Tulip season is now well underway with more favorites such as Orange Princess (pictured above) and Creme Upstar (double tulip that is pale yellow with apricot and rose edges) now blooming! Please note that as of this week we have set up our online store to collect sales tax on non-food items, so you will now see MA sales tax added to your flower purchases. This means that when you get to the check-out stage online you will see a total cost of $26.56 per tulip bouquet. For any flowers available for walk-up sales while the farm stand is still self-serve (like daffodils), the tax is included in the total price. This means that when daffodils are also available online later this week you will see a decrease in the initial price to $9.41 in order to keep the total at $10 including tax.
This week we continue to have kale mix, radishes, salad turnips, and spinach available from our high tunnels. In the next week or two the spring high tunnel harvests end and we will be turning the beds over to prepare for planting summer crops in their place. However, by the time we are out of greens in the tunnels the asparagus should be ready! We anticipate having asparagus available for pre-orders and walk-up sales by May 9th (and possibly a small amount before then!).
Pre-ordering will open today, Monday April 24th at 6pm for flower and veggies to be picked up Wednesday April 26th 2pm-4pm and 4pm-6pm! Ordering will close Wednesday at 6am. While there won’t be any daffodils in the online store for Wednesday pick-up, we will probably have some for walk-up sales (after a cool gray weekend it is just too hard to predict at this moment how many will be blooming by then). We will open ordering for Friday pick-ups on Wednesday at 6pm. Friday orders will have the additional options of Fat Moon mushrooms and fancy daffodils. If you need to communicate a change in your pick-up plans, email is a better way to reach us than phone calls. You can contact Melissa at melissa@barrettsmillfarm.com.
Available for pre-order for Wednesday pick-up:
Kalebration mix - 1/2 pound bags of baby sized kale. Great for salads and light cooking.
Spinach - 1/2 pound bags.
Radishes
Salad Turnips
Green Garlic- Slightly milder flavor than full sized cured garlic. Chop up white portion like you would a scallion and use as a substitute for garlic in recipes.
Tulips - Aafke, Fox Trot, Creme Upstar, Orange Princess, and Aveyron varieties. Photos of each are on the online store.
Double B Honey - From hives on the property. Not certified organic.
Additional items that will be available for Friday pick-up: Fat Moon mushrooms and fancy daffodils.
To order visit: https://openfoodnetwork.net/barrett-s-mill-farm/shop#/shop
Directions:
Orders are open to everyone! You do not need to be a member to purchase.
You do not need to create an account to place an order.
Be sure to choose your pick-up time (there is a red drop-down menu in the upper right-hand of the screen). If you don’t choose a time, you won’t be able to see the items in the shop.
Once an item is sold out for the day, it disappears from the online shop.
Payments are made by credit card unless you are a Barrett’s Bucks member or would like to pay using an EBT card. It says “free” in parentheses by all payment options - this just means that it is free to use that payment option, not that the product is free!
Barrett’s Bucks: Barrett’s Bucks members may select the “Bucks” payment option and we will deduct your purchase from your balance.
EBT card users: We are now a HIP vendor! Please email melissa@barrettsmillfarm.com before ordering to arrange a specific pick-up time for using your card as pick-ups are otherwise self-serve. Later in the season when the farm store is staffed this won’t be necessary.