Summer CSA Starts Next Week – You can still signup

Hello Farm Friends,
Everything is coming along nicely so our CSA will be off to a good start next week. Don’t worry though it isn’t too late to join us! We now have two pick-up options Tuesday on the farm or Friday at the Stirling Market in the Village.

If you aren’t sure you can commit to the whole 20 weeks but would like to try it out. You can order a single share from our Online Farm Store

I’ll send another email next week with all the pick-up details and a harvest list

Today the farm is enjoying a needed downpour after all the sun and wind that has been drying things up out there. The farmers are enjoying catching-up on some things, including finishing the greenhouse flip from Spring crops to Summer Crops, weeding and then laying out so many drip lines in our nicely weeded beds. Cutting the nasty and unfairly named Canada Thistle out of our Garlic beds, mowing down Spring Cover Crops and a path around the garden and hopefully transplanting a few seedlings that are impatiently waiting to get in the ground! I’m also hoping the ground will be soft enough that I can start pounding some posts in for our pea and tomato trellises

Next week is looking a little cooler so our Peas, Lettuce and Spinach will appreciate that as much as I do. We will have lots of greens to harvest for the Cobourg Farmers’ Market on Saturday with extra to spare to send off to the Foodbank, courtesy of our CSA members’ generosity.

For those of you who don’t know, a percentage of each CSA share goes toward our Community Food Fund which allows us to make our veggies available to folks who might otherwise have difficulty accessing fresh and healthy food. This is done by offering subsidized shares or donating to organizations who can distribute the food to those who need it. If you or someone you know would like to access the fund get in touch.

You can learn more about the Community Food Fund or donate here.

Sincerely,
— Jenny