Blackberry Meadows Farm

09/23/2026

Our latest news

Farming..... It's the long game....

We've been at this for a few years now.... in fact, next year, we'll hit the 20 year mark. Which, in the big picture of civilization and agriculture, it's not much to brag about. But zoom in to today's economy, the current state of agriculture in America, our broken food system, land access, and yada yada yada.... 20 years of staying in business, growing food for our community, teaching people how to farm, raising capable children (we hope!), and taking care of our own bodies and mental health.... It's a feat that needs to be appreciated once in a while.

I often find it hard to pick my head up and look above the weeds. Our to-do lists are insurmountable, things break, and we add more work for ourselves quicker than we can get the satisfaction of checking things off.... (ask Olivia about goats....)

That photo above? Taken in 2022. It's a picture of the day we unloaded our newest (and biggest) high tunnel. Greg was lucky enough to be gifted a brand new high tunnel from a friend of a friend. All he had to do was haul it a third of the way across the county in the biggest box truck he could legally drive.

Since then, he's chipped away at constructing this adult version of an Erector Set. He's made headway and has gotten all the ribs in place. The weeds have been mowed down and now we're bringing in the help of a neighbor down the road (Hand Eaze Construction) to see it to the final phase.

Once complete, we're dedicating it to Farm Club. And that's the next chapter in our epic book called "Let's be Farmers!"

In this chapter - Farm Club grows in membership and community. People come out here to learn how to grow food with us. Greg and I (and the kids too, really) are kind of like on-site farm coaches. Each Farm Club member gets a bit of ground to try their hand at growing food. The benefits are numerous!

- spend time outdoors - meet other people that care about growing food - get dirty - eat fresh from the field - get exercise - invest time and energy into something that takes patience and care - watch something grow - eat seasonally - grow what you love to eat - grow some crazy crops you've never eaten before - experiment - cook with fresh ingredients - grow food that is safe to eat - visit farm animals - borrow farm tools and resources - deer proof gardens - food security - and wintertime garden planning is fun-

I'm sure there's more - and in fact the list can be endless. And this is why I love Farm Club so much. All of these reasons are fresh on everyone fingertips and mind. I get to see the excitement (and sometimes disappointment) in these budding farmer's eyes. We give guidance, encouragement, and hope to the families that come out and grow their own food. We even host a fall canning workshop!

Did you see this article in the Trib about canning in Western PA? (https://triblive.com/local/regional/home-canning-grows-in-popularity-as-western-pa-families-preserve-food-cut-grocery-costs/) Farm Club is in it!!

OK - to go back to the high tunnel project - once it's done - Farm Club can jump in and start growing food! They are going to learn how to extend the season with growing under cover, growing cold hardy crops, and making their fresh food last well into the winter.

Don't worry -We've got plenty of land and high tunnel space of our own to grow for the CSA. There's more than enough space and resources for more people to come grow food with us! Maybe that'll be you?!

Fall Fest
September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Don't forget that this Saturday we're celebrating the beginning of Fall. It's a small potluck type gathering. We'll supply hotdogs and toppings to be cooked over the campfire. We'll have a c***r pressing station that anyone is welcome to help out with (it's messy!). If you have apples that you'd like to press - bring them along (or buy them from a farmer - Kistako farm has great apples). We have a couple bushels that we got from the Bloomfield market. Our apples took a hit in the spring with that last frost - so, sadly, we don't have any fruit of our own this year.

We'll have the Acorn Fairy station. It involves the use of a hot glue gun - so be sure to keep an eye on your littles if they are playing crafting too.

Wear appropriate shoes, dress accordingly (variable weather), rain or shine, bring a snack to share, beverages are a good idea - but we'll have fresh c***r too. Camp chairs and blankets - prepare to stay cozy!

Other Events:
Pizza on the Farm: September 30 and October 3.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates:
Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm

Wednesday Sept 23.

