There’s your intrepid Farmer Ali, and there’s our greens field all covered in snow.  It’s really something to behold!  We took a walk through the fields yesterday and crossed our fingers that it would begin to melt in time for this week’s CSA harvest.

But when Ali headed out to the fields early this morning, he discovered that this foot of snow makes for nigh-impossible picking.  Root vegetables like rutabagas and turnips are stuck firmly in the ground under compacted snow, and our greens and cabbages are almost completely invisible.

We’ve made the decision to postpone this final pick-up by one week, until next Wednesday, December 30.  So that means there will be no vegetable delivery this week at all, and we’ll bring everything next week instead — same place, same time.

We hope this will work out for everyone, and we really appreciate your understanding and patience.

Fridays are always a big harvest day for us.  On Saturdays we sell at two farmers markets in Richmond, and about half our CSA customers pick up their shares on the weekend as we well.  Here you can see Claire picking turnips and radishes, bunching as she goes.  It’s certainly a joy to harvest on sunny, crisp, breezy days like this one.

The planting of the fall and winter veggies continues!  Amazing to think that these little bursts of purple and green will turn into gorgeous earthy crimson globes.  Delicious ones.  I invite everyone who loves beets to tell us why — leave a comment here!  And I will consider it my mission for the fall to convince the rest of you that you love beets too.