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PLEASE IGNORE THE RENEWAL REMINDER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS SEASON! (Or if you are a 3 year member partner.)
Thank you for your continued support!!!
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: Last chance to take advantage of your reserved spot for next season! We have extended the renewal deadline for one more week. We realize the holidays are a busy time, and we wanted to be sure all 2014 members who would like to renew have the opportunity to do so before we begin to accept new members.
We will hold off on contacting the wait list for one more week. After that point, all members, new and returning, will be accepted on a "first come, first served" basis. So please take a moment now to sign up for the 2015 season, on our Member Sign-up page.
*We can also complete the online signup for any member who is unable to do so. Please let us know if you need assistance with your member renewal!
Thank you for supporting your local small organic farmer, and making the commitment to eat seasonally, and well!
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MEMBER SURVEY: We would love to have your feedback on this year's harvest; as well as your ideas, suggestions and/or desires for next year. Please click on the link to complete the 2014 Member Survey. It should take only about 5-10 minutes to complete. We thank you and appreciate your time to help us improve the Quiet Creek Farm CSA experience for you, our members!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
PLEASE IGNORE THE RENEWAL REMINDER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS SEASON! (Or if you are a 3 year member partner.)
Thank you for your continued support!!!
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: Last chance to take advantage of your reserved spot for next season! We will begin accepting new members from the wait list in 2015, and all members will be accepted on a "first come, first served" basis in the new year. So please take a moment now to sign up for the 2015 season, on our Member Sign-up page.
*We can also complete the online signup for any member who is unable to do so. Please let us know if you need assistance with your member renewal!
*Check payments for down payments and full payments are now accepted! In order to make the process available to those members who are not comfortable or familiar with online banking or credit card payments, we are now accepting check payments for both the down payment and full payment option. We made this change in response to member feedback. We want to make it possible for all members who wish to do so, to renew their share.
Thank you for supporting your local small organic farmer, and making the commitment to eat seasonally, and well!
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MEMBER SURVEY: We would love to have your feedback on this year's harvest; as well as your ideas, suggestions and/or desires for next year. Please click on the link to complete the 2014 Member Survey. It should take only about 5-10 minutes to complete. We thank you and appreciate your time to help us improve the Quiet Creek Farm CSA experience for you, our members!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
PLEASE IGNORE THE RENEWAL REMINDER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS SEASON! (Or if you are a 3 year member partner.)
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: Only 2 weeks left to take advantage of your reserved spot for next season! We will begin accepting new members from the wait list in 2015, and all members will be accepted on a "first come, first served" basis in the new year. So please take a moment now to sign up for the 2015 season, on our Member Sign-up page.
*Check payments for down payments and full payments are now accepted! In order to make the process available to those members who are not comfortable or familiar with online banking or credit card payments, we are now accepting check payments for both the down payment option and the full payment option. We made this change in response to member feedback. We want to make it possible for all members who wish to do so, to renew their share. We can also complete the online signup for any member who is unable to do so. Please let us know if you need assistance with your member renewal. Thanks!
Thank you for supporting your local small organic farmer, and making the commitment to eat seasonally, and well!
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MEMBER SURVEY: We would love to have your feedback on this year's harvest; as well as your ideas, suggestions and/or desires for next year. Please click on the link to complete the 2014 Member Survey. It should take only about 5-10 minutes to complete. We thank you and appreciate your time to help us improve the Quiet Creek Farm CSA experience for you, our members!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
PLEASE IGNORE THE RENEWAL REMINDER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS SEASON! (Or if you are a 3 year member partner.)
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: Please note this change - we are now accepting check payments for down payments and full payments! In order to make the process available to those members who are not comfortable or familiar with online banking or credit card payments, we are now accepting check payments for both the down payment option and the full payment option. We made this change in response to member feedback. We want to make it possible for all members who wish to do so, to renew their share. We can also complete the online signup for any member who is unable to do so. Please let us know if you need assistance with your member renewal. Thanks!
We will hold spots for all current members until the end of 2014. We will begin accepting new members from the wait list in 2015. So please take a moment now to sign up for the 2015 season, on our Member Sign-up page.
Thank you for supporting your local small organic farmer, and making the commitment to eat seasonally, and well!
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MEMBER SURVEY: We would love to have your feedback on this year's harvest; as well as your ideas, suggestions and/or desires for next year. Please click on the link to complete the 2014 Member Survey. It should take only about 5-10 minutes to complete. We thank you and appreciate your time to help us improve the Quiet Creek Farm CSA experience for you, our members!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
PLEASE IGNORE THE RENEWAL REMINDER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR THIS SEASON! (Or if you are a 3 year member partner.)
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: For those of you who have not yet renewed your membership, now is the time! Since we have switched to an online sign-up process, it takes just a few minutes to sign up to for next season. You can pay online, through Dwolla which is a free electronic bank transfer, or Paypal. You may also pay by check, for full payments only. If you wish to use the payment plan, please choose Dwolla or Paypal. $100 payment is all that is required to sign up.
