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Dear Folks,
This week you will be able to pick off the table for your share. Just bring back your boxes and also bring bags to put your items in. You may choose any items - vegetables, fruit, baked goods, meat, eggs, cheese.
Do not forget that you will still have one more week of CSA pickup. On October 25 we will be delivering your share to Suzanne Picard's house at: 4400 Bramber Street
Kensington, PA 20895. We will have everything in bags for you to take.
NEWS about the Extended Fall session for Cedar Lane folks! Katie and Ryan Tuckey (our daughter and son-in-law) have a market stand at the Kentlands market on Saturday mornings. They have offered to allow us to use their stand as a drop off spot for CSAs for the Extended Fall Session.
Kentlands Main Street Pavilion
Kentlands
Gaithersburg , MD USA
301 Main Street, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
I am not sure of the exact times of the market. I can get back to you about that. It is definitely Saturday mornings until possibly 2pm or thereabouts.
I realize for some this will not work out, but it is an options for others. I will include this drop off as an option for the Extended Fall season.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Gregg, Louise and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
We have LOTS, LOTS, LOTS of Honeycrisp apples, Braeburen, Granny Smith, and Suncrisp!
Honeycrisp apples are a sweet, crisp apple.
Granny Smith are a tart crisp apple.
Suncrisp are a tart, crisp apple.
Braeburn are a tart, crisp apple.
All of these apples make great eating apples. They are also great for pies, crisps and baking ,as they will hold there shape very well. DO NOT USE THEM FOR SAUCE! They are too crisp for sauce.
If you want apples for sauce, please let us know. We have excellent sauce apples as well for the same great deal!
DO NOT PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR THE APPLE SPECIAL ON THE STORE - email me and I will take your order. The store can not give you the discount!
Keep these apples in mind if you are buying items for a school or organization. These are delicious and we will give you a REAL DEAL!
There are approximately 40 apples to a half bushel - if you buy more them one half bushel we will sell them to you for $10 per half bushel. Let me know via email if you want to buy some in quanity and I will order them for you.
If you buy them from the store the normal price is $15 per half bushel.
Louise
Dear Folks,
The deadline to sign up for the Extended Fall season is October 25. So if you have been procrastinating sign up now.
This week's share will include:
Asian pears
Kale
Applesauce
Apple cider
Winter Squash - either spaghetti squash or buttercup
Mystery item
Mystery item
Personal shares:
Asian pears
Apple cider
Kale
Mystery item
Winter Squash - either spaghetti squash or buttercup
The Asian pears were just picked so they can sit for a while to soften up.
The applesauce is made with either Smokehouse or Rambo apples - no sugar added. So you may sweeten as you like. The jars are sealed so you do not need to use them immediately. We do ask that when you are finished with the jar, please return it to us, we can sterilize them and reuse them.
Remember you can freeze apple cider for later use.
The buttercup winter squash is either a green or a bright orange squash with a hard shell. These are delicious baked with garlic and butter.
Enjoy the great fall weather. We are harvesting some very nice broccoli and cauliflower these days. We are waiting anxiously for the first hard frost. Although it will mean the end of the cherry tomatoes and eggplant it will mean that we will begin to cut the Brussel Sprouts stalks!
I will be sending a separate email about the Apple specials! YES - we are adding Granny Smith and Suncrisp and Braeburn to the specials. Be looking for the email!
Have a great week!
Gregg, Louise, and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
We have great apples!
We will be at the East Columbia Library on Cradle Rock Way Tomorrow from 2-6 pm!
We will have these items available this week!
Vegetables
White potatoes
kale
Sweet onions
Swiss chard
Zucchini
yellow wax beans
green beans
Sweet corn
broccoli
carrots
sweet banana peppers
bell peppers
egg plant
TOMATOES!!
cherry tomatoes
plum tomatoes
Red Norland potatoes
red and green cabbage
Hot peppers
snacking peppers
spaghetti squash
Butternut squash
Pumpkins
Buttercup Winter Squash
Cheesecake and Fairy tales
Brussel Sprouts
Fruits
raspberries
plums -
Red Delicious apples
Golden Delicious Apples
watermelon
Jonagold apples
Gala Apples
blackberries
Honey Crisp Apples
Stayman Winesap Apples
Bosc pears
Asian pears
Seckel pears
Concord grapes
Meat
Pork - We have chops!
Beef
Chicken whole
beef bologna
Baked goods
peach pies
apple pies
Sweet Breads
cookies
Other items
jams and jellies
honey
Shagbark hickory syrup
Fresh eggs
Cheese from Whispering Brook Farm
Come out and stock up with good food!
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
Dear Folks,
Unfortunately we have a scheduling problem for Saturday, October 25 at the Cedar Lane location. Gregg will not be having a market there that day. We have arranged to have the CSA shares located at Suzanne Picard's front porch which is right around the corner from the church.
Since October 25th would have been the last day of the CSA for the Fall session, there will be a pick off the table week on the Saturday before that - October 18th.
The market at Cedar Lane has not done well at all this year. We have noticed that it has been dropping over the past several years. We have tried to change the location, but we cannot find a place close that will allow us to set up. So - we will not longer be continuing this market for the coming year.
Ideally we would love to turn the CSA's into a delivery drop-off on Fridays, but we need a location to do the drop-off. If any of you either live in the area or maybe you could arrange a drop-off at your workplace (since it will be a Friday instead of Saturday) please let us know. We realize that some of you will just not be able to continue becasue of the logistics, we apologize for this and hope that since we will not have a farm stand in the area, yo will go to the market in Kentlands where our daughter, Katie Tuckey has a stand.
Let us know if you can think of any other viable ideas, we ware willing to try things.
