Holiday Vegetable Shares

Dukes Farm is offering a special discount on CSA-style vegetable shares for the holiday season.

Buyers of the “Farm Share” will receive a 5% discount off the 2010 Farm Share price of $323.

Buy your Farm Share before January 2, 2010 and get the Farm Share for $323.

Delivery is also available to the Marquette area.

For more information, please contact Gabriel at Dukes Farm:

Phone:  906-942-7325

E-mail:  gcaplett (at) gmail (dot) com

Mailing:  254 Dukes Rd., Skandia, MI 49885

Hello Fall!

In the final share of the season,  picked in the pouring rain:

Sweet Basil

Kale (White Russian)

Chinese Cabbage (Blues)

Green Onions (Stuttgarter)

Onions (assorted varieties)

Carrots (assorted varieties)

Beets (Detroit Dark Red Medium Top)

Potatoes (assorted varieties)

Pumpkin (assorted varieties)

Tomatoes (assorted varieties)

Apples (unknown – but tasty – variety)

After the Frost: September 23 Share

Lettuce Mix

Potatoes (Kennebec)

Onions (Stuttgarter)

Green Onions (Stuttgarter)

Tomatoes (assorted varieties)

Broccoli (Tendergreen)

Red Cabbage (Mammoth Red Rock)

Chinese Cabbage (Blues)

Arugula/Mizuna

Kale (Winterbor)

Carrots (assorted varieties)

Beets (Detroit Dark Red Medium Top)

Summer Squash (assorted varieties)

Cucumbers (assorted varieties)

September 16 Share

Tomatoes (assorted varieties)

Potatoes (assorted varieties)

Green Onions (Stuttgarter)

Broccoli (Tendergreen)

Arugula/Mizuna

Lettuce Mix

Green Beans (assorted varieties)

Kale (White Russian)

Carrots (assorted varieties)

Beets (Detroit Dark Red Medium Top)

Summer Squash (assorted varieties)

Cucumbers (assorted varieties)

Best Weather of Season

The past week has featured the best growing weather of the season with warm nights and warm days.

Stuttgarter Onion

In this week’s share:

Tomatoes (assorted varieties)

Cucumbers (assorted varieties)

Potatoes (Yukon Gold)

Zucchini (assorted varieties)

Summer Squash (assorted yellow varieties)

Carrots (Scarlet Nantes)

Onions (Stuttgarter)

Scallions (Evergreen)

Lettuce Mix

Arugula and Japanese Mizuna Mix (for salad or light sauteing)

Green Beans (assorted varieties)

Swiss Chard (Fordhook Giant)

Cilantro (Caribe)

Marquette Market September 5

Dukes Farm Flowers at Marquette Market

Seeds and Spores Kid Plays Guitar and Sings

September 2 Share

In this week’s share:

The Field, After A Rain

Fingerling Potatoes (LaRatte)

Tomatoes (assorted varieties)

Cauliflower (ass0rted varieties)

Green Beans (assorted varieties)

Lettuce Mix

Carrots (Scarlet Nantes)

Beets (Detroit Dark Red Medium Top)

Onions (Stuttgarter)

Zucchini (assorted varieties)

Kale (Lacinato)

Last of the Peas

In this week’s share:

Beans (Italian)

Oregon Giant Snow Peas

Lettuce Mix

Beets (Detroit Dark Red Medium Top)

Carrots (Scarlet Nantes)

Tomatoes (Stupice)

Kale (Winterbor)

Snow Peas (Oregon Giant)

Cabbage (Early Jersey Wakefield)

New Potatoes (Yukon Gold)

Red Onions (Red Baron)

Zucchini (assorted varieties)

Baby Broccoli (Tendergreen)

A Taste of Summer

In this week’s share:

Green Beans (Provider)

Tomatoes (Stupice)

Lettuce Mix

Brassica Mix (Mix of baby kale, tatsoi, mizuna, arugula, etc. – great lightly sauteed or cooked with an omelet)

Garlic (assorted varities)

Onions (Stuttgarter)

Carrots (Nantes)

Baby Broccoli (Umpqua)

Snow Peas (Oregon Giant)

Cilantro

Potatoes (Norland)

Skandia Market Starts

Jeff Heidtman Manning His Stand at the Skandia Market