This Week’s Share
Garlic
Winter Squash
Spicy Mix | Arugula
Turnips | Radishes
Carrots
Kale | Collards
Onions
Pick-up will be, Saturday December 2 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Farm Updates:
We’ve had some cold nights here, and our main growing season has officially ended. The winter season is upon us! It’s typically a season where we get a lot of clean-up and improvement projects done before the main growing season next year.
So with that, we’ve been glad to have some time off and slowdown in the field, because there’s plenty to stay busy with now that we are adding growing and harvesting more food into the mix!
Managing the temperature and moisture levels of all our winter growing crops is a big task for us right now. During the day, we need to open greenhouses/vents and remove row cover (a light permeable fabric that keeps crops snuggly and warm, photographed below) if it hits a certain temperature to regulate temperature and humidity.
Then at night, depending on temperature, we may need to close all the tunnels and replace row cover. Shew! But we cannot be more thrilled to have fresh food going into these colder months.
Coming up, we’re going to be working more on putting up the third and final high tunnel. As for the rest, we have kept putting the final details on the 2 others structures that are complete.
We recently installed solar panels so that we can run the vents, fans, thermostat and other electrical bits in all of the tunnels from one source. Soon, we’ll install some side cranks and some vents to the middle tunnel as well. Seeing the landscape change with the building of these tunnels is extremely exciting – it is wild to see what a few of people, some hard work and time can do!
A note from your farmers:
We want to thank you again for participating in this new endeavor!
While we know you may already be aware of how valuable to purchase your food this way. There are other ways to buy your produce that offer convenience and ease, but you have made an intentional choice to buy into a CSA program where you get your food directly from the farm – a powerful choice that has so many benefits for the farmers, the natural world, and to you.
For farmers - CSAs allow farmers to spend less time on marketing and sales, meaning they can spend more time growing fresh, high quality food.
For the natural world – Clagett uses regenerative practices and focuses on environmental conservation and resilience.
For you and your community – purchasing directly from a farm means that you get direct access to fresh great-tasting and nutritious food. Not to mention a direct understanding of where and how your food is grown. As well, at Clagett we are also committed to improving accessibility of fresh produce for our neighbors who need food assistance through donations.
Your choice allows us to keep this connection growing stronger each season. And with that we are excited to step into this new season to hand out some winter favorites and some tasty items that may be new to you!
More Farm Updates
We currently have lots of grass-fed beef cuts available for the chilly months
Lamb is also available for pre-order now!
Please join our meat mailing list to get special meat updates
See you at the first pickup Saturday!
-Olivia (she/they pronouns) and Will (he/him)
PS: We couldn’t do it without the entire team, especially Dave on equipment and maintenance, Elissa on marketing and sales, Jared guiding us and dreaming big for environmental impact, and Alex keeping both the Bay and our animals healthy!