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Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter, Week 31&32, Dec 27

Posted on December 28th, 2020 by Phil Hannay
Trumpeter Swan Farm CSA News - Winter, Week 31&32, Dec 27
 
   
---- Winter Vegetables  ----
 
Festival Squash (the colorful yellow and orange striped squash) is our longest lasting squash. We will still have it for the next 2 deliveries. Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes) are a nice choice for salads - wash well, no need to peel, eat raw, sliced into salad like carrots. Turnips - peel off the outer layer, then slice into cubes, mix half and half with potatoes and some onions for fried potatoes.
 
 
----  Sourdough Bread  ----
 
We will continue to offer Sourdough Bread from Diamond City. Plain sourdough, plus 2 flavored sourdough types will be offered. If you want to save a loaf for later, it freezes very well. You can also slice it, then freeze it, and just pull out a few slices at a time.
 
 
----  Honey Bees Hunker Down  ----
 
Snow is on the hive, and its getting below zero - but the bees are still doing fine. Clinging together in a ball, fueled by honey, they can maintain a temperature of 90 degrees in the center. We help them by adding a heat tape on the outside to help moderate the coldest nights, plus a 2 inch layer of insulation (old lawn furniture cushions). So far so good.
 
 
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Thanks,
Phil.