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It's a cool morning at Bio-Way Farm, a small certified organic operation in Ware Shoals. Chris Sermons, the farm's owner, instructs his new helpers how to ...

Your Final Week from Valley Flora!

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Your Final Week from Valley Flora! The last one!
What's Fresh from Valley Flora this Week...
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In This Week's Beet Box Newsletter:
  • The Last Week!
  • 2018 CSA Sign-ups
  • Tamales this Week
  • Farmstand Still Going - This Week and Next!
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Your Share This Week:
  • Red Onions
  • Carrots
  • Green Cabbage
  • Bulk Kale
  • Celeriac
  • Delicata Squash
  • Red Potatoes
  • Hakurei Turnips?
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Parsnips
For recipes and ideas, check out these links:
 
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.
 
The Last Week!
This is it! Your final CSA delivery for 2017 couldn't come on a more beautiful December week (cold, but oh that full moon and crystal clear sky.....!). I am always surprised by the lingering abundance at this time of year; the totes are not only replete but also colorful. We've managed to "eat the local rainbow" for another  season, from before the longest day of the year until almost the shortest day (happy winter solstice to all!). And for those of you who are embarking on the winter CSA adventure with us starting in January, the seasonal fare will continue!

A ginormous thank you to everyone for showing up to support our little local family farm this year. For suffering through the ugly potatoes with us and enjoying one of the best sugar snap pea years we've had in a decade. Every season is a roller coaster ride for us, but this year was particularly challenging at times, starting with the eleven feet of rain we got last winter. That cold, wet spring was the hardest we've endured and by June I already felt like I'd had the stuffing punched out of me. Then, on cue, we had our bizarre-o string of little disasters in a single week: the pump burning up - twice; the electric tractor croaking; a car crashing through our farmstand; a trip to the ER with our daughter. I mumbled more than once, "If ever there was a year to quit, this would be it..."

But buoyed up by the encouragement and generosity of all of you, we didn't quit. And then the peas came on in all their glory, followed by big fat ears of corn, sweet peppers, tomatoes and all the rest, and sure enough happy farm amnesia overtook us and we forgot all about our early-season woes. That's the beauty of living by the seasons; they're always changing and you're always forgetting :)

The thing we never forget though is how lucky we are to be supported and cheered on by a community of folks like you. I say this every year, and I'll never get tired to reminding you: we wouldn't be here as a farm without you, our CSA members. You're the bedrock of our farm financially and the source of our greatest farming inspiration (my passion for keeping your Harvest Basket colorful and diverse each week is what drives all the crop planning, trials and experimentation at Valley Flora).

Happy winter to everyone. Cross your fingers for a kinder one this year, and I hope we can count you among our 2018 CSA members next season (more on that up next)!

XOXOX!
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2018 CSA Sign-Ups
We will begin sign-ups for the 2018 CSA in January. If you were a member in any capacity this season (you got a Harvest Basket, eggs, salad and/or tamales), you will be included in our priority sign-up process. That means that you'll be guaranteed a spot in 2018 so long as you sign-up within our priority sign-up window in January/Februrary. After that we'll open it up to folks on our waiting list until we're sold out.

We'll contact you via email in January with sign-up details. If your email has changed, please be sure to let us know so we can reach you when sign-ups begin!
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Tamales this Week!
This is the final delivery of tamales! Be sure to grab your share out of the marked blue coolers at your pickup site this week, and double check that you take the bag with your name on it. A special thanks to Juana for the 1,680 tamales she cranked out for our CSA members this year!
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Farmstand Still Going - This Week & Next!
We are open this week and next week on Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm, rain or shine. Next Wednesday, December 13, will be our final farmstand for 2017. Come stock up on fresh and storage crops to see you into the holidays!
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Farmstand Fall Hours:
Wednesdays from 10 am to 2 pm, rain or shine!
Fresh Produce
Homemade Jam & Hot Sauce
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