It is now May 25th, the day that takes up five pages of our field planting schedule! While we work hard this week to keep up with planting the summer crops and stay ahead of the weeds in the spring crops, we will also be ramping up the morning harvest. In addition to asparagus we are excited to be harvesting radishes, baby bok choy, arugula, and spinach this week as well as our very first crop of winter grown high tunnel carrots!
Ordering for Tuesday (May 26th) opens today at 2pm. For Tuesday, we will be open for pre-order pick-up only (ordering will open Monday at 2pm for Tuesday pick-ups). Like last week, pick-ups slots will be available Tuesday-Friday 2pm - 6pm and Saturday 11am - 3pm, with ordering for each pick-up opening at 2pm the day before. While ordering ahead is the best way to ensure we have what you would like when you come to the farm, we will also be open for walk-up sales this Wednesday-Friday 2pm-6pm and Saturday 11am-3pm. The farm store will be staffed and check, credit card and Barrett’s Bucks will be accepted (you may also pay with cash if you have exact change - we will not make change for sanitary reasons). Please wear a mask when approaching the stand and wait outside for someone to help you (we will be packing your bag in the stand and leaving it outside on a table for you). Both pre-orders from the open food network, and farm stand on site sales are open to the public as well as to members. The CSA will begin as planned June 9th.
Here’s the link to the shop: https://openfoodnetwork.net/barrett-s-mill-farm/shop#/shop
Remember to select a pick-up time in order to begin shopping. Also, when an item sells out, it disappears from the shop, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t have it again. You can always check back the next order cycle!
What’s available this week:
Asparagus
Spinach
Arugula
Radishes
Baby Bok Choy
Napoli carrots - These somewhat “baby” carrots were grown in our high tunnel over the winter and will be available starting on Wednesday!
Mushrooms from Fat Moon in Chelmsford - for Thursday-Saturday pick-ups
Seedlings - We will have tomato seedlings, including cherry tomato seedlings for sale this week as well as some eggplant and sweet peppers. We will also have parsley and basil seedlings and few remaining thyme plants.
Herbs - Starting Wednesday we will have bunches of chives, oregano, and thyme for sale for some flavor in your spring cooking!