“Why should I love one place so much more than any other? What could be the meaning or the use of such love?” – Wendell Berry, A Native Hill

There is something about the local farm that I have found grounding in uncertain times. Maybe these somethings are obvious? I’m grounded in the nourishment of fresh, naturally grown vegetables - local soils still stick to fresh carrots. I’m connected to the waters of the Poudre River irrigating the land throughout the summer and into fall. I’m thankful for our farmers, waking before the sun rises to work the land, laboring day after day through record breaking heat, freak snow storms, a pandemic, and smoke-filled skies.

Native Hill has been a constant in my life, and my family’s life, for many years. A community created by Nic and Katie’s diligence and love for place that keeps us all bound together through hard work and really good food. This year, I find Native Hill more important than ever to my health and wellbeing.

I don’t think it serves us to make a list of the chaos (I guess I already did above!). Or to say it’s “unprecedented.” You know. The struggle is collective. And, thankfully, our farmers keep on farming! The farm stand stays stocked with juicy greens, beautiful squash, radish, potatoes, leeks, turnips, and more of fall’s abundance. Smoke billows down the canyon, and our farm carries on. Working members delight in conversation as they harvest our food, masked but clearly smiling underneath. Hundreds and hundreds of pounds of food is stored away to feed a community through the year and well into 2021.

Thank you, our CSA members, for your commitment to and love of this place, this beautiful little family farm. I hope you find the same feeling of grounding when you stop in at the farm stand or sit down to a meal cooked with fresh, local produce grown and harvested with love and intention. I really believe our love of place grounds us in these difficult times.

Eat local + Be Well,

Megan Maiolo-Heath, Marketing Manager

This Week's Harvest:
Spinach
Arugula
Broccoli Raab
Cherry Belle Radish
Fall Hearty Radish Medley(see below)
-Green, Purple, and White Daikon
-Nero Tondo(Black Spanish)
-Watermelon Radish
Fall Greens Mix(petite curly kale, tuscan kale, and swiss chard)
Hakurei Salad Turnips(Sweet Turnips)
Baby Pac Choi
Shallots
Yellow Onions
Leeks
Green Cabbage
Red Beets
Carrots
Rainbow carrots
Celeriac
Heirloom Soft Neck Garlic
Red Potatoes
Mix Fingerling Potatoes
Yukon Gold Potatoes
Blue Hubbard Squash
Pie Pumpkin Baby Pam
Butternut Squash
Kabocha Squash
Heirloom Pie Pumpkin Winter Luxury
Handmade forever wreaths(farm stand only)
Dried Everlasting Bouquets (market)

Note: Store winter squash in your house or pantry (ideal temps at 50–60°F/10–15°C, with 50–70% relative humidity and good ventilation). If you are decorating with them outside, pull them inside if their will be a low below 40 degrees F.

Farmer's Journal

The Weekly Harvest: Diligence and love for place