This week is the first week back in class for the PSA students after their two-week break!  We are very happy to have them back and they are excited to gets hands on experience with the final stages of harvest and beginnings of preparing for fall weather.

This year has been a great learning experience for the crop damages incurred when hard rains are followed by days of hot sunshine.  Yesterday when we peeked under the various covered rows across the farm we were astounded to see our fall crops struggling with pests and diseases.  As a CSA customer you might notice a lacking of kale in your box these past weeks.  This is in part due to the increased pest and disease activity we are seeing due to the heavy rain/hot sunshine scenario.  Not to worry though, there is a lot of food in the fields, winter squash are starting to harden off in the field and soon they will be moved to the unheated greenhouse to finish up and be ready to go into weekly boxes.   If you have a favorite winter squash recipe you would like to share, do not hesitate to email it to us at organicfarm@evergreen.edu!