Fall 2025 #8/10: Good Food & Gratitude

Written By Katie Green

Wild Hare will be open for our normal hours on Tuesday (12-7) and Wednesday (10-5), and we cannot wait to show you our thanks by loading you up with delicious food this week.  I like to approach Thanksgiving dinner with a couple of assumptions in mind.  On one hand, holiday meals are a time for traditions, so I try to make sure there are plenty of choices on the table for folks to work with in terms of apples, roots, little squashes and potatoes. But, food holidays are also a chance to shake things up and try a new recipe or two (and you can bet I’m sharing some favorites this week). Mark and I really look forward preparing (and of course, consuming) the Thanksgiving meal. And for us farmers, the celebration begins in the field, so you can only imagine how delighted we are to harvest Brussels Sprouts for the CSA this week!

I know what you’re thinking. Brussels Sprouts? For Thanksgiving? Groundbreaking. But I’ve got to tell you, this feels special if not miraculous. Brussels are on our list of arch-nemeses. Not only do they spend a whole lot of time in the field between transplant and harvest, the bugs love them even more than we do. A stalk’s worth of slow-growing leafy bits and bobs is just asking for trouble. So, after watching the young plants get taken down by late-season hatches of bugs year after year, we gave up and decided to plant the crop out as late as we could possibly get away with, holding out for Winter harvests and a bit of luck. This time, they’re months ahead of schedule. Maybe it is because Thanksgiving is happening so much later, or maybe it is because this particular field of brassicas is really popping off for us this year (remember the giant cabbages a few weeks back?) Regardless of the reason, the crew is harvesting stalk after stalk with a great deal of care and joy today, and I’m thanking my lucky stars that we get to work beside and grow for such wonderful people. And much like those little sprouts, we don’t take any of it for granted. Thank you for supporting us and sharing local seasonal produce with friends and loved ones, for volunteering to bring the delicious veggie sides and mains and for baking those pumpkins into pies.  We are so thankful to be you farmers.

Many Thanks,
Katie & Mark

PS: A few friendly reminders:
- 2026 Priority Registration for CSA Renewers & Returners is LIVE. I will begin sending out confirmations and invoices this week.
- We will be accepting donations for the LASA Giving Boxes through our last day of the year on December 10th.
- You don’t have to be a member of the CSA to shop at the farmstand. All are welcome!

IN THE FARMSHARES THIS WEEK:

Brussels Sprouts
Potatoes
Choice of Roots
Choice of Small Squash
Yellow Onions
Choice of Apples

AT THE FARM STAND THIS WEEK
Katie Green
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