARM NEWS
Week 41/53 of 2020
Dear Farm Members,
This past week our crew made some serious headway on the steady journey into seasonal retirement for several of our fields. Crop by crop, we rip out weeds and dead plant matter, pull up plastic mulch, and roll up irrigation tape, bird netting, and cucumber trellis. The work can be grimy and dusty, sometimes even rank with the remains of old veggies laid out for weeks in sweltering sun. But the result - one more space, ready to be seeded with cover crop and given a long winter’s rest - is incredibly gratifying.
We’ve reached the far side of the arc of this year, where we tidy up and say ‘thanks!’ to the land for everything it has given us. What an honor it is to have a relationship with these fields, and to be charged with caring for them with love and respect. Enjoy your boxes this week!
Farmer Kale
THIS WEEK'S CSA CONTENTS
Our Vegetable Shares are offered year-round and we are moving away from the Summer and Winter Season distinction we've used in the past. Subscription lengths and types vary. Make sure you are checking the delivery list each week and initialing for your shares. You can check how many paid deliveries you have remaining from your Member Dashboard.
We've closed our Vegetable Shares to the public in order to give all current members the opportunity to renew.
If you have a pay-every-4-delivery Vegetable Share, you do not need to renew your share! These will continue until you choose to cancel.
If you have a pay-every-4-delivery Summer Fruit Share, you WILL need to renew for the Winter Fruit Share. These shares DO NOT roll over.
Let us know if you have any questions about the renewal process.
REGULAR BOX:
Collards
Lettuce
Onions
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Dill
Peppers
Fennel
Spinach
Carrots
SMALL BOX:
Collards
Lettuce
Onions
Dill
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Spinach
Carrots
Our delivery day in Western Nevada County switches to WEDNESDAY on November 11th.
SUMMER FRUIT SHARES: (Provided by Sunset Ridge Fine Fruits)
These shares run for 19 weeks until October 8th.
This is the FINAL week of the Summer Fruit Share. Sign up for the Winter Fruit Share here. Fruit Shares are seasonal and you must renew each season.
RECIPES
Recipes may sometimes call for more or less of a certain item in your boxes, or an ingredient you might not have on hand. We encourage you to enjoy the creativity associated with eating locally and seasonally.
Wild Greens Pie (Spinach, Collards, Dill, Onion/Leek)
Perfect Potato Latkes (Potatoes, Onion)
Romesco Sauce (Red/Bell Pepper,Tomato)
Salmon Cakes with Dill (Dill)
Grated Carrot Salad witb Raisins and Pecans (Carrots)
Fennel and Sweet Onion Pizza (Fennel, Onion)
HOW TO PICK UP YOUR CSA SHARES:
Check the delivery list each week and initial for your order on the delivery list. As always, please only take what has been delivered for you.
We ask that you only touch the box/bag/bouquet that are a part of your order.
We are asking that you pick up your box from the site and take it home with you to prevent the amount of time you are spending at your CSA site. If you’d like to pack it into a reusable bag, please feel free to do that at your car. Please bring your empty box back each week for reuse.
If you are sick, please send a friend to pick up for you and let them know about the pick up procedure.
All produce has been packed by farm employees who are in good health and following our food safety policies.
Please wear a mask to your pick up site and practice social distancing.
If there's a problem, please take what we’ve delivered for you and contact us by email or phone.
If you share your subscription, please make sure you check in every week about who will pick up so one of you does not accidentally take someone else's order.
MEMBER LINKS
Log into your Member Dashboard (pay your balance, place your box on hold, update your account, renew your subscription)
Going on vacation? You can place your box on hold from your Member Dashboard.
Click the date you'd like to hold your box on the delivery calendar on the right side of your screen.
If you have multiple subscriptions, you'll have to place both on hold and you can toggle between subscriptions here.
When you place your vegetable box on hold, your subscription extends one week into the future since our vegetable shares are year-round.
When you place your fruit or flowers on hold, you'll receive a credit at the end of that season that you can use towards your next renewal. If you place your bread on hold, you are not charged for that week.