Greens Galore! Market Thurs, CSA Signups Close 4/15
Anyone else enjoy the first thunderstorms of the year last night? We got a lot of great lightning strikes. One of my favorite things to do is shut off all the lights in the house, listen to the rain, and watch the lightning through the windows illuminate everything outside. We’ll take all the moisture we can get this spring. It might surprise some to hear this, but we’re still experiencing abnormally dry to drought conditions across the northeast coming off the severe drought we experienced last summer. Rain isn’t affecting our field operations yet since we don’t plan to start working the ground until the end of April, beginning of May, so I can enjoy these early rainstorms a little more than I will when I’m stressing about getting into fields to prep beds.
We’ve got plenty going on in the greenhouses to keep us busy while we wait to plant into the fields. Flowers for the spring plant stand are getting potted up, onions and leeks are germinating in their trays, and we just started seeding the first round of broccoli, chard, lettuces, and cabbages for the fields!
We’ll be at the market at Cheshire Med again tomorrow with another SPINACH SALE BOGO HALF OFF! We’re rolling in the stuff this spring so stop by the market for some delicious spinach and other spring greens. We’ll also have plenty of storage veggies, eggs from our neighbors, and fresh baked bread from Orchard Hill. Full list of offerings at the market tomorrow below.
We will be putting some greens in the farm store as well this week so if you can’t make it to the farmers market tomorrow feel free to stop by the fridge. We won’t have the full lineup of produce as the market but there will definitely be spinach. Greens will be in the store by noon.
Signups for the CSA will be closing on April 15th! We’ve hit the threshold to close shares for the season, so if you want to get in on the CSA this year you have two weeks left to signup! More info on the CSA below.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Market at Cheshire Med Tomorrow 4/2!
We’ll be in the cafeteria of Cheshire Med on Thursday 4/2 from 10am - 2pm. The cafeteria is downstairs and you can access it from the main entrance and go downstairs or by driving around to the back entrance (there is construction around the back entrance but you can still access it).
LOTS of fresh greens and storage veggies from our farm this week plus plenty of high quality, local produce from nearby organic farms, bread and cookies from orchard hill, and eggs and maple syrup from our neighbors in Fitzwilliam! At the market this week we will have:
From Local Farms
Picadilly Farm, Organic, Winchester, NH
Beets, Carrots, and Parsnips
Laughing Child Farm, Organic, Pawlet, VT
Sweet Potatoes
Brookford Farm, Organic, Canterbury, NH
Cabbage, Potatoes, Celeriac and Winter Squash
Orchard Hill Breadworks, Alstead, NH
Bread & Cookies
Elephant Rock Farm, Our Neighbors!
Maple Syrup & Eggs
From Our Farm
Spinach
Lettuce Mix
Baby Kale
Chard
Hakurei Turnip
Kale
Onions
Mushrooms
Garlic
2026 CSA Shares
The CSA is the best deal we offer on our produce and spots will be limited again this year. Each year we aim to return 10% of the intial value of the share to our members in the form of farm fresh fruits, veggies, herbs, and flowers. PYO flowers, beans, peas, and herbs for CSA members are included as a part of the share.
The season this year will run for 18 weeks from Wednesday, July 1st to Saturday, October 31st. Full 18-week shares and “Flex” 9-week shares are available. Flex share members pick any nine weeks out of the eighteen week season to collect their share. We are adding a second pickup day for shares this year on Saturday mornings from 9:00am to noon. Members do not need to establish a pickup day for the entire season and can pickup on Wednesday or Saturday depending on what works best for your schedule each week. Both pickup days, Wednesdays from 1:00pm - 7:00pm and Saturday mornings from 9:00am - noon, are “Market Style Pickup” which means our members pick out exactly which veggies you want rather than the farmers packing a box for you (we’ve all got different taste!).
Each week we pick at least 15 unique varieties of vegetables and members choose 8 items to make up their share. We regularly offer bonus 9th and 10th items like herbs, garlic, or veggies we have an abundance of that do not count towards the 8 items in your share. PYO does not count towards your eight share items an Over the course of the season we grow more than 40 different veggies for our CSA shares! We prioritize vegetables that can be included in shares and enjoyed on a weekly basis. Our favorite share items are: Carrots, Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Salad Greens, Melons and Watermelons, Fresh Herbs, Summer Squash, Zucchini, Onions, Peppers, Corn, Garlic, Cabbage, and Radishes. Veggies are picked fresh, washed, and properly stored for best quality once they make it to your kitchen.
There will be a few changes to the CSA this year as we are always trying to improve shares for our members. The biggest change is that we are not offering delivery CSA shares any longer. If you received delivery last year you should have already gotten an email letting you know our reasoning, but if you have any questions please let me know. Another is that we will not have eggs and bread as an add on for CSA shares, however we will still have eggs and bread for sale in the farm store during pickup. We are also looking into inviting other bread and pastry vendors on Saturday morning pickups.
The last change is that we will no longer be accepting card payments for CSA shares this year. Unfortunately the processing fees for the CSA became too much for the farm to handle and we did not want to increase the price of shares to cover processing fees. Shares must be paid by check. We offer payment plans for members and only require a 20% down payment due upon signup, but the remainder of the checks must be filled out, postdated, and mailed to the farm with the down payment to be confirmed for your share. Please see the image below for information on how to pay for shares.
