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Farm share season is over and now it's cold. It wasn't cold on Saturday, though, which was pretty amazing and we spent the day outside. Then yesterday, I made kaddo because it was perfect weather for the oven to be on for many hours. Which reminds me that the leftover syrup is in the freezer for the oil to solidify for easier removal and I should go deal with that.

Also made two quarts of pickled beets last week, which was a nice way to use up most of the beets. Then DD figured out how to cool rabe so it's yummy. Woohoo!

I want to make another apple crisp with almond topping, except we do such a good job of eating the share apples, I may have to go out and buy more. Definitely doing celery root soup, because it's too delicious not to.

• 2 bunches Beets
• 2 bunches Arugula
• 2 bunches Rabe
• 2 bunches Celery Root
• 2 bunches Fennel
• 2 Butternut Squash
• 4 lbs Parsnips
• 6 lbs Mutsu Apples
  = 32#

[Up-to-the-minute squash count: 7]

Oops, Week 20 was in October and I somehow never got around to posting this. Better late than never and all that.

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Dried: maitake
Froze: arugula pesto, vegetable stock
Canned: applesauce
Fermented: sauerkraut, ginger carrots

As always post-share season, Steve invited us to come and harvest from his fields. Due to scheduling issues (and also being sick), I unfortunately had to miss that, but I did send along some apfelwein with Mark and Jonathan, who did get out there both to help and to pick.

Things they brought back include lots of pumpkins, butternuts, lettuce, spinach, carrots, turnips, beets, leeks, broccoli, chard, and whatever else I'm not thinking of. All together, several metric buttloads worth of food. Yay! It's sad for the season to be over, but I will be working by way through these fall crops for many more weeks, which is a nice bonus. I also still have some things to harvest from the garden, including kale and carrots.

I will try to recap the 2009 farm share season in a separate post at some point and also recap my harvest/preserving season in general. There is still plenty to be done with the latter, though, and more evil plans being formed. I mean good. Very good.

Meanwhile, could anyone out there accompany me to CostCo along with a membership card in the next day or two? I can potentially ply you with various goodies.