CSA #28

Dear CSA-ers,

This week’s Preassembled Bag will contain Spring Mix, Mixed Eggplant, Tulsi Holy Basil, Garlic, Green Beans, Banana Peppers, and Acorn Squash. Orders may now be placed on the online market at: https://magneyfarm.locallygrown.net/market

After a week of soaking rains, we are enjoying some splendid weather this weekend. The hum of cicadas remains on the air, but the signs of Autumn are arriving quickly. Days grow noticeably shorter while mornings seem to stay cooler for longer. We see the cornfields of the surrounding region drying to signal the time of harvest.

On our own farm we notice the changing of the seasons as well. The leaves of pumpkins and winter squash are starting to wither, revealing the colorful treasures they have stored away for us over the summer. This past week, we put a respectable harvest of winter squash in the warm, dry greenhouse to undergo their curing process. Sadly, some vegetables have hit their wall, we have likely reached the end for our cherry tomatoes for this year. However, there are other vegetables returning from a long summer hiatus. Beets are back in a big way, and there will be many leafy greens to follow soon.

While we have not been able to attend Farmers’ Markets as much as we would have liked, we are pleased to be serving more of you through CSA than ever this year! Connecting with our customers one-on-one is much of what makes agriculture fulfilling for many of us here at the Magney Legacy Ridge Farm Team. In many ways this has been a year of growing and learning. While there is still much work to be done to prepare our tunnels for their winter crops this year, we already have many ideas for the year to come. On this note, we warmly welcome your feedback on the CSA and the service we provide. You share in our farm’s bounty and likewise your input on its direction is valuable to us.

As always, we thank you for all you do to support us and our efforts at brining organic, sustainable agriculture to our West Kentucky region. It has been immensely rewarding to see support for this way of agriculture to grow here. We wish the best to you and those you hold dear in this week to come!

Sincerely,
The Magney Legacy Ridge Farm Team