Fall is creeping in at the farm

STORIES & UPDATES

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Fall is slowly creeping in at the farm, even though it's stayed pretty warm! We harvested pumpkins, mashed potato squash, and something new... potatoes!

Everyone will receive either red or gold potatoes in your share this week.

This time of year, we're harvesting a lot of new items alongside the summer standbys, which will stick around until the first frost. Greens are returning, as well as cabbage family crops, and soon we'll see roots like beets and turnips return.

As the days get shorter and nights get cooler, it gives us a slight break from harvesting cucurbits. Squash, zucchini, and cucumbers usually grow so fast that we harvest them 4 days a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. We can at least ease off of Saturdays and the quantities aren't quite as high. This gives us more time for tasks like weeding beets and planting lettuce, which are high priority to end the year.

We've wrapped up our fruit harvest for the year, and large share members will receive one last watermelon! If you're interested in more melons, peaches, or grapes, we recommend grabbing them this week as we aren't sure how long they'll stick around.

This week, a huge variety of our produce went to Shelton Public Schools: watermelon, grape tomatoes, summer squashes, peaches, peppers, and more!

How awesome to hear that our son got to share the fruits of his family's labor with his classmates! Ask your kiddos this week if they ate any Laurel Glen Farm produce: the schools will be serving it up consistently through the fall!

We also dropped off 1,000 lbs. of tomatoes to our processor in New Haven! They'll be making another batch of Sunday Sauce. Notice that we included a lot of yellow tomatoes in this batch. Yellow tomatoes are sweeter and less acidic. I'm looking forward to seeing how it affects the flavor and color of this round of sauce.

And finally, check out this huge pumpkin that Randy grew, just for fun! Technically it's a "maxima" and not a pumpkin. Randy gave me this fun fact: the stems on maximas stay soft and green while the stems of typical pumpkins harden.

Save the date for Sunday, October 12th at 7 a.m. for Enrollment Day! This is when you can start to sign up for next year's subscription program. Many more details to come in the weeks ahead, including our early enrollment special offers.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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• Pick-your-own has concluded for the 2025 season. Thank you for making beautiful memories with us at The Fields at Laurel Glen Farm!

  
  

• The Shelton Farmers' Market runs every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 100 Canal Street.

• The Monroe Farmers' Market runs every Friday from 3 to 6 p.m at 7 Fan Hill Road.

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STORE INFORMATION

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Here is the fresh produce we plan to have in stock while supplies last (through Friday, September 12th):

• Arugula

• Basil

• Bell peppers

• Cantaloupe

• Carrots

• Cilantro

• Collard greens

• Cucumbers (slicing and pickling)

• Eggplant

• Garlic

• Grapes (red and green seedless)

• Grape/cherry tomatoes

• Green & wax beans

• Hot peppers (assorted)

• Husk cherries

• Kale

• Kohlrabi

• Lunchbox peppers

• Napa cabbage

• Onions

• Parsley

• Peaches

• Scallions

• Shishito peppers

• Tomatillos

• Tomatoes

• Watermelon (red and yellow, both with seeds)

• Yellow squash

• Zucchini

CURRENT STORE HOURS:

Monday: 10:30 to 4 p.m.

Tuesday: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Wednesday: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday: 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

​​Saturday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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VEGETABLE SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

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MAIN SEASON WEEK 14 of 20

(Tuesday, September 9th through Saturday, September 13th)

Share Contents (Listed approximately from shortest shelf life to longest)

Large:

• 1 lb. of cucumbers

• 1 lb. of tomatoes

• 1 summer squash (farmer's choice)

• 1 small bunch of Swiss chard

• 1 lb. of potatoes

• 1 "pick-a-pint" - you choose: think mini peppers, grape tomatoes, etc!

• 1 watermelon

  
  

Small:

• 1 lb. of cucumbers

• 1 lb. of tomatoes

• 1 summer squash (farmer's choice)

• 1 small bunch of Swiss chard

• 1 lb. of potatoes

• 1 "pick-a-pint" - you choose: think mini peppers, grape tomatoes, etc!

Storage tips and recipes for all of the vegetables in this week's share can be located on our website, here.

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Vegetable Subscription Pickup Policies

• All pickups must take place within store operating hours. For many reasons, we can't leave shares outside the store. Pickup days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.

• If you need to skip your share for the week, or change your pickup day, you must provide us with 48 hours' notice for any of the options below. This is because we pack shares the day before pickup. Once your share has been harvested and packed, we can not change or cancel your pickup.

• For Tuesday pickups being changed, we need to know by Sunday.

• Wednesday pickups, we need to know by Monday.

• Saturday pickups, we need to know by Thursday.

• You have the option to choose another pickup day in a given week: we offer share pickup on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Saturday only.

• You can skip a pickup and receive a double the following week.

• If you miss your pickup, we will hold your share for 24 hours after your pickup day, and then it will be donated to a local food pantry. With more members than ever before, we don't have the cooler space to hold onto shares longer than this. This is a great option if you accidentally miss your pickup - just come the next day.

• You can always send a guest to pick up in your place by simply notifying us of their name.

• Please send us an email to laurelglenfarm@gmail.com 48 hours before your anticipated pickup in order to make a change. You must submit your request in writing in order to leave a paper trail. This allows you to show proof to our store staff at pickup in the event that we need clarification.

• If a share is picked up outside of your scheduled time (aside from an approved change) or the 24 hour holding period, you will be billed for an additional share.