Here we are at week 16 of the 20 week CSA. We'll make it to almost the end of October before the season is done.

Despite all the rain - I feel like this has been a great year and a bumper crop of many things! (not tomatoes though....). We're shifting into the fall crops - so expect to start getting more leafy greens (arugula, tat soy, bok choi, turnip greens..... ) do some internet recipe searches and prepare yourselves! We're still up to our eyeballs in green beans - we have a crop in the high tunnel - (the flat NorEaster Pole beans have been so delicious!!) , and we're back to picking the regular snap beans from the field. They are easy to blanch and freeze, although not quite a palatable as a freshly cooked green bean smothered in butter!

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08/31/2026

Farm Journal 8.31.26

I know it's been awhile since I've sent a newsletter. So this is going to be a big one! August is typically the busiest of months and we are doing all we can just to keep things moving faster than they are breaking down!

A whole lot of things have been accomplished in the last couple of weeks- and it's all making are lives easier and better - which is wonderful!

Some of you may have noticed some excavation happening in our front yard. We hired a plumber to install a water line from our farm house, out to the "Blue Barn" - which you can see just past the solar panels. Currently, the Blue Barn is used for storage - but this fall, it'll be part of the pig pasture system. Through a grant from PASA (https://pasafarming.org) . we are able to get water out to there for the animals throughout the winter. There's been years where we've filled buckets and small water tanks with hot water from the house, and hauled them to the animals in winter. Any storage tank freezes, their water troughs freeze solid at night... occasionally there's so much snow we can't drive equipment to the barns... sometimes it's too cold for a diesel tractor to start.... I've slogged 20 gallons of water through snow, on a toboggan out to the pigs before (up hill both ways!). Now - all we have to do is turn on the spigot! Yay!

The PASA grant also funded the installation of a deer fence. Our old fence was a plastic mesh and had succumbed to weeds, trees, rips and tears, sagging and old age. We were patching it the best we could - but the deer always found a way in. Now, we have a shiny new fence . . . with gates! It feels nice to know that I can plant crops that the deer won't sneak in and chomp down in the middle of the night. I sleep a little more soundly!

In the spring, we had a micro burst that blew the roof up on our purple garage, by Ridge Road (have you noticed?). Well - we also lost a high tunnel in the wind - and we were able to claim the damage on our insurance. We're building a new one for Farm Club. Our hope is that Farm Club members can continue to grow food throughout the whole year. It's a big and beautiful greenhouse on the right, in the picture below. We're excited to see how Farm Club will grow!!

We're getting plenty of wood chips from Cunningham and Sons - there's quite a pile by the barnyard. This is great for building soil in the fields, mulching aisles, and drying out bedding for the pigs. It's great stuff and we're so grateful to have it in abundance! We had them cut down an old oak that was leaning, near our house, It was sad to see it go - but was also rotten in the center - so it was still a good decision. Soon we'll be cutting it up for firewood and some shiitake log production!

The ducks, Puddles and Peanut, have been banished from the store front. They had a habit of coming into the breezeway and looking for people.... and p**ping on shoes. They p**ped on the wrong shoes and now live in the barnyard with the rest of the fowl. As a matter of fact, we've had a big influx of birds. Someone in the neighborhood needed to get rid of their flock - so we've gained (so far) about 60 chickens and ducks. We're back into the egg production! Greg and Evelyn have re-vamped an old high tunnel, which we called the Fruitarium, into a new bird habitat. It has locust trees, figs, blackberries, and other greenery growing inside, and has shelter from rain and sun. It's really kinda nice and the sort of habitat you'd think any bird would love. They can perch on trees at night and are protected from predators!

Garden Club - your August seedlings are ready to be picked up, if you haven't come out already!

Future Events:

Pizza on the Farm: September 30 and October 3.

