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DEC HAPPY HOLLOW FARM Week 5 of 8 WINTER SEASON Saturday December 14th 2013

What’s In Your Share?

Swiss Chard Swiss Full, Partial & Single Shares

Chinese cabbage  Kohlrabi Lettuce (these are out of the high

Leeks Leeks tunnel) Spinach KOHLRABI Sweet peppers Sweet potatoes Tomatoes (frozen from this H i g h l i g h t e d summer) V e g e t a b l e of the week Full & Partial Shares Arugula (also out of the high tunnel) K ohlrabi The variety I grow is called Kossak and I only grow it in the fall. I seed it in the greenhouse in early August and transplant it to the field 3-4 weeks later. It reaches maturity in late October which gives it a chance to experience cold nights and hopefully a couple of frosts. The frost & freezing temperatures brings out the sweetness in Kohlrabi as well as all of the cold weather loving vegetables. The only way I have ever eaten Kohlrabi is raw; peel it & slice it and enjoy it with any meal or as a snack when you want something crunchy Please remember to return & sweet to eat. your box every week when you pick up your next share The weather outside is !ightful.... and causing a glitch in our harvesting schedule!

We can’t harvest veggies when it’s below freezing. Did You Know?

And... it doesn’t look like it’s going to be above freezing until In the winter in Thursday this week. So, we won’t be able to begin harvesting until order to keep the Thursday probably mid morning. It will take us most of the day one queen bee per Thursday and part of the day Friday to harvest, wash & pack the hive warm, worker CSA shares. bees form a cluster around the queen with their bodies. So, I need to ask that all CSA members pick up your shares for The workers then flutter their wings this week (week 5 of 8) and shiver. This constant motion and continuous use of energy is how the • Saturday Dec. 14th, 8:30am - 10:00am bees keep the inside temperature of the • Columbia Farmers Market (I’ll be parked on the Business hive warm. In order to keep shivering, Loop side, near the entrance to the market, in a gold Toyota the bees must have enough honey. Tundra w/ a dark blue camper shell) This is how they get their energy. The worker bees rotate from the outside to Please contact Farmer Liz if you have any the inside of the cluster, so no questions or concerns individual worker bee gets too cold. The temperature of the cluster ranges **these are caterpillar tunnels where the kale from 46 degrees at the exterior to 80 & swiss chard is hibernating thru this super degrees at the interior. The colder the cold weather. weather is outside, the more compact the cluster becomes.

Cream of Anything Soup Veggie Recipe of the week

Ingredients • 2 Tbl. chopped celery or celeriac & soft in butter. Stir in flour, salt & onion pepper, until blended. Cook stirring • 1 cup milk until thickened over low flame, about 1 • Dash salt min. Cool slightly. Add vegetables, • Dash black or white pepper milk & chicken stock and blend with emersion blender. Or place vegetables, • 1 cup cooked vegetables, chopped chicken stock & milk in blender, cover • 2 Tbl. butter and blend until smooth (about 30 • 4 tsp. all-purpose flour secs.). Add to saucepan and heat • 1 cup chicken stock through. • Dash Worcestershire sauce Most any vegetable can be used in this recipe. Preparation In a heavy saucepan (1 quart This recipe compliments of Tim & minimum) cook celery and onion until Brook Harlan