*Shares Delivered This Week*

Hi everyone,

Get ready – this newsletter’s a long one. Please bear with me.

First, all of the shares will be delivered this week. Christine (Tinyshop) will be at The Plant’s Reuse-a-Palooza in Back of the Yards on Sunday so we will not be at our usually location for pick-ups. We’ll aim to deliver all of the shares between 9am and 11am. Please let us know if there are any issues with that and we can coordinate.

As we come up to the penultimate share of the season, it feels like we’re fully past the last sprint of summer and things are winding down now. At Nichols Farm the cooler days have been appreciated as they work to harvest carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnips, potatoes and other storage crops that they will have available all winter long.

I was hoping to be able to announce our plans for the winter in this newsletter but to be honest, we just haven’t quite made those plans yet. The closer and closer we get to the end of the season, the more and more I find myself looking forward to a break. We are definitely planning towards a second CSA Club season next summer but we’re going to keep it a little less structured over the winter. We’re hoping to use this time to gather ourselves and plan towards next year. But don’t worry, Gard Mo won’t be completely silent; we’re hoping to winter markets, pop-ups, dinners, and other fun (if not entirely yet planned) things this winter so keep an eye out.

We’ll also still be keeping close with Nichols Farm and other local growers and producers throughout the winter. With that, we will have knowledge of and access to whatever is available so if you find yourself looking for any local groceries in particular, reach out! If someone asks you where you got those delicious veggies, you’ll be able to say “I got a guy”.

Anyways, enjoy the veggies this week!

-Ben

*Apple Addendum*
Due to a logistical complication with Nichols, we weren’t able to enough of the Jonathan and Jonagold Apples that we needed for all the shares. But have no fear! We we’re still have to secure fresh apples from Nichols Farm, just some additional varieties. I can’t promise each share will include all five varieties, but I wanted to make sure and share some info on each of the varieties.

Info on the remaining items in the shares, as well as some important updates were included in an earlier newsletter so be sure to read through that if you haven’t already.

Enjoy!

-Ben