We will hold spots for all current members until the end of 2014. We will begin accepting new members from the wait list in 2015. So please take a moment now to sign up for the 2015 season, on our Member Sign-up page.
Thank you for supporting your local small organic farmer, and making the commitment to eat seasonally, and well!
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MEMBER SURVEY: I know it seems far off, but for us, next season has already begun. Farmer John is performing all winter maintenance and repairs of the farm tractors and implements, so they will be ready to go next year. We are actively seeking farm apprentices to work the fields. We are busily perusing the seed catalogs and planning the vegetable, herb, and flower plantings.
We would love to have your feedback on this year's harvest; as well as your ideas, suggestions and/or desires for next year. Please click on the link to complete the 2014 Member Survey. It should take only about 5-10 minutes to complete. We thank you and appreciate your time to help us improve the Quiet Creek Farm CSA experience for you, our members!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
Stock up and keep going awhile with yummy fruit and stave off the need to source "fruit" (herein meaning mushy, mealy, and otherwise flavorless horrors in the guise of deliciousness) from the grocery store!You can also order 10lb. bags of each variety. If you order multiple 10lb. bags, we'll likely pack them together in one of our heavy-duty bags for ease of handling.
Pre-orders highly recommended. Please specify if you prefer your loaves sliced.
* Big Country French: A white french sourdough. These are extra large loaves sold in halves. Makes for a large sandwich or crostini.
Pre-orders only. Order by email , dailyloaf26@gmail.com, or phone 717-823-0280
Save a $1 per loaf on orders of 4 or more loaves.
4 to 7 loaves Regular $ 5 Specialty $6
Save $1.50 on orders of 8 or more loaves.
8 or more loaves Regular $4.50 Specialty $5.50
Organic vegetables from Quiet Creek Farm
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
LAST WEEK OF CSA SHARES!
We hope you have enjoyed the 2014 harvest season! This is the final week of CSA shares, Tuesday October 27th and Friday October 31st.
CSA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL REMINDER:
Please visit our Member Sign-up page to secure your share for the 2015 season. $100 down payment is all that is required to sign up. If you wish to pay in full by check, you will need to sign up and bring your invoice and payment to the barn this week! Otherwise, share payments can be made online via our website.
PLEASE NOTE:
1) Stock-up orders are here this week! Payment is due at pickup.
2) All bread shares will have a double pickup this week! Please take 2 loaves for every 1 you get regularly. This is a bonus week! The bread freezes beautifully. When you are ready to eat it, you can thaw the entire loaf, or just take out the slices you need and thaw in the toaster.
3) Chicken and pizza stock-up orders will be in for pickup this week.
BOUNTY OF CARROTS
As CSA members, you share in the risks as well as the bounty of the farm. As I said before, this has been the year of the carrot. Both the spring and fall crops have grown very well, but the fall carrots yields have been truly exceptional. Therefore all members will be getting a bulk amount of carrots in the share this week. If stored properly, these carrots will keep for months. We have kept them in storage until spring, and they remain crisp and sweet! The fall carrots are a special variety called Bolero which is especially suited to storage.
Carrots like to be stored in a cold, humid environment. Your fridge crisper drawer is fine, but be sure to keep them in a bag. They will dry out and become rubbery if left loose in the crisper drawer. If you are short on fridge space, you can also store them in an unheated basement, but be sure to place them in a sealed container to prevent rodent damage and also to retain humidity. They will not keep as long if stored above 40 degrees.
Carrots can be frozen or canned as well. Check out this link for making and canning your own Carrot Pickles! For detailed instructions on freezing carrots go to http://www.pickyourown.org/carrotsfreezing.htm
Freezing is a simple process, and they take up very little space when processed this way. Have fun!
THE HARVEST
Butternut Squash
Cabbage
Carrots
Beets
Celeriac
Kale
Spinach
Onions
Garlic
Potatoes &/or Sweet Potatoes
UPICK: herbs
COOPERATIVE SHARES this week: bread- special bonus share this week! Please take 2 loaves for every one you get normally!
RECIPES
Fresh Carrot Pickles- this recipe makes 1 jar of refrigerator pickles. Check out the link above to can a small batch of carrot pickles.
Thanks to a CSA member for contributing this tasty recipe for Roasted Beets N' Sweets.
Two recipe ideas for winter squash: Bechamel Winter Squash Lasagna and Winter Squash braised in Apple Cider
Enjoy!
As always, if you need an idea for the produce in your share, check our Recipe Page! You can search by vegetable!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
We are nearing the close of the 2014 harvest season. It seems to have gone by so quickly! Although we experienced a few hardships on the farm this season, with the blight problems affecting the tomatoes and potatoes, we feel the 2014 season was quite bountiful and we sincerely hope you all have enjoyed your shares of the harvest!
