From Connie:
Here is the news you’ve all been waiting for: CSA Share pick-ups begin officially on June 16 for Tuesday pick-ups and on June 20 for Saturdays.
Many of you have already told me which day you will be picking up your share but, please send me (colchesterfarm *at* mac *dot* com) an e-mail telling me which day; as I understand some folks circumstances and schedules have changed since you filled out your registration form or since you told me.
Full Strawberry Moon – June This name was universal to every Algonquin tribe. However, in Europe they called it the Rose Moon. Also because the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries comes each year during the month of June . . . so the full Moon that occurs during that month was christened for the strawberry!
We are harvesting strawberries and peas a full week ahead of last year!… climate change?
Somebody asked me this morning when the first CSA pick up would be, I said, ‘as soon as the peas are ready’. We have been picking just a few pints of berries per day for about a week now and picked our first handful of peas (not quite mature) this afternoon, so, whew… (wipe the brow)… (barring exceptional unexpected weather) we WILL have these items for you for our first pick up day! Yea!
If you have time to come by on Sunday, 06-07-09 after 3:00 pm or during the week next week or next weekend, maybe you can help us out with a little weeding and then harvest for yourself some small amounts of greens, strawberries and peas.
Please call to let me know to expect you… 781-588-4255
Floating an idea…Would any of you be interested in purchasing an egg share for the season? This would work the same way as our vegetable share. You would pre-pay for the eggs and then pick them up with your vegetable share each week. Purchasing eggs currently costs $3.50 per dozen. You could save .25 per dozen, and would be assured each week of getting eggs because we would set them aside for you each week.
The season is 16 weeks long and the eggs cost $3.25 so the cost of the egg share would be $52.00 for the season. Please let me know.
When you come to the farm, please remember to:
§ keep your dog on a leash,
§ bring fruit and vegetable table scraps for the chickens, (Dapple loves apples and carots,)
§ bring or wear boots if it has been raining (tall grass)
§ when you get home, check for ticks
We re-use:
- sturdy and clean egg boxes,
- paper and plastic shopping bags
- plastic containers ( it is very helpful if you bring your own
- We would be happy to use your oak and maple leaves and pine needles for mulch
If it is hot and you aren’t going straight home, bring a cooler so you leafy greens won’t wilt
We ran out of goat cheese at our Food Fair last month. How many people would be interested in purchasing goat cheese or the hard cheeses from Narraganset Creamery at your first pick up?
