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Rising River Farm CSA
Newsletter
Box 12 ***September 6th, 2006
13208 201st AVE SW -Rochester, WA 98579
(360) 273-5368
www.risingriverfarm.com risingriverfarm@yahoo.com
Hello,
Our fall work is beginning. Three-quarters of the potatoes
have been dug up for storage. Jim fixed the potato harvester
(a very cool and funky machine) so we can get the rest-hopefully
today or tomorrow. We harvested most of the dry beans that
will go in your first CSA box next year. The red onions are
the last of the onions to clip, clean and bag. (They sure
are taking a long time to cure.) I have hours of tilling to
do to prep ground for over winter cover crop.
A fellow CSA member sent me a very tasty sounding recipe
for a frittata. We love new recipe ideas so please send us
some!!!!!
You need:
3-6 red potatoes (boiled until almost tender)
3-4 small zucchini ¼ cup parmesan
½ cup bread crumbs 2 T melted butter
2-3 cloves garlic oregano
parsley eggs (roughly 7)
slice cheddar
sliced tomatoes
Place all ingredients in a 2 qt. Casserole dish except for
cheddar and tomato.
Bake at 375 for 45 minutes.
Add cheese and tomato and bake for 10 min. more at 475, or
until browned to your liking.
I am sure this recipe can be quite versatile and you can
sub one type of squash for another or potato for another.
Add or subtract any veggie. I think sweet onion and green
or red pepper would be a tasty addition.
I would like to bring to your attention an important issue
at the Olympia farmers market. The port of Olympia (who owns
the land that the market and parking lot is on) is planning
to build a giant three-story concrete parking garage in the
current market parking lot. It would start at the first row
of parking spaces right outside of the bathrooms and use up
the bulk of the main lot. We all know parking is a nightmare
down there-especially on a busy weekend, but the market management,
vendors, and most customers we’ve spoken to are not
happy about this plan. Firstly, much of that new parking will
be leased out to office buildings that currently exist or
are soon in coming to the market district, meaning that “additional
parking” will not be available for market customers
on Thursdays and Fridays. The port claims they will make available
to the market a similar amount of free parking spaces that
it has now in this new structure, but the port does not have
a good track record for keeping its word or conducting business
in an up front and public manner. As it was, these plans were
made without much notification or input from the market. Perhaps
spaces would be free for a year or two, but what if the port
feels it needs more revenue? Who is to keep them from making
the parking spaces pay as you go?
On an aesthetic level, a giant concrete parking garage a mere
stones throw from the market, would be such an eye-sore and
really change the ambience of the market. During the construction,
which would surely extend into the market season there would
be less parking, noise pollutions and construction dust blowing
into the market.
Finally and perhaps more importantly is the question of growth.
How much growth is enough? Must we really pack every square
inch of the market district with buildings and parking lots?
As it is the current parking availability cannot always handle
to current parking demand. Why not create parking down the
street a bit instead of adding 2-3 more office buildings?
(which would only bring more traffic to an already high traffic
area.) Does Olympia really need 2-3 more office buildings
or would these new one leave a bunch of the older ones empty
as we see so often with grocery store and other retail space?
Or if office buildings are to be built, make the first two
levels of the building a parking garage for that particular
structure. Lets not make the market-the cornerstone and anchor
of the market district-the one to have to bear the ugliness
and inconvenience for the sake of future growth’s parking.
If you have further questions about this issue call Charlie
the market manager at 352-9096. Also, I am including several
city council names and numbers for you to call and voice your
opinion. The project is slated to begin in January of 2008,
but the sooner we voice and opinion and perhaps offer better
solutions, the more likely we are to stop this project.
City Council Folks (forgive any misspellings!)
Laura Ware 352-3689
Jeff Kingsberry 790-7290
Doug Mah 413-7515
TJ Johnson 943-4596
Joe Hyer 701-9384
OK, that is my rant for today. Enjoy your veggies!
Jennifer
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