Farm to-do lists this time of year can look a bit out of control. They usually read something to the effect of “plant and weed everything!” We can also add to that list “irrigate everything,” as well as picking Colorado potato beetles off the potato plants (it takes the whole week to get through all the beds, only to need to restart again the next week). Next week, we’ll be adding “harvest everything” to the list, as the CSA starts up Tuesday June 7th! We are pretty proud that we’ve come as close as we ever have to keeping up with the non-stop tasks, thanks in large part to having so many returning crew members able to jump right into familiar tasks.
The farm stand is staffed this week, so we spent a large portion of our Monday organizing, cleaning and setting up the farm stand. This now means that in addition to Barrett’s Bucks and checks we can take credit card and EBT payments, and we can also make change for cash purchases. We will continue to have online pre-ordering as well. Pick-ups will be available for Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with ordering opening the day before pick-up starting at 6pm (so if you are ordering for Friday pick-up, ordering will open at 6pm on Thursday).
Farm Store Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
To order online visit: https://openfoodnetwork.net/barrett-s-mill-farm/shop#/shop
Available this week:
Asparagus - this is probably the last week that we’ll be harvesting.
Sugar snap peas
Salanova lettuce mix
Spinach
Salad turnips
Strawberries - We’ve had a high percentage of deformed fruit in the patch that we planted for the store, possibly from the flowers being exposed to colder than expected overnight temperatures several weeks ago (the CSA PYO strawberry patch was not flowering during this cold snap, so doesn’t appear to have this problem). We’re hoping that this week we’ll start to see more fruit coming from flowers that were not blooming during this period and that we will be able to harvest again for the store. We unfortunately do not know which days we will have strawberries available.
Bok Choi - available later in the week
Fat Moon Mushrooms - Farmers’ Mix 8oz bags and shiitake pints.
Flowers - Stock (a beautiful fragrant flower grown in our high tunnel) and Sweet William.
Herb seedlings: Basil, oregano, thyme. All suitable for container or garden planting. $4/plant
Other seedlings: Cherry tomatoes (Jasper, Cherry Bomb, Sungold, Red Pearl grape), Slicing tomatoes (Big Beef), Heirloom tomatoes (Pineapple and Pruden’s Purple), Hot peppers (Red Ember cayenne, Jalapeño) and Eggplant (Michal).
Spring Mushroom CSA Week 6: It is week 6 of our 10-week spring Mushroom CSA from Fat Moon Farm and this week’s mushrooms are a Farmer’s Mix! Now that the farm store is staffed you may come anytime the farm store is open: Tuesday- Friday 11am-6pm and Saturday 9am-3pm. Just check in with the shopkeeper at the farm stand when you arrive and they will retrieve them from our cooler for you! We do still suggest a Tuesday or Wednesday pick-up for the freshest possible mushrooms.