Winter Harvest Week #1, 2021-22

Happy Halloween! Feliz dia de los Muertos!

The original cartoon of La Calavera Catrina, by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada. It is thought ... — The original cartoon of La Calavera Catrina, by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada. It is thought to have been drawn around 1910, as the Mexican Revolution was gathering steam.
PHOTOGRAPH BY **JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA**

Here are your first selection of winter veggies:

Arugula
Radishes (daikon – light purple or pink , radish – dark purple (these you do not need to peel)
Winter squash
Leeks
Broccoli
Cauliflower or cabbage (take the one you did not get last week)
Fennel
Radicchio
Cherry tomatoes or regular tomatoes
Green peppers
Parsley or thyme (spice up your life- well, they are really herbs, but add some zing to your meals)
Persimmons – these are the variety you eat when hard – I just eat them like an apple, they can be sliced in salads

Happy Halloween and Dia de los Muertos. One of my favorite celebrations. No dressing up in our house today except for “Higo” and “Pee Wee” who will strut their costumes as bumble bees with Kody later on tonight. We hope you enjoy the clear night without rain. Happy trick or treating.

We continue to prep the beds with more winter crops. I hope to seed a special spinach to be harvested as baby leaves later today after harvest. I have purchased both arugula and spinach for this purpose. In the past we get so much weed seed growing our intentional crop gets covered. We will try again and keep on trying until success.

If you have not let us know that you want to be part of the 2022 Regular Season you can do so by completing the enrollment form and leaving us a deposit of $100. Here is a link to the page: https://www.finquita.com/wordpress/?page_id=231

We will harvest 12 times during the winter season. The first few weeks are back to back and then we will spread out to twice monthly for December – February. Here is the schedule again:

10/31,

11/7,11/14

12/5,12/19

1/9,1/23

2/6, 2/20

3/6, 3/203/27

You can add on Mushrooms by joining Cloud Cap mushrooms and they will deliver your mushrooms here for pick -up with your share:

https://cloudcapmushroom.co/la-finquita-del-buho

Here are some recipes to enjoy this week:

Roasted Fennel and Leeks

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Winter Squash and Leek Pie