September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates:
Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm

Saturday Sept 12
Wednesday Sept 16

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08/05/2026

Farm Journal

What a week! After what feels like a stretch of moody, uncooperative weather earlier this season, we finally got a run of just plain beautiful days — sunny, warm but not brutal, with cool nights (not great for tomatoes though!). It's the kind of weather that makes every task on the farm feel less like a slog and more like a gift. We'll take it, and we're not asking questions.

Beans, beans, beans. We are absolutely buried in bush beans this week, a genuine bumper crop. The plants just decided to go for it all at once, and we've been picking (and picking, and picking) to keep up. If you've ever wondered what a "good bean year" looks like, this is it. Expect beans in your share! We're not complaining — freezer bags are already filling up around here, and there's nothing like snapping beans on the porch at the end of a long day.

Tomatoes are finally ripening! After weeks of green, hard, patiently-waiting tomatoes, we're starting to see that first blush of red work its way across the fields. It's always a milestone moment for us — tomatoes ripening means summer has officially settled in. It'll be a slow trickle at first, then (if history is any guide) an avalanche. Get your BLT plans ready.

The old deer fence is coming down. After years of loyal service, and let's be honest, years of us patching, propping, and occasionally begging it to hold on just one more season, our deer fence is finally getting retired. We're in the process of taking it down this week to make room for a bigger, sturdier, better-built replacement. Deer have been testing the limits of the old fence's patience for a while now, and honestly, so have we. The new fence will give us more room to grow into over the coming seasons and (fingers crossed) a lot fewer heart-stopping mornings finding hoof prints where they shouldn't be.

It's a genuinely good week to be a farmer around here: good weather, good beans, tomatoes on the way, and infrastructure finally getting the upgrade it's earned.

As always, thank you for being part of this with us. Every share, every visit, every bag of beans you haul home helps keep this whole operation running.

See you soon,
Blackberry Meadows Farm

Future Events:

Pizza on the Farm: Aug 26 and 29.

September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates:
Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm

Wednesday August 12
Saturday Sept 12
Wednesday Sept 16

07/22/2026

Our latest news

Last week was weird. With the smoky, hazy air, the weather fluctuations, the equipment failures, the raccoon infestation.... we were on our toes the whole time!

We were forecasted to have a few straight days of dry weather, so we raked the hay a second time, let it sit, and then brought out the baler.

Man, was that a finicky old man. It's really a feat of engineering, as this clanky old machine is able to scoop up rows of hay, mash it into tightly packed cubes, wrap two pieces of twine around each bale and tie two knots, cut the twine, and p**p a bale out the back.

We'd creep along, nomming up hay and p**ping out bales.... until the twine tangled up at the knotter. Then we'd have to stop, undo the knots, rethread the machine, and start back up again. Eventually we figured out the pattern of failure... mouse p*e. A mouse had gotten into the Twine Chamber over the winter, and p*ed on the twine (we could tell because the twine was darker in that spot). Every time we got to that section of twine it tangled up. Greg ran to Tractor Supply and came back with two more spools of twine. After that, it was smooth sailing.

Our neighbor Jake showed up and helped out too. We were proud to be able to continue the long standing tradition of neighbors helping to make hay at the Bachman Farm (our farm's original name from way-back-when).

We rallied the troops and the girls came out to help collect the bales onto the trailers. They each had a turn at tossing up bales onto the trailers, stacking the (scratchy) bales into towering piles, and creeping the farm truck along the rows of bales to-be-picked-up. it was a family effort and we treated ourselves to some Della's Ice cream at 9:50 pm that night - just before they closed!

Now - we have a forgiving audience. Pigs. Unlike those picky horses, our pigs will revel in just about anything, from mud pits to cardboard boxes (they boop them around like beach balls). So this batch of j***y hay is A-OK with these guys.

Raccoon Infestation:

We've been on a losing battle with the raccoons. They've taking out five ducks, one turkey, and a few dozen hens. It's significantly decreased our egg production. Each night, I set a couple traps and have, so far, caught 12 raccoons this year. The battle continues. We won't restock our flock until we're sure we've dealt with the predator pressure.

