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We hope you enjoy the stories, news and pictures that we will be sharing through out our growing season. Fertile Crescent Farm, located in Green Bay, Virginia is free of all chemical fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides. It is our mission to grow the highest quality vegetables using a sustainable and ecological approach. This provides our CSA members and farmer's market customers with delicious and safe food, as well as providing a safe environment for the pollinators and pedatory insects that are so essential to our ecological community.



Monday, September 14, 2009

The final weeks are upon us

I can't believe it, after this week we have three weeks left of the CSA! Where has the time gone?
With the Fall season close at our heals it's time to pick the apples! Hooray! I don't mean to boast, (o.k. yes I do) but I look forward to this time of the year because our apples are DE-LISH!!!! The best ever grown! The flavor kind of reminds me of an apple flavored Jolly Rancher candy. I have no idea what variety these wonderful apples are, the trees were here when we bought the place. This year the trees were not nearly as productive as last year. I have been told that a lot of fruit trees alternate their productivity each year. This may be an off year, but there are still a decent amount of apples on the trees and I wanted to share in the bounty. They aren't the prettiest apples, the yellow jackets and giant European Wasps love to munch on them, but the flavor more than makes up for it!

This week and next our CSA members can expect salad mix, arugula, asian greens, carrots, radishes, basil, sweet potatoes, apples, roma beans and green beans in their shares. Mmmmmmmmm

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