This is the reason that I have disabled the Cedar lane location for the Extended Fall season. if anyone has a close location that would be willing to have us do a drop-off for the Extended Fall season please let us know. this will be a Wednesday delivery. We are consolicdating all the deliveries to Wednesday for the Extended Fall season, since there are not as many folks in that season.
Thanks to all of yo who have supported us - some of you go all the way back to the Woodmont triangle Farmer's market we will be sorry to lose touch.
Gregg, Louise, and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
I just enabled the turkeys on the store. You can go to the store www.orchardcountryproduce and order your turkey now. The deadline to order is November 8th. you can pay when you order or you can wait until you pick up to pay. All the information is right there except - - - please write on the notes what date you would like to pick up.
For example: you want an 11 lb turkey to be delivered to NGS Farm Stand, please let us know whether you want it on November 11, November, 18, or November 25.
or: You want an 8 lb turkey to be delivered on Wednesdays at Flats 130. Please indicate whether you want it on November 12, or November 19.
I hope that this makes sense. Let me know if you have any questions.
I have just updated the store - check it out!
Louise Keckler - Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
We have LOTS, LOTS, LOTS of Honeycrisp apples.
Keep them in mind if you are buying items for a school or organization. These are delicious and we will give you a REAL DEAL!
There are approximately 40 apples to a half bushel - if you buy more them one half bushel we will sell them to you for $10 per half bushel. Let me know via email if you want to buy some in quanity and I will order them for you.
If you buy them from the store the normal price is $15 per half bushel.
Louise
Dear Folks,
If you have not paid up for the Fall session - the current one - please do it NOW! Thanks! I will be sending emails out this week to encourage you to get it done!
This week's shares will include:
Sweet Potatoes
yummy snacking peppers
Jonagold Apples
apple cider
Delicata Winter Squash
eggplant
Mystery item
Personal shares:
Sweet potatoes
Yummy snacking peppers
Jonagold Apples
Delicata Winter Squash
eggplant
Mystery items
These snacking peppers are delicious! You can eat them as a snack, no cutting, no cooking - GREAT! and very sweet, with not burping!
Jonagold apples are sweet and very good. Enjoy all the apples - This is their season!
Apple Cider AGAIN!!! Yes. Please remember that you can freeze cider. Just pour off a bit at the top of the container and freeze the rest. Think of how good it will be on a special evening during the winter! hot cider with cinnamon sticks!
The Delicata Winter Squash are shaped like a small football. They are great cut in half, scope out the seeds and roasted. Add you own seasons either sweet - honey and butter or savory garlic, salt and butter.
We LOVE eggplant. I like to fry it. That may not be the most popular method any more with all the health - consciousness - it is GREAT! I peel the eggplant - slice it and soak it in salt water. Then after about 20 minutes I drain it; dip in egg, coat it with flour and fry it in oil. It is wonderful! IF there are any left overs I will make lasagna and use the fried eggplant instead of the noodles. My family really enjoys it!
I will be sending out an email about the Honey crisp special again. We still have LOTS of them.
Enjoy the Fall weather. Have a great week!
Gregg, Louise, and Oliver Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm
We will be at NGS on 17th Street in the Courtyard from 8 - 2:30
Come out and get fresh vegetables. We will have these items available for sale.
Vegetables
summer squash
salad mix
kale
Swiss chard
cucumbers
CHERRY TOMATOES
green beans
red tomatoes
banana peppers
cabbage red and green
bell peppers
Sweet Corn!
Heirloom tomatoes
Mexican gherkins
hot peppers
spaghetti squash
butternut squash
eggplant
potatoes
snacking peppers
sweet potatoes
radicchio
green beans
Buttercup winter squash
pumpkins - LOTS
Jack-Be-little gourds - These are NOT vegetables!!!:)
cheese cake winter squash
broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Fruits
red raspberries
plums
Cortland apples
Sun Crisp apples
Watermelon
blackberries
Bosc pears
Stayman Winesap Apples
Gala apples
prune plums!
Honey Crisp Apples
Red Jonathan apples
Jonagold apples
Granny Smith Apples
Golden Delicious apples
Asian pears
Meat
Pork
Beef
Chicken whole
Baked goods
Blueberry pies
peach pies
Apple pies
Sweet Breads
cookies
yeast bread
Other items
jams and jellies
honey
Shagbark hickory syrup
OUR OWN Fresh eggs
Jack - be -Little gourds
Cheese from Whispering Brook Farm
Come out and stock up with good food!
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
We will be at DOT for the Farmer's Market tomorrow from 10-2 pm
Come out and get fresh vegetables. We will have these items available for sale.
Vegetables
summer squash
kale
cucumbers
cabbage
Swiss chard
garlic
cabbage
cherry tomatoes
red tomatoes
bell peppers
sweet corn!!!
Mexican gherkins
Spaghetti squash
Butternut squash
carrots
hot peppers
green beans
yellow beans
HOT peppers!
sweet potatoes
broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Snacking peppers! These are delicious - eat them like candy!!!
potatoes
Delicata Winter Squash
PUMPKINS!
Gourds! These are not a vegetable:)
Fruits
red raspberries
Honey Crisp apples
Gala apples
plums
watermelon
blackberries
prune plums
Sun Crisp apples
Asian pears
Golden Delicious Apples
Stayman Winesap apples
Granny Smith apples
Golden delicious apples
Apple cider - THE BEST!!!!
Meat
Pork
Beef
Whole chickens
Baked goods
Blueberry pies
apple pies
peach pies
Sweet Breads
cookies
Other items
jams and jellies
honey
Shagbark hickory syrup
OUR OWN Fresh eggs
Cheese from Whispering Brook Farm
Come out and stock up with good food!
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc