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Week 19 from Valley Flora

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Week 19 from Valley Flora Asian Pears & Winter Squash!
Thanks for eating locally from our family farm!
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What's Cookin' at the Farm...
  • Winter Squash, with a Caveat...
  • Asian Pears!
  • New Farmstand Hours Start this Week!
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What's In Your Share This Week:*
  • Yellow Onions
  • Head Lettuce
  • Carrots
  • Tomatoes
  • Eggplant
  • Kale
  • Sweet Peppers
  • Cilantro
  • Asian Pears
  • Winter Squash
On Rotation:
(Some locations will receive it this week; others in a future week)
  • Nothing this week...
*Harvest Basket contents may vary between pickup sites in a given week depending on what's ripe and ready on the farm. Don't worry - if something is on the list but not in your tote, you'll get it soon!

The VF Crystal Ball - What might be in your share next week...
  • Onions
  • Carrots
  • Romanesco
  • Lettuce
  • Apples?
  • Tomatoes
  • Peppers?
  • Hot Peppers
  • Winter Squash
  • Beets
  • Potatoes
  • Radishes?
Winter Squash, with a Caveat...
We’re putting the first winter squash of the season in your totes this week, but there's a caveat. We trialed two new varieties of Delicata and one new variety of Butternut this year, all of which came out of the field two weeks ago. All three varieties were highly acclaimed and we’ve been excited to try them. But we’ve been dismayed to discover that while they’ve been curing in our greenhouse the past two weeks they’ve developed skin defects that are going to significantly shorten their storage life. Butternut and Delicata make up about half of our squash crop - because everyone loves them so much - so losing these varieties in storage would be a big hit. 
 
I took a gamble today and decided to send out our “ugly squash” this week, in hopes that you will use them ASAP and forgive us their leper looks! It chafed against every cell in my body to put ugly squash in your totes - especially for our kickoff winter squash week - but I think the eating quality is still good and I’d rather you have ugly, tasty squash than no squash at all. 
 
I’ve cut into dozens of them to see how deep the damage is and feel pretty confident that everything that is going out this week is afflicted only skin-deep. The butternuts will make great soup, and the delicatas should roast up nicely - all with the help of a peeler or a good sharp knife to take the skin off. After this round, you should see nothing but good-looking squash in your share!
 
And in case you’re worried, we’ve been handling the squash for two weeks and the leprosy doesn’t seem to be contagious. :)

(And I suppose if it is, well then we can all have a raucous party in our leper colony together, feasting on ugly butternuts till the cows come home…)
 
Thanks for your understanding. I hope you can see past their flawed exterior to the true beauty within.
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Asian Pears
A little gift from the orchard this week: everyone is getting my all-time favorite Asian Pear variety, Chojuro. It has a copper glow to the skin and tastes about as close to butterscotch candy as anything I've encountered in nature, only better. I like to keep my asian pears in the fridge so they retain their crisp texture and juiciness. I have a certain addiction to slicing them up and dredging them through hazlenut butter. Something about that combo sends me.
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New Farmstand Hours Starting October 2nd!
 
Every Wednesday & Saturday (rain or shine)
10 am to 1 pm

Fresh Produce
Homemade Jam & Hot Sauce

Please bring your own bags and u-pick containers!

Directions to the Farm
For Recipes & Cooking Inspiration:
 
Valley Flora Recipe Wizard
Our own collection of recipes gathered over the years.
 
Epicurious
A vast collection of recipes, searchable by one or multiple ingredients
 
Full Belly Farm
Recipes from one of my favorite farms in California, pioneers of the organic movement since the 80s.

Farm Fresh to You
A storehouse of recipes, searchable by ingredient.
 
Helsing Junction Farm
A Washington farm that has a good collection of seasonal recipes geared toward CSA members.
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