 | I would like to thank everyone who participated or who is currently participating in our CSA. As people are already requesting information for next year, we have posted our information for the 2015 season. This is also to allow everyone time to plan and not hurry through the registration period. |
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2015 Season
Shares are limited! Be sure order today or contact us for more information!
The season will begin when strawberries arrive. This is approximately the first week of May. It runs through the second week in November.
Vegetables and fruit that are typically included in the CSA are strawberries, asparagus, spring greens (Tuscan, curly, flat leaf, dinosaur, red and black kale), arugula, sorrel, spring lettuces (romaine, green leaf, purple leaf, endive and butter head), spring beets (red, golden and target), potatoes (baby red, baby whites, fingerling, Yukon gold, baking and sweet potatoes), yellow summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, corn, peppers (red, yellow, purple, banana, jalapenos, poblanos), fall squash acorn, butternut, spaghetti, dumpling), pie pumpkins, broccoli, cauliflower ( a rainbow of colors), brussel sprouts, cabbage, collards, fall greens (Tuscan, curly, flat leaf, dinosaur, red and black kale), fall lettuces.
Fruit that is included periodically in the CSA, when in season includes strawberries, plums, peaches, a variety of melons, blueberries and apples.
After registration closes, there will be no spring or summer additional sign ups.
Before signing up it is very important that you read the CSA post below.
2015 Details
We take our CSA very seriously. I do consider it a community and many who participate are considered family. Providing food for you and your family on a weekly basis is huge responsibility. We appreciate your trust and participation. Your support is not taken for granted. With that being said, there will be some changes to the 2015 CSA season that I would like all to be aware of before signing up. These changes have been made to benefit CSA customers.
Shares are limited! Be sure order today or contact us for more information!
The season will begin when strawberries arrive. This is approximately the first week of May. It runs through the second week in November.
Vegetables and fruit that are typically included in the CSA are strawberries, asparagus, spring greens (Tuscan, curly, flat leaf, dinosaur, red and black kale), arugula, sorrel, spring lettuces (romaine, green leaf, purple leaf, endive and butter head), spring beets (red, golden and target), potatoes (baby red, baby whites, fingerling, Yukon gold, baking and sweet potatoes), yellow summer squash, zucchini, cucumbers, corn, peppers (red, yellow, purple, banana, jalapenos, poblanos), fall squash acorn, butternut, spaghetti, dumpling), pie pumpkins, broccoli, cauliflower ( a rainbow of colors), brussel sprouts, cabbage, collards, fall greens (Tuscan, curly, flat leaf, dinosaur, red and black kale), fall lettuces.
Fruit that is included periodically in the CSA, when in season includes strawberries, plums, peaches, a variety of melons, blueberries and apples.
After registration closes, there will be no spring or summer additional sign ups.
Before signing up it is very important that you read the CSA post below.
2015 Details
We take our CSA very seriously. I do consider it a community and many who participate are considered family. Providing food for you and your family on a weekly basis is huge responsibility. We appreciate your trust and participation. Your support is not taken for granted. With that being said, there will be some changes to the 2015 CSA season that I would like all to be aware of before signing up. These changes have been made to benefit CSA customers.
- We will not be doing 2 Wednesday markets. All Wednesday pickups will be at one location during the summer.
- There will be no additional spring or summer sign ups. Enrollment is first come first serve.
- I will have two separate stands side by side, one for CSA and one for our market. This is to ease traffic congestion and to allow all CSA members to fill your own baskets next season.
- We will be reducing our CSA by almost ½ next year. Michelle will be heading off to college in late August and Maddy and I want to be able to spend some quality non-work related time with her.
- There will be no deliveries to Norfolk, however there will be additional pickup locations and days in Chesapeake.
- Once you sign up for your designated day, you will not be allowed to swap days. It is your responsibility to pick up on your designated day or find someone else to pick up for you.
- ½ share baskets are designed for two people. Full shares are designed for a family of 4 people. A ½ share is approximately a ½ bushel basket and a full share a bushel basket.
- Baskets are primarily vegetables, however you do receive seasonal fruit in your CSA. I am not a fruit CSA, I try to provide a fruit a week to everyone. Full shares receive a quart, half shares a pint, or a melon or melons depending on the share size. When I have more, I share.
- The only items that are ever placed in baskets are items we grow. A CSA is a shared risk, nothing is guaranteed with a CSA. It's the way it works, we are all at the mercy of mother nature. If the berries aren't busting at the seams, they aren't included in the baskets.
- You will be allowed to choose and sign up for your pickup location in early spring. Locations will include, Great Bridge, City Park, Experience Olives and Grapes, The Cutting Edge Cafe. Exact dates and times will be posted in Early Spring.
- I would like everybody to be aware that we do our absolute best to provide quality vegetables and fruits to everyone, occasionally, something not so good will slip by, if you let me know I will do my best to replace it. Communication is key.
- A 10% discount is offered to those who pay in full before November 21.
- Our CSA is a long season and begins late April to early May and runs through Thanksgiving.