Flowers, greens, radishes and more for Wednesday pick-ups!

Pre-ordering will open today, Monday April 17th at 6pm for flower and veggies to be picked up Wednesday April 19th 2pm-4pm and 4pm-6pm! This week we have our first flowers for sale including fancy daffodils (white double blooms with pale yellow or peach centers) and Sunny Prince Tulips (yellow). See below for a full list of crops available. Ordering will remain open until Wednesday at 8am. 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.

We plan to offer ordering again later in the week for Friday pick-ups which will include many of the items listed below (though we will likely have moved on to different daffodil and tulip varieties), as well as Fat Moon Farm mushrooms and arugula from our high tunnel. We will send out an email update with that information. We will begin walk-up sales when the asparagus harvest begins which is usually the second week of May!

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

• Pea Shoots - 1/4 pound bags.

• Scallions

• Fancy Daffodils - 10 stems per bunch

• Tulips - Mostly yellow “Sunny Prince”

• Double B Honey - From hives on the property. Not certified organic.

• Available to pre-order later in the week for Friday pick-up: Mushrooms from Fat Moon Farm, arugula and possibly different tulip and daffodil varieties.

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.

Spinach, radishes, pea shoots and more still available for pre-orders!

Ordering is still open for our high tunnel-grown veggies this week! Pick-up will be tomorrow, Friday, April 14th from 2pm-4pm and 4pm-6pm on the porch of the farm stand. We added radishes and pea shoots to the online store today and we continue to have a good supply of spinach as well as some kale mix available! Our daffodils aren’t quite ready for harvest so we don’t have any for sale this week but it is looking like we will have a good crop next week. Ordering will remain open until tomorrow at 8am (Friday April 14th). We are not yet open for walk up sales so all items are available for pre-orders only. If you place two separate orders this week we will combine them for pick-up. 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.

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.

Our daffodils look like they will bloom next week!

Greens and mushrooms for sale for Friday pick-up!

The crew is all smiles in the sunny warm weather this week - we hope the strawberry plants will be happy about it too! In addition to uncovering strawberries (removing their winter mulch) this week we are also seeding lettuce, tomatoes and flowers in the greenhouse as well as seeding more peas, carrots, beets and spinach in the fields. We will also be harvesting of course!

This week produce will be available via online pre-orders for on-farm pick-up on Friday April 14th from 2pm-4pm and 4pm-6pm! We are not yet open for walk-up sales. Online ordering opens today, Tuesday April 11th, at noon and will remain open until Friday April 14th at 8am. Pick-ups will be on the porch of our farm stand at 449 Barretts Mill Rd. Concord, MA. In addition to greens grown in our high tunnels, we also have shiitake mushrooms from Fat Moon Farm for sale this week! If we sell out of an item it will disappear from the store, however check back Thursday as we expect to be able to add additional inventory as the week goes on. We may even be able to add some new items by the end of the week including radishes and daffodils if this warm weather helps them mature by Friday! If you place two separate orders this week we will combine them for pick-up. 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 conact Melissa at melissa@barrettsmillfarm.com.

Available for pre-order:

• Arugula -1/2 pound bags.

• Kalebration and spinach mix - 1/2 pound bags of baby sized kale mixed with spinach. Great for salads and light cooking.

• Spinach - 1/2 pound bags.

• Shiitake Mushrooms from Fat Moon Farm - 1 pound bags. Fat Moon Farm is in Chelmsford, MA and their mushrooms are certified organic. Check out their website here for how to clean and store your mushrooms as well as recipe ideas!

• Double B Honey - From hives on the property. Not certified organic.

• Maybe added to the store Thursday: Radishes and pea shoots grown in our high tunnels, as well as the first daffodils of the season! We also likely be able to add to the greens inventory at this time.

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.

High tunnel greens orders open today for Thursday and Friday pick-ups!

We have pea shoots, spinach, kale mix, arugula, and cilantro ready for harