{"id":973,"date":"2011-10-25T16:23:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T20:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=973"},"modified":"2011-11-11T10:31:13","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:31:13","slug":"fall-csa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/?p=973","title":{"rendered":"Fall CSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-970\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7054.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7054-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_7054\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-970\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7054-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7054.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful Cauliflower <\/figcaption><\/figure>Last Saturday we had our first Fall CSA pick-up at the farm. Ken and I had a taste of harvesting in the rain without our apprentices to help. We did have some help from CSA friends and were very pleased to have a good showing of produce. We moved into the bunkhouse in anticipation of colder weather before the final pick-up in early December. Also our summer pick-up area doubles as our woodshed in the winter and we have it full of firewood to keep us warm this winter. <figure id=\"attachment_968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-968\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7047.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7047-300x113.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_7047\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-968\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7047-300x113.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7047.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tomatoes from the Hoophouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>The fall Cauliflower stole the show for the pick-up, but all the tomatoes from the hoop house were a close second. <figure id=\"attachment_969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-969\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7050.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7050-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_7050\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-969\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7050-300x133.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7050.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumpkins on the Couch<\/figcaption><\/figure>We had to use the bunkhouse couch for the pumpkins. Ken wanted to put the potatoes there so we could give &#8220;couch potatoes&#8221;, but I thought they were a bit too dirty.  <\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-972\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7059.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7059-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_7059\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-972\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7059-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.orchardhillfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_7059.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martha Putting up Insulation<\/figcaption><\/figure>Now that the pick-up is over we have been able to go back to work on the greenhouse. We have used cut outs from patio doors. They have insulation between layers of aluminum and we screw nailed them to the outside of the foundation wall. Now Ken is busy back filling around the outside and then we can put the rocks inside for a heat sink. It is going to keep us busy getting it all done hopefully before the snow flies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday we had our first Fall CSA pick-up at the farm. Ken and I had a taste of harvesting in the rain without our apprentices to help. We did have some help from CSA friends and were very pleased to have a good showing of produce. 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