NEXT WEEK OUR CSA STARTS

If you have joined our Summer Share CSA, you will begin picking up you shares next week. Look below and find the day you chose, and there you will find where the pick-up will be and the hours.

The Tuesday pickup
at the farm, 1 p.m. through Wednesday.

The Wednesday pickup
Port Orchard from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Westbay Center, 1307 Bay Street, Port Orchard
Where Bethel Road meets Bay Street

The Saturday pickup
at the Poulsbo Farmers Market

from 9 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., the market hours
7th and Iverson in Poulsbo

Wednesday and Saturday members, if you miss your pick-up, we take the shares back to the farm and they will be waiting for you through the next day. If you need to pick-up on a different day, please let us know 24 hours in advance.

The season goes as does anyone's kitchen garden, at first there is less, then there is more. Depending on how early the frost comes, the end of the season may be as abundant as mid-season. The first week will have mostly leafy greens, then the harder vegetables will ripen.

 Mini Share — 1 person

Small Share — enough for 1 to 3 people

Large Share — enough for 3 to 6 people

SPRING SEEMS TO BE THE NEW WINTER IN KITSAP

Volcanic blasts may be the cause for our cold weather. While the news media focues on airline problems, Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull volcano tosses cold air on this summer's growing season all over the Northern Hemisphere. Our crops are not dashed by this cold weather. They are growing slowly, however. The Abundantly Green Crew pampers and tends your veggies every day of the week. At night, we really do put the veggie equivalent of little blankets over them.

We walked the garden today, and found lots of good food that will be ready for our CSA members next week. Closer to the day, we will post what to expect in your bag. A few of the early veggies now jumping up fast were at the market. This past Saturday. We take to market what is not going to be fresh the next week. We featured the following items on our cart:
Early Spring Baby Salad Mix
Baby Bok Choy leaves
Red Oak Leaf Lettuce
Radishes
Basil tips

The sneak preview of the season is in our farmers market starts. Our nifty selection of starts were snatched off the cart, along with the salad and herb bowls. These are just a small portion of the approximately seventy varieties we have planted and planned.

Kaboko Napa Cabbage
Snowball Cauliflower
Red Oak Leaf Lettuce
Flashy Troutback Lettuce
All Blue Potatoes
Purple Viking Potatoes
Several varieties of tomatoes
Brussels Sprouts
Broccoli
Herbs
Cilantro
Greek Oregano
Stavro Chives
Aronatto Basil
Marjoram
Peppermint

Hi everyone: thank you for stopping by.

Despite the cold, blustery weather in May, we have some beautiful crops in the field and a greenhouse full of starts. Looking at everything, we realized that we can handle more shares, so... We have CSA shares available. Order your share now.

Recently, we transplanted head lettuce, sun chokes (aka Jerusalem artichokes), marjoram, and Greek oregano. Our new strawberries, bush cherry trees, and new rhubarb are being planted in out new herb and fruit garden. An acre of new garden area is being prepared this week, also.

No Cart — No Market

There is no Poulsbo Farmers Market this Saturday, May 15, because it is Whaling Days in Poulsbo. While I don’t understand fully why the market must stop, we are taking this time to let everything grow bigger.

Please explore our new website. This past week posed a challenge with it, but after much frustration, phone calls, and trouble tickets, it works. I have not gotten all the information from the old site on here. We still sell beef. We will not be butchering until the end of summer.