Are you a Bloomfield customer? Have you heard that the market will be MOVED on August 1? Tentatively the market is moving to South Millvale Ave and Mend Way, as the parking lot we are normally in is going to be paved. So - please come out! We'll keep you posted as to the final location - if anything else changed.

Future Events:

Pizza on the Farm: July 29 and August 1

September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates:
Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm

Saturday August 1
Wednesday August 12
Saturday Sept 12
Wednesday Sept 16

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07/15/2026

Our latest news

We did it! We harvested all the garlic! I bribed the kids with Dellas Ice cream, to come out and help pull garlic - we had 8 x 50' rows (about 400 bulbs per row) to pull, We waited until the evening, when the setting sun is behind the tree line - we worked in the shade and watched the barn swallows swoop and dive for insects. The zinnias are starting to bloom and the buckwheat cover crop is loaded with white flowers and busy bees. I was having a great time.

The kids... not so much. It's hot, dirty, heavy, bending over work. Blisters were formed, sweat was running into eyes. thistles were prickling, and everyone wanted the "clipping" job... where you sat on the ground and clipped the stalks off the garlic. But we persevered, and got the job done!

Now we're sorting the bulbs between - CSA grade, - biggest and best for planting in the fall grade, - and damaged or too small ready-for-garlic-powder grade. You all should have plenty of garlic for the rest of the season!

Lot'sa Basil!

We planted a whole lot of basil this summer. It's time to do a heavy harvest and we'd like for you to benefit. So - get ready. Go to the store and buy up a bunch of pine nuts (or walnuts will do), garlic, parmesan cheese, and olive oil. You should have garlic or garlic scapes from the CSA - but take more if you need it for this recipe!

Basil Pesto

2 cups fresh basil leaves, packed

1/2 cup freshly grated Romano or Parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces)

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

1/3 cup pine nuts (can substitute chopped walnuts)

3 cloves garlic, minced (about 1 tablespoon)

1/4 teaspoon salt, or more to taste

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste

1 - pulse the basil and pine nuts in a food processor.
2 - add garlic and cheese and pulse again
3 - drizzle in olive oil while blending basil mixture in the processor, until it forms the thick paste.
4 - add salt to taste.

Can be frozen in muffin tins, and then stored in a zip lock freezer bag for future use! Stock up!

Make hay while the sun shines!

We're trying our hand at making hay. We bought a sickle bar mower from a friend, already have a hay rake and a baler.... now we need practice! We don't currently have animals that eat hay for survival - but the pigs do like to nom on a few flakes of hay in the wintertime, just to get some greenery. Really, they mostly just fluff it up and lay in it while they munch away on their bedding.

We have a "back field" that has about 4 acres of flat land that would be good for learning how to make hay. There's the timing (can't have rain), there's the conditioning (or crimping/tetting), the raking, the bailing, the collecting, and the storing of hay (which can self-combust if it's not dried property!). We're learning as we go. Which direction to mow (clockwise), how fast to move the tractor (medium/2), how low to set the mower, how tall the grass should be, how dry it needs to be before baling (there's a mason jar trick). It's a whole 'nother livelihood, and not something we feel pressured to do well - as our audience (pigs) aren't as picky as others (horses).

As long as nothing breaks, tractor farming is kind of relaxing... much easier* than harvesting 3200 bulbs of garlic!

* I might be singing a different tune when we have to start throwing the bales onto the trailer!

Garden Share pick up this week!

What you can expect in your share this week:
Onions, squash, kale, lettuce, garlic, garlic scapes, basil (lots of it!), herbs, beets, carrots, and fennel. Peas have some to the end!

Future events!

Pizza on the Farm: July 29 and August 1

September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates:
Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm

Wednesday July 15
Saturday August 1
Wednesday August 12
Saturday Sept 12
Wednesday Sept 16

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07/08/2026

Our latest news

We had a whirlwind of a week, culminating in a great time on the Fourth of July and our community Fireworks show.

The heat was nearing intolerable, and we were doing our best to not be out in it during the heat of the day. But - there are a few things going on that required our attention:

1. We're adopting a flock of birds - peacocks, chickens, turkeys, and geese to be exact! Our plan is to put them in and around our "fruitarium" in the barn yard. Years ago, we got a very tall high tunnel, as a donation, and I dreamed of installing a Rocket Mass heater, and growing tropical fruits: mango, banana, avocado, coffee.... But time and neglect got ahead of my plans, and it has become mostly overgrown blackberries, figs, and locust trees. A perfect habitat for forest dwelling, tree perching peacocks! We've spent a lot of time reclaiming the fruitarium so it can contain fowl, and repel raccoons. I'm not sure the exact day everyone arrives - but you'll definitely know when you hear the honking of geese, gobbling of turkeys, and whatever that sound is that peacocks make!

2. Wednesday morning: As it always happens with pigs - we had a Mama pig farrow in the worst of weather. In this high heat, she trucked her pregnant 500 lb self waaaay out to the far pasture, hidden in amongst the tall weeds, and had a litter of piglets. We knew she was due, and when she didn't show up for the breakfast head count - we figured she was out there somewhere. I waded into the tall brush to hunt down a pig nest. My biggest fear was that she had heat stroke and couldn't get to shade or water. I had to get back to the field to get ready for CSA and Greg took over the pig hunt. He loaded up the tractor with a 175 gallon barrel of water, wet sheet, and food. He finally found her at the bottom of the hill, bathing in a mud wallow. She and the piglets are all fine!

3. Thursday, I find that the pump won't start and we can't irrigate. The peppers were visibly wilting! A not-so-quick trip to Harbor Freight, and Greg's been assigned to hooking up the new pump to the old irrigation system. Hot sun, tall weeds, bugs, and pond water.... an hour later - he gets the system up and running and the crops are watered!

4. Thursday, Greg and the girls go down to Point Breeze and pick up 30 solar panels from Construction Junction. They spend the afternoon loading and stacking them onto the trailer, and then unloading and stacking them into the barn.... we've got plans, and will keep you posted!

5. We got a sickle bar mower and are going to start making hay for the pigs. We've never made hay before, so it's a learning curve for us. But you know the old adage, "make hay when the sun shines", well, it was calling for rain later in the week. So Wednesday evening, Greg got the tractor hooked up to the mower and off I went.... until I didn't . The tractor just quit. Greg fiddled with it for a while, but couldn't figure it out and it was getting dark. The next morning, he spent tearing apart the tractor - looking for electrical issues, to no avail.

6. Friday, luckily, our friend and neighbor Jake comes by and fixes the tractor (it was a relay issue). By then, we're getting ready for the two weekend farmers markets, and a big farm party. And, it's going to rain. We had to give up on our hay making plans, put the equipment away, and move on. We'll try again when there looks like a good dry spell is on its way.

7. Saturday, Greg and Evelyn sell at the Bloomfield Market, Evelyn reported that it was the hardest market they've done in a long time. Hot pavement, hot grill, slow sales.... she was glad to be home and take a break! That evening we had a great Forth of July Party and lots of fun was had by all!

What you can expect this week:

Kale, cucumber, scallions, garlic, peas, beets, carrots, squash, basil, herbs, garlic scapes, and lettuce.

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07/01/2026

Our latest news

Just a quick note to let you know that we're OK! Yes - CSA/farm store is still happening today. Come on out 3 - 7 to get your fresh picked veggies!

It's been a doozy of a week and we're only half way through it! We're doing our best to work on the tail end of the day and hide out inside in the thick of the heat. That said, we're making regular trips to the barnyard to hose down the pigs and give everyone fresh water.

