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CSA update 9.30.14

9/30/2014

Good morning shareholders, and friends from the Heikes family Farm,

What a cool wet fall September morning. I watered the greenhouse last Saturday and it looks wonderful. As for produce for Wednesday or Saturday: Lots of nice potatoes, yummy broccoli, few tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, juicy melons, herbs, pumpkins, few pears and apples.

Heidi and Sam

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CSA update 9.16.14

9/16/2014

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Good evening friends and shareholders of the Heikes Family Farm, Vermillion’s CSA. Today I ordered our new garlic seed from Keene Organic in Wisconsin. We will be planting 57 rows 200 feet long of 3 varieties in mid-October. This afternoon I did some chisel plowing in the fields for next year’s planting, the soil is full of moisture but dry enough on top to till. This evening we took produce samples to the Red for tomorrow’s “Mingle” event, a Community Foundation fundraiser. We have donated a couples share for the auction. It will be a grand culinary event for our community…don’t miss it!

As for our produce for tomorrow and Saturday we will have lots of potatoes, both red “Norlins” and white “Dakota pearls”, we still have some tomatoes but all the August rain has caused a lot of ground rot. The Zucchini’s are about done, but our 2nd planting of yellow straight neck squash are coming on strong. We still have a good supply of cucumbers, but some have gotten big quickly although they are still good and crisp. We have a large supply of sweet pears and some nice Haralson apples. We just started digging our red and orange carrots (limited supply). We should have a good supply of onions and the last of the leeks will be dug. We plan to deliver to Yankton on Wednesday, Sioux City and Sioux Falls on Thursday. The business school has been very helpful to us in fine tuning our farms CSA business plan and our financial sustainability. Thank you for supporting our CSA. See you Wednesday or Saturday

Sincerely, Sam and Heidi

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CSA update 9.9.14

9/9/2014

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Dear friends and shareholders,

What a nice week it’s been. We have had over an inch of rain, got the greenhouse all planted and watered. We will have a nice selection of produce for you on Wednesday or Saturday. Tomatoes, new summer squash, zucchini, eggplant, cucumbers, potatoes, onions, melons, winter squash and some herbs. We are still accepting more shareholders, so tell your friends or co-workers. Also we hope our current shareholders will renew their share.

See you Wednesday or Saturday

Sam and Heidi

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