Hellgate CSA

Lewis Waite's website has been having issues this week so please, if you have already placed your order, take a moment today and review your order to make sure it is correct. Tonight at midnight is the deadline for orders being delivered next Tuesday, March 16th.

Thank you for your support!

Don’t forget, order deadline for March 16th delivery is Thursday, March 11th!

Nancy’s note

A full week’s vacation is such a treat. Freeing you to do what you want without thought of chores, animals, other people’s schedules, and allowing you to do whatever comes your way or whatever you direct feels very different to our normal days. Since our vacations are few and usually short, we visited my nephew Brian’s family and Alan’s Aunt Betty’s family in Maine and my sister Beverly’s family in Massachusetts.

Hello all,

Today is the deadline for all goat milk orders with Lewis Waite. Thursday by midnight is the deadline for all other meat and dairy orders. Meat and Dairy, along with the Bean and Flour shares, will be delivered next Tuesday night, February 16th.

See additional post of news from Lewis Waite farm but thank you for a timely order and for your support to the Lewis Waite Farms. Remember there is a late order fee.

Hello all Hellgate CSA members and thank you for participating in this year's evaluation of the 2009 season!

Dear Friends of the Farm,

December news from the farm,

We all finally feel a bit rested from the whirlwind of the 3 Thanksgiving deliveries one after the other.  Our backs were pretty tired and we just wanted to do anything but work in the walk in freezer! So the holiday was a welcome respite from the hustle and our family dinner at Uncle Walt’s was a delicious and warm success. We all bring our “usual” dishes with the flair of different recipes each year. This year I made 2 cranberry delights; Mom’s fresh relish with oranges, lime, lemon, cranberries and maple syrup all finely chopped and mixed in the blender and my new blueberry, currant, cranberry and maple syrup compote cooked for about 10 minutes and deliciously juicy. It was a wonderfully warm day and a baseball game and a football game perked up the kids’ appetites. 

To all you goat’s milk drinkers –

This is our last Newsletter of the season. We would like to thank all our members for supporting us and being part of our farm family. Our CSA's have helped us continue farming the land which has been farmed for 12 generations here on Eastern Long Island. Having a market for our certified organic fruits and vegetables throughout the season has been instrumental in keeping us farming. 

Mashed Rutabagas
adapted from several recipes

- 1 and 1/2 to 2 pds. rutabagas
- salt and pepper
- 3 to 4 tbsp. butter
- 1/4 cup of cream
- 1 small shallot, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 slices of slab cut bacon(optional), chopped