CSA Pickup #12 November 17, 2019

Joanna, Norah, Giovann and Rishi

Big thanks to every member and everyone at the farm for a wonderful CSA season, our first in Briarwood. 💓

Special thanks to farm worker/driver Giovann.

Today, we got: VEGGIES: Collard greens, sweet potatoes, Winter Squash, potatoes, potatoes, carrots, kohlrabi, leeks, broccoli;  FRUIT: Apples; EGGS; CHEESE; MEAT; BREAD.🚜

More to come: End-of-Season Dinner on 12/8 at Sangria Bar & Restaurant, Jamaica.
                        Winter CSA starts 12/8

Reminder: Webstore Orders Due Tonight

A reminder to get your webstore orders in tonight for pickup at our final Briarwood distribution of the season, Sunday, November 17th. There is  a Thanksgiving Fixins box, apples by the bag, honey, salsa, granola, additional eggs and more!

Briarwood Winter CSA

Do you want a Winter/Spring CSA in Briarwood?
Garden of Eve Organic Farm is now accepting signups for its WINTER/SPRING CSA(starting in December) Info and signups here

This will be our first Briarwood Winter CSA. The farm needs a minimum number of signups to deliver to Briarwood (otherwise pickups will be at Kew Gardens). Pls join us!
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Shares are distributed Sundays Dec 8, Dec 22, Jan 12, 2020, Feb 9, March 8, April 5, May 3. -- 

No volunteer time is required, no membership fee, shares comes pre-boxed and your friends can also pick up for you.

Choose from a variety of Share types and add-ons.

Winter Share with Eggs

Vegan Winter Share

Shopping Basket Winter Share

Egg Share

Add-ons: Fruit; Bread; Beer; Meat; Cheese & Dairy.

A typical Winter Share consists of seasonal produce and 1 dozen eggs.

FALL (Dec-Jan) includes our own fresh organic field-grown greens such as kale, collards, Swiss chard, and Brussels sprouts, as well as stored items such as beets, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, celeriac, daikon, onions, garlic, and winter squash.

WINTER (Feb-March) may include mainly stored items such as beets, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rutabagas, celeriac, and garlic, and butternut winter squash.

SPRING (April-May) may include our own fresh greenhouse and field grown delicacies such as mesclun lettuce and cooking greens, such as baby kale, mizuna, mustards, bok choi, Swiss chard, etc.

Community Posting: Briarwood Kew Gardens Lions Club Meeting SATURDAY

COMMUNITY NEWS: The Briarwood / Kew Gardens Lions Club will hold their October meeting tomorrow Saturday October 26 at the Briarwood Library from 2:30 to 4. You are invited to learn abut the group and share your ideas for community service. If you have not already done so, why not join one of the orgs here in Briarwood: Lions, Kiwanis, Briarwood Community Association, QCB8, parents/school groups...(tell us about others, pls.)

EVENT: IT'S MY PARK DAY by Kew Gardens- Briarwood Lions Club

The Kew Gardens Briarwood Lions Club presents "It's My Park Day" this coming Saturday October 19 at Hoover Park. from 11-3.
They have graciously offered to let us table. Hope to see you there!
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Winter CSA?

Members: Do you want a Winter CSA in Briarwood?

The farm would be Garden of Eve.
Pickups would be once a month, starting in December and going through May. Six Pickups.
We would probably use the same site or one very close by.
Pickup times may be short---one hour perhaps. Items would be bagged.
The webstore will run in Winter.

Let's start thinking and talking about this.

Honey & Holidays

Zina and I were talking about the two honeys available for purchase from the Garden of Eve webstore and she told me how she gives gifts of honey for the holidays. She agreed to write a piece for us.Thx, Zina --Kevin

Honey and the Jewish Holidays

Rosh Hashanah is the time of rejoicing and introspection, and is the Jewish New Year.  A specific holiday tradition is eating apples and honey.  We dip apples into honey to represent our wishes for a sweet  New Year.

We celebrate the High Holidays beginning with Rosh Hashanah followed by Yom Kippur -a day of fasting and atonement -followed by Sukkot – celebration the dwelling of Israelites in huts during their 40 years in the desert.  Gratitude, appreciation and rejoicing are major themes of the holiday.  Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are the culmination of the High Holidays.

Please enjoy the HONEY available from Garden of Eden Farms - a very appropriate gift to anyone’s celebrating the holidays. !!!

Rosh Hashanah starts sunset 9/29, ends nightfall 10/1

Yom Kippur starts sunset 10/8, ends nightfall 10/9

Sukkot starts sunset 10/13, ends  nightfall 10/20

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah starts sunset 10/20 and ends nightfall 10/22

Autumn Gathering 2019

photo credit: Zina

What a time we had---the first social event of our first CSA season! 

Members were invited to Zina's for food and fun. We had all that and more.

photo credit: Nazneen

Thx to all who showed up, who made a dish, 

or who donated items from the farm.

photo credit: Zina

photo credit: Zina

photo credit: Zina

photo credit: Nazneen

Community

What We Got 9/22

VEGETABLE SHARE: Cherry Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Corn, Lettuce, Garlic, Arugula,  Winter Squash, Mixed green/purple/romano/yellow string beans, Bok Choi,

FRUIT SHARE: Plums AND melon;

EGG SHARE: ONE FULL dozen pastured eggs from our flock.

FLOWER SHARE DONE FOR THE THE SEASON!

BREAD SHARE: Bread share TBD

CHEESE SHARE: Chaseholm Farm Creamery and/or Ithaca Milk cheeses

MEAT SHARE: Whole chicken AND ground beef AND pork roast/ham/other item

BEER SHARE: Beer share TBD