THANK YOU!

Thank you all for joining us this summer as a CSA member, for helping to build our local economy, supporting local food, and bringing our high quality, nutrient dense, produce into your kitchens each week!

Your support allows us to grow in all the ways possible.

For those joining us for the FALL CSA, the first pickup is next week! We no longer have any space in the Fall CSA however we recommend checking out our Farm Bucks program. Purchase $100 in farm stand credit and we will give you an extra $10.

Learn more about Farm Bucks

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7 days a week from 8:00 - 5:30

year round.

We practice no till as much as possible, utilizing compost and other organic material such as leaves, wood-chips, composted manure and grass clippings to build up soil, act as mulch and a weed barrier. We broad fork the beds before planting to loosen the soil while maintaining soil structure.

Due to the rain and wet this season and the resulting flooded compacted soil, we made the decision to reset beds using a bed shaper pulled off the back of our Ford 8N tractor. Implementation of a drainage plan in Garden 6 and Garden 5 are in the works, while also planting a cover crop in these newly formed beds. As you know, cover crops will restore soil nutrients lost in the flooding and very wet soils, provide more structure in the soil to stop erosion, and create organic matter that can be incorporated into the soil next spring.

Flooded beets and carrots in garden 6. Picture taken July 7th 2024

Matt dusted off the bed shaper to form beds in Garden 6. Early season beets and carrots were flooded out in this section of garden.

Many of the permanent beds in our gardens were first created by the bed shaper years and years ago. We have worked to maintain them over the years occasionally going through with shovels to re-establish bed shape, this time though we decided the tractor was the best approach.

Also this week we rallied and pulled carrots from the Oxbow. The sweetness mentioned in the week 12 newsletter was discovered by the deer last week. Not only were they enjoying the greens, they were pulling carrots of the ground to feast on. We put other priorities aside and pulled carrots on Sunday and then again on Monday, washing and then storing in our walkin fridge. We have younger carrots to grab in mid October, hopefully before the deer find them.

FINAL SUMMER CSA PICKUP
Come anytime between 3 pm and 6 pm to choose your share on the day you chose when you signed up, so either Monday or Thursday.

Please bring your own bags or box to gather your choices.

If you signed up for an add-on, don’t forget to pickup your

Coffee, Eggs, Pork sausage and Flowers!

 Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on Thursday, so that we can store your share in our walk-in refrigerator to keep it fresh. You can email or call us to let us know. Thank you to all of those who have already arranged another time to pickup!

Here's what you will find in this weeks share:

You get to take Something of our choosing home with you and…

Full shares receive an additional 11 choices.

Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.

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CHECK OUT THE CSA RECIPE PAGE!

Enjoy! Thank you for supporting local agriculture. See you Thursday if not before.

Your Farmer,

Sam (For Tim, Matt, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Jaime, Evrald, Shawn, Colin, Jessie, Ani, Wyatt, Gal, and Claira)