Laguna Farm CSA
1764 Cooper Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472 info@lagunafarm.com
Office phone 823-0823 i Barn phone 823-0824
September 11 and 13, 2007

From Farmer Scott
My main focus currently (besides farm preparation for the Harvest Festival) is fall soil fertility. I am preparing ground and planting cover crops that will eventually be turned back into the soil in the spring. There are also those big long compost piles to load into the spreader, and apply to ground that will be planted over the next year. Got to feed the soil so it will be us (you know, you are what you eat). The challenge with the main fields here is the unknown winter conditions. If it floods, the cover crops will be set back, but then of course the fertility of the silt left behind more than makes up for the stifled cover crop.
I hope you can make it to the Harvest Festival on the 29th of this month. If you are interested in helping out in exchange for your entrance fee, please contact us. We need help with various tasks, including helping the day before and the day after. Hope to see you there.

In your box today:
From the fertile fields of the farm, our “beyond organic” salad mix, heirloom or sungold tomatoes, Walla Walla onions, chard, squash or beans, cucumbers, and garlic; also broccoli from Fremont. Fruit subscribers will receive strawberries or raspberries from the farm and grapes from Golden Nectar Farm in Windsor.
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a phytonutrient called fisetin in generous amounts in strawberries. Fisetin protects and promotes survival of neurons in the brain, and stimulates and facilitates the development of long-term memory. It’s also found in smaller amounts in onions, tomatoes, oranges, apples, persimmons, kiwi, peaches and grapes.

BOTANICALS, BREWS AND BANDS: HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday September 29 3 – 10 PM
Alternative energy tours with Farmer Scott, herb walk, essential oil distillation demonstration, apple cider making, herb cooking class, bellydancing, herbal/craft/cosmetics booths, lots of food and drink, Kid Zone by Earthroots Collective, travelling minstrels (featuring our own Mr. December), and dancing starting at 6 PM. Admission donation $10, kids 12 and under free. Volunteers needed for work exchange: call 522-8500 or email the farm if you can help.

Got plumbing, carpentry, design skills and some volunteer time? Put them to use on the Laguna Farm restroom project: contact John Taylor (johnrtaylor474@yahoo.com), or Kevin Counter (coolsurfdude77@yahoo.com).