This Week's Denison Farm CSA Share

Dear CSA Members,

September 2 - Wendell Berry
In the evening there were flocks of nighthawks passing southward over the valley. The tall sunflowers stood, burning on their stalks to cold seed, by the still river.
And high up the birds rose into sight against the darkening clouds. They tossed themselves among the fading landscapes of the sky like rags, as in abandonment to the summons their blood knew.
And in my mind, where had stood a garden
straining to the light, there grew an acceptance of decline. Having worked,
I would sleep, my leaves all dissolved in flight.

If farming is nothing else, it is rhythmical – the cycles and seasons of our year. For some, Labor Day marks the end of summer and that holds true on the farm as well. The summer heat loving crops are rapidly diminishing to be replaced by the Fall cool season crops.

Our moods are changing as well. We all seem a bit more introspective as we engage in our varied tasks on the farm – some more philosophical while others more melancholic. And there are four men who live and work with us who begin dreaming and preparing for the time when they will return to their families in Jamaica.

As a group, we welcome the changes; but we drag our feet as we make this transition.

Enjoy your box this week of Fall and Summer vegetables!

Wishing you the Best- Justine

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Just a Few Notes:

• Remember to take a photo of the list to bring home with you for when you unpack your weekly share!
• Please take one box from the top of one of the stacks and check your name off on the sign-in clipboard. The boxes (eggs and fruit as well) will all be the same and will not be labeled.
• Egg and fruit shares are only for those that purchased those shares with their order.
• The fruit share will begin later in the season, and those members will get an email with updates at that time.
• Please visit Facebook/Instagram and our website for updates.
• Please have a neighbor or friend pick up your share if you cannot.
• Please be responsible for your payments/installments.
• Please return and flatten the boxes and leave in a neat pile from week to week.
• Sparkling Meadow egg cartons can be returned each week.
• Please add our email address to your contact list and check your spam/junk/promotions email folders for CSA newsletters and updates.

>> View this week's newsletter, with recipes. <<

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This week in your CSA box, you will most likely find:

• Parsley
• Red Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Lettuce
• Spinach
• And a few more items that have yet to be harvested!