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Posted on December 3, 2022 by Allison Franklin

Easier Thanksgiving Shopping

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

It is crazy to think it is already Thanksgiving! If you are as surprised as us, chances are you still have some grocery shopping to do! Before you run to your local chain store, take a look below to see what we have to offer! We have tons of products to help you make this Thanksgiving one of your best yet, with a little local flavor! Order by Tuesday at 9 pm and pick up at one of two locations on Wednesday. No crowds to fight, no crazy traffic, no hour-long self check out line, just good, local food, ready to enjoy!
Thanksgiving Week Bread:
We have seven varieties of bread to serve to your guests this week! All of our breads are made using our wood-fire oven, as well as our tried and true sour dough starter. Check for the asterisk to see which loaves we used our own Forest-grown wheat to make!Pita: This four pack of pita bread, is great to serve for lunch any day this week but they make great palette cleansers for lunch the day of or the day after. Mix in fresh veggies or even your leftover turkey for an easy meal.

**Farmstead Ciabatta: Perfect as an appetizer, slice up our home-grown wheat ciabatta and serve with a dipping sauce or grazy!

Dinner Rolls: Everyone needs dinner rolls for Thanksgiving dinner. How else can you clean your plate with decorum? These soft rolls don’t even need butter to make them a perfect addition to your meal.

Farmhouse Wheat: It’s the day after and it’s time for your infamous leftover turkey sandwich. This pre-sliced loaf is no-hassle for toasting and serving with minimal effort and maximum flavor.

Pain au Levain: The do-it-all loaf, use our Pain au Levain for sandwiches, a gravy soaker or a perfect turkey stuffing. Have a big family visiting? Don’t forget we sell an 

Extra Large Pain au Levain which is twice the size of our regular Pain au Levain. Buy this single loaf for your smaller family and you can use it for all three of our suggestions!

Multigrain: Another great loaf for left over sandwiches, you can also use this loaf as a dipper for a hearty soup or pre dinner appetizer dipped in olive oil

Walnut Raisin: Our best option for dessert or a hearty breakfast, enjoy our Walnut raisin as a toast in the morning or something sweet to enjoy around the table with your pies!
There can’t be Thanksgiving without vegetables!

With the addition of our two high tunnels, this Thanksgiving we are able to offer you more vegetables than ever before! Whether you need locally grown produce for your dinner or for one of the many other meals you are likely to prepare throughout the week, consider shopping with us. Check out the list of produce we will have available below to see if you can mark a few things off your grocery list with the click of a button!

Look for an asterisk to see what we have on sale!
Black Radishes
Bok Choy
**Carrots
Cilantro
Curly Kale
Dill
**Green Tomatoes
Head Lettuce (buttercrunch, red)
Kohlrabi
Lacinato KaleLettuce Mix
Mighty Mix
**Nappa Cabbage
**Purple Top Turnips
Red Mustard Greens
**Red Radishes 
Red Russian Kale
**Salad Turnips
Scallions
Swiss Chard
Recipe of the Week: Why Settle for One?
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This week is the American week of eating. That is why this week only, rather than providing you with just one recipe to try, we want to share our continuously growing recipe archive!Normally reserved exclusively for our CSA members, we are taking away the required password for the next week for everyone to enjoy! Use your search and find tool, type in what produce you want to incorporate into your meal and enjoy easy access to tried and true recipes for that produce!Follow the link below to have access to our collected recipes!
Categories: Annual crops, Grains
Tags: ciabatta, Community Supported Agriculture, dinner rolls, farm market, Farm Newsletter, farmhouse wheat, Forest, Locally sourced, Lynchburg, microbakery, multigrain, Pain au levain, pita, sourdough, Thanksgiving, Virginia, walnut raisin, wood fire oven
Posted on December 3, 2022 by Allison Franklin

Cornbread Time

Great Day Grains

We have been mentioning our farm-grown wheat and corn products for several weeks now and we are excited to announce they are now available for sale in time for your holiday baking!

Our products are derived from our “Cateto Sulino” corn and “Turkey Red” wheat we grew using ecological practices and harvested this summer. We cut, shucked, threshed, shelled, and cleaned all this grain before taking it to our friends at Deep Roots Milling where they were ground using a water-powered stone mill! This means our products have been passed through very few hands before you take it home with you. 

We should add that both of these are open-pollinated heritage varieties. This means they are more like what your great-great-grandparents ate, 100% non-GMO and non-hybrid.

We are especially excited about the corn products, which have a deep orange-yellow color and a delicious flavor. Keep this in mind when you are planning your cornbread, stuffing, and cookie recipes this winter!

Here’s what we have:”Turkey Red” Whole Wheat Flour”Cateto Sulino” Cornmeal”Cateto Sulino” Polenta”Cateto Sulino” Grits
Saying Goodbye to the Tomatoes

After nearly a year, we have finally taken down our tomato plants.

They worked hard for us, producing nearly 700 pounds of tomatoes throughout this season. Arden started the seedlings in February, using our heated greenhouse to allow the seedlings to grow, despite the still frigid temperatures. In April we planted four rows of those Hyloom (hybridized heirloom variety) tomatoes in the same greenhouse. A thick layer of straw and the plastic of the greenhouse helped to protect these tomatoes from pests, disease and changes in temperature. We used the “lean to” system in order to allow them to grow upwards of 16 feet. Throughout the season we harvested these tomatoes two to three times a week, distributing them to our CSA and our two markets. 

Unfortunately, tomatoes are an annual crop and would struggle through the colder winter months. We began to notice the tomatoes were not ripening as quickly, nor was there much growth. With the need to plant new crops under the protection of the greenhouse roof, we clear harvested (picked every tomato, green or otherwise), took down the clips keeping the plants attached to the string, and used our walk behind tractor to mow them down. 

It will take us a while to get used to the open layout of the greenhouse. After all, it had looked practically jungle like for eight months but we are excited to show you the new plants soon to take up this ever-changing tunnel! We still have a lot of tomatoes to sell both green and ripened, so don’t forget to stock up while you still can!
Categories: Annual crops, Grains
Tags: cateto sulino, Community Supported Agriculture, cornmeal, Deep Roots Milling, farm market, Farm Newsletter, Forest, Locally sourced, Lynchburg, microbakery, polenta, tomatoes, Turkey Red Wheat, Virginia, whole wheat flour

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