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This Week’s Share
Green Garlic
Lettuce Heads
Pak Choi
Turnips/Radishes
Arugula
Kale/Collards
Three potted “seedlings”
We do help keep track of shares through out the season and soon will have a link provided here for you to be able to double check through the season before coming out each week.
To ensure no one is missed because we may have our hands full with veggies- To please sign in on the check-in sheet provided at the start of the pick-up line. We will be sure to get you recorded from there!
Please note also to only take one share per pick-up unless you are a 26 week shareholder who would like to “double up” for share’s missed through the season
U-Pick Items Available Now
All Items are currently located in the Flower and Herb Garden right next to the Clagett Farm CSA pick-up/Farm Store
Sage- harvest only the fresh tips, not the woody areas, has purple flowers currently, that are also edible
Sorrel-harvest at the base and will regrow
Chives- harvest at the base and will regrow, has purple ball shaped flowers currently, that are also edible
Calendula Flowers (edible)- to harvest just pluck off the flowers and leave plant to keep growing more
Farm Updates:
Spring is always a very busy time, much like summer’s harvest. Just we spend our time investing in the fields. These first few months in the vegetables are spent with a lot of planning, and lots of seeding. Eventually also layered in with weeding, planting, and maintaining the crops. This all layered into also getting the new homes in the fields ready for the season ahead. Preparing the fields can be quite the dance as you get into fields at just the right time before, and after each rain to minimize the damage done by tillage or tractor work.
Each year a farmer has to choose when to take a chance and start planting to get the best harvest, or earliest crops as possible. We have been fairly lucky this Spring- a bit dry overall, but the warmer nights did come early this year, with just one cold night scare.
We are quite happy with how well the crops are shaping up as with the earlier warm weather has sent plants into growing mode. Each week ahead we hope to have quite a spread available to pick-up.
And, of course, coming soon, those delicious strawberries.
They are ripening also a bit earlier due to the warmer weather!
We expect to see these along side all of our other Spring bounties for as long as the season allows —starting possibly Week 3, stay tuned for updates.
CSA shareholders can add- on items from some of the other happenings outside the vegetable CSA program- like our grass-fed beef and lamb products, and now also the native tree’s! Pick-ups are for at the farm only
For any interested we will be opening bulk beef sales May 15
For updates on Grass-fed meat sales throughout the year, sign up here!
Recipes:
Sourced from foolproofliving.com
Spring is a time for an abundance of greens, and we will have a few this week that are wonderful fresh and as they are uncooked in a spring salad!
With this week’s share the butter head lettuce’s will make a wonderful base to add some extras from the share like the radishes, or bits of green garlic sprinkles. For those looking to add some color, the calendula and chive flowers on u- pick have that extra bit of color that could make a nice addition.
For more ideas on how to make a more exciting spring salad based off the farm goodies, we found this wonderful resource to get more inspiration here.
And of course, we will be there at pick-up to help with any inspiration of how to best make use of your first share!
With so much excitement from all of us at the farm- let’s have a wonderful season, and we look forward to harvesting veggies for you all each week!
The 2023 season has officially started
-The Clagett Crew