We are excited about the amazing carrot harvests this year - it truly has been the year of the carrot - our best ever. All the roots have really enjoyed the fairly regular rainfall we have received throughout this season, and produced quite well. The lettuces and greens did wonderfully also. We are pleased with the salad mix lettuces which we expanded this year, as well as the trials of the Surrey (wild-type) arugula, red-veined (Red Kitten) spinach, and the purple kale (Redbor). The fall broccoli and cabbages have been truly amazing, both in the size of the heads and the quality. The new pepper Revolution, was truly a beautiful huge pepper, and we plan to grow more next year.
We took extra care of the tomatoes in the hoophouse in hopes of protecting them from blight and prolonging their harvest period, and it worked! Happily, we had tomatoes in the harvest up until just a few weeks ago. We plan to add more blight-resistant varieties to the field plantings for next year, based on the positive results from this year's trial planting. The new silver reflective plastic mulch which we trialed in the onions also seems to have been effective. On average, the onions this year have been larger and of better keeping quality than we have had before. We are excited that many of our trials have been successful, and as always, we hope to further improve our farming systems next year! We are grateful indeed for the harvest which has been provided by the earth, water, sun, and plenty of hard work!
We have already begun our plans for the upcoming harvest season. We keep records of the harvests and plantings all season long, and note ideas on improvements and new possibilities for the coming season. We will ask for your comments and suggestions in our annual survey, which will be available online in a few weeks. Watch your inbox!
For the 2015 season, we have switched to an online sign-up process through our website. We are excited about this new system, and we think it will be very user-friendly for you, our members. Members will be able to sign up, make payments, check balances, and more; all right from our website. Also, as we plan to be transitioning to our new home over the next year, this will also help to avoid the possibility of checks lost in the mail.
Therefore, we are only accepting check payments for paid-in-full shares up to the end of this CSA season, October 31st 2014. Otherwise, share payments can be made online via our website. $100 down payment is all that is required to sign up. We will hold spots for all current members until the end of 2014. We will begin accepting new members from the wait list in 2015.
While it is fresh in your mind, we encourage you to take a moment to sign up for the 2015 season, on our Member Sign-up page.
Thank you for supporting your local small organic farmer, and making the commitment to eat seasonally, and well!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
Ledamete Grass Farm will have 1 more market in November, with pick-up only at their farm in Schnecksville. Products available include pastured & forest-raised pork (including NEW specialty sausage flavors, Canadian Bacon, Jowl Bacon, and Bacon), pastured chicken, and 100% grassfed beef. Contact them directly with any questions.
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Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm
Farm News: A few new vegetables in store for you this week: sweet potatoes, butternut squash, and celeriac. The sweet potatoes vary in size and shape. Just scrub them clean and bake whole for a simple and tasty treat, especially with a pat of butter melted inside! Sweet potatoes and butternut squash prefer to be stored in dry conditions at room temperature. Butternut squash is a very versatile squash. It can be baked and eaten sweet or savory. It can be peeled and cubed for stews and saute. It can be baked or steamed and pureed for pumpkin pie, muffins, breads, soup, etc.
Celeriac is the most under-appreciated root vegetable. Although it is quite funny looking, like a hairy little space man, it is very versatile and delicious, with a distinctive celery-like flavor. It must be peeled to remove the rough outer skin. Then you can shred it raw for salads and slaws. It can be cubed or diced and used in soup or sauteed vegetables. You can cube it and roast it with other root veggies. It can be boiled and mashed with potatoes. It keeps very well, in a cold humid place. Wrap loosely and store in the crisper drawer of your fridge. Check out this produce guide from Martha Stewart for a wealth of ideas for celeriac.
WILD FOR SALMON is coming to the farm this week with their wonderful Wild Alaskan salmon and other seafood. If you did not pre-order, do not worry. They will be bringing extra products and you can make purchases during pickup hours on Tuesday or Friday this week - October 21st and 24th! You can check out their products on their website - www.wildforsalmon.com
THE HARVEST
Butternut Squash
Cabbage
Carrots
Celeriac
Sweet Potatoes
Salad Mix
Kale
Green & colored peppers
Onions
Garlic
UPICK: herbs
COOPERATIVE SHARES this week: pizza, chicken, cheese, fruit and bread
PLEASE NOTE: PIZZA SHARES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO THIS WEEK. STOCKING UP PIZZA ORDERS WILL BE DELIVERED NEXT WEEK.)
RECIPES & STORAGE TIPS
Two lovely new recipes for celeriac: Celeriac & Roasted Garlic Soup, and Maple-Bacon Roasted Apples and Celeriac. Of course I must also mention my favorite - Celeriac Soup: Creamy Autumn Soup - everyone loves this one; it is topped with chopped apples and grated cheddar.
I know Kale chip recipes abound, but here is another good one: Kale Chips with Chili Sauce.
Here is a tasty version of Colcannon, a traditional Irish dish, with creamy potatoes and cabbage or kale. This version is topped with cheddar cheese and baked, Colcannon with Cheddar.
Enjoy!
As always, if you need an idea for the produce in your share, check our Recipe Page! You can search by vegetable!
Your farmers,
John and Aimee Good
Quiet Creek Farm