Market @ the Farm

Market @ the Farm ~ Wednesday, October 25th 4-7:00pm
Come out to the farm and shop our Fall Market!

Shop from farm fresh items, storage items for your pantry, canned goods and health and wellness items, as well as local honey.

What's @ the Farm?
Apple Butter • Applesauce • Greens
Garlic & Shallots  • Herbs - dried & fresh
Butternut and Acorn Winter Squash • Broccoli
Watermelon Radishes • Parsnips
Herbal wellness items • Eggs • Onions • And more! 
Plus: Moody Bees Farm Honey products!

Bring your reusable shopping bags!

A sampling of available items! Plus, fresh produce!

Directions to the Farm: 11197 130th St, Madelia, 56062
From New Ulm: go 12 miles South on Hwy 15, turn left on 130th St., go 1.5 miles down the gravel.
From Madelia: go 8 miles North on Hwy 15, turn right on 130th St., go 1.5 miles down the gravel.

2017 CSA Newsletters

An ongoing archive of our splendid 2017 season, our sixth season here at Alternative Roots Farm.

Weekly posts, along with links to our newsletters, will be added as they happen.

The "Posts" contain pictures of each box & a link to the newsletter.

Preseason {1}  April Newsletter

Preseason {2}  June 5 Newsletter
Member Supplements:
Storage Guide • Herb Guide • Honey Add-On Order Form

Week 1 Post • Newsletter

Week 2 Post • Newsletter

Week 3 Post • Newsletter

Week 4 Post • Newsletter

Week 5 Post • Newsletter

Week 6 Post • Newsletter

Week 7 Post • Newsletter

Week 8 Post • Newsletter

Week 9 Post • Newsletter

Week 10 Post • Newsletter

Week 11 Newsletter

Week 12 Newsletter

Week 13 Post • Newsletter

Week 14 Post • Newsletter

Week 15 Post • Newsletter

Week 16 Post • Newsletter

Week 17 Post • Newsletter

Week 18 Post • Newsletter

Week #4 CSA Box ~ July 5, 2017

French Breakfast heirloom radishes

Fresh Snow Peas

Week #17 ~ Sept. 28, 2016

Fall Shares Available!

Fall Shares & Market @ the Farm ~ October 25th 4-7:00pm

email: alternativerootsfarm@yahoo.om

Full $80  (8 available) ~ Mini $30 (only 1 left!)

Available first-come, first served.

Pick up will be at the farm from 4:00-7:00 pm, Wed., October 25th and will be market style. Bring your own containers.

Full Fall Shares: ~1lb garlic, 3-5lbs onions, 4lbs potatoes, shallots, tomato-basil soup, apple butter, butternut & acorn squash, greens, varied bulk quantities of roots (parsnips, carrots, beets), cabbage, leeks. $80

Mini Fall Share: garlic, onions, apple butter, squash, leeks, greens. $30

email: alternativerootsfarm@yahoo.om

Amounts are approximate, amounts & items may change, based on availability. 

An on-farm market will be available during this time also, for purchase of items ala carte.

CSA Week 14

Week 14 boxes were delivered Wednesday, September 13. New for week 14 were acorn squash and baby leeks!

CSA Newsletter for Week 14

In the Box: baby leeks, German Red garlic, celery, summercrisp lettuce, 2lbs Kennebec potatoes, pint cherry/grape tomatoes, four Prairie Spy apples, red onions, Ronde de Nice summer squash OR zucchini, heirloom tomatoes, Thelma Sanders heirloom acorn squash, mix snap/wax beand, rosemary sprigs, pint ground cherries (half shares).

CSA Week 13

We're back! Missed a couple weeks in there...it's all good. My phone has been fussy with taking photos (and who even uses a real camera these days). Here are a couple photos of the week 13 boxes and a link to the latest newsletter, which features some tomato recipes. We are looking forward to enjoying the last third of the season - five weeks to go!

Week 13 CSA Newsletter ~ featuring: farm news, musings on preserving; tomato recipes, list of previous recipes.

In the Box: Jalapenos, Georgian Fire garlic, zucchini or zucchini & summer squash, head lettuce (half shares), Swiss chard (full shares), 1.5lbs mixed heirloom beans, carrots, mixed heirloom slicer tomatoes, pint of cherry/grape tomatoes, 2lbs Kennebec potatoes, trio of 'Prairie Spy' apples.

Some Tomato Shares members received 10lb boxes of mixed heirloom tomatoes; the rest of the these shares will be delivered over the next two weeks.

Herb Boosters continued with Basil, Rosemary and Sage this week.

The first of our Applesauce Shares were delivered. There is still time to grab an Applesauce Share! Stock your pantry with a case of farm fresh, clean-eating applesauce. Made with organic apples, local honey and love. A case of 12 is $65.

Apples :: Cortland

Mid - Late Season • Sweet-tart • Heirloom

Ripens

Late September to Early October

Characteristics

A rich sweet-tart flavor that is aromatic and vinous. The bright white flesh has a nice coarse texture. The medium-large apple has a deep burgundy stripes over green-yellow skin. Cortland is a great all-purpose apple that makes a nice textured puree; it is great for fresh eating, cooking, as well as salads, because it is slow to brown.

History

Developed at Cornell University, Geneva, New York, 1915.

Parentage: McIntosh x Ben Davis.

Storage

Keeps for 3 months.

Notes

One of the first successful varieties developed from the popular McIntosh, the parent that it gets it's white flesh from. It is a very hardy tree, tolerating winters down to -40°, making it great for Minnesota!

CSA Week #10

Quick and dirty - here's week #10! New this week - green pepper and red onions.

CSA Newsletter Week 10 ~ featuring: farm news; recipes: Melinda's Carrot Hummus, Chard-Potato Frittata, Chard Stuffed or Unstuffed.

Week 10 CSA Box ~ Aug. 16, 2017

In the Box: chives, Hungarian wax peppers (full shares), Swiss chard (full) or kale (half), Ronde de Nice summer squash, carrots, zucchini, German Extra Hardy garlic duo, Rattlesnake snap beans, 2lbs Reddale potatoes, celery, red onion pair, green pepper, cucumber trio.