I'm limiting the quantity of veggies I set out, in an attempt to keep them fresher - so if it looks like stock is low when you pick up - just ask for more - we'll have it in the walk in cooler!

Future events!

July 4th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. We're hosting a Community Powered BYO ** Fireworks Party. Collectively we'll have a BLAST! (** for safety reasons, Greg will be the only one setting off fireworks). Bring a picnic for you and your family. We'll have a bonfire going for roasting hotdog and marshmallows.

September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates: Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm
Saturday July 4
Wednesday July 15
Saturday August 1
Wednesday August 12
Saturday Sept 12
Wednesday Sept 16

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06/24/2026

Our latest news

We're in the height of summer, which technically doesn't feel like it.... I always think of August as the height of summer - but as of this weekend, our days are now getting shorter. That said, I took the dogs out for a bedtime walk and to make sure the ducks were put away - and I could still see light in the sky at 10 pm. The p*epers in the pond were signing, a flock of Purple Martins chittering and soaring through the sky, and the Fireflies flashing their lights clear up into the tree tops.

It's easy to get so wrapped up and consumed by what "needs' to be done, I often forget to slow down and notice the 'why' I'm predisposed to "doing" all of this....

Here's a just few "whys" off the top of my head ....

- When I need a break, I'll sit under the awning and watch some Duck TV. (https://youtube.com/shorts/GDH_GaYWf08?feature=share) It's very relaxing and surprisingly entertaining. When you visit us during CSA or any other event - take some time to watch the ducks.

- Barefoot kids. Our kids are so barefoot, sometimes they don't remember to put on shoes when we go into "town".

- Happy dogs. August, Alice, and sometimes Charlie, are at their doggy best when they are galloping through the fields in hot pursuit of a rabbit or ground hog. Tails wagging and tongues lolling. They love life on the farm!

- Wind before a storm. Sometimes, while I'm out hoeing the fields, I'll feel the wind pick up and know I"m going to get dumped on. Even more amazing is when I can see (and feel) the wall of rain coming at me. I really don't mind getting wet in a rainstorm... once you're wet, you're wet!

- Watching other people harvest beets, carrots or turnips. . It's like a veggie-easter egg hunt. Such as pleasant surprise to find a BIG one!

- Chatting with CSA members each week. It's kind of like a weekly family reunion. Especially with our "Old School" members that have been with us since the beginning. It's fun to catch up, check in, reminisce, and swap recipes. It's the Community part of the CSA that really pushes me along!

In your CSA this week:

Scallions, cabbage, chard/kale, peas, garlic scapes, basil, herbs, lettuce, beets and maybe carrots!

Save the Dates

Pizza this week!! Wednesday and Saturday. If anyone wants to try their hand at making your own pizza, I'll coach you along. It'll be great! We'll have farm fresh toppings - but feel free to bring anything special (like anchovies, pineapple, gluten free pizza dough, or vegan cheese).

July 4th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. We're hosting a Community Powered BYO ** Fireworks Party. Collectively we'll have a BLAST! (** for safety reasons, Greg will be the only one setting off fireworks). Bring a picnic for you and your family. We'll have a bonfire going for roasting hotdog and marshmallows.

September 26th: 4:00 - 10:00 pm. Fall Fest - BYO Apples. We'll have a community apple pressing and enjoy freshly pressed c***r, a bon fire, and fall activities.

Art on the Farm with Maritza
Pick up your share and take time to rest your heart and soul and make art alongside your fellow CSA community. We will be exploring, drawing, painting, collage, crafts and more. Each class we'll use different mediums to explore various ideas from nature, Master artists, and the materials themselves.

Maritza will guide all ages to create and grow unique works. Donations are accepted. Materials are included.

Art on the farm Dates: Wednesday or Saturdays 3 - 5 pm
Saturday July 4
Wednesday July 15
Saturday August 1
Wednesday August 12
Saturday Sept 12
Wednesday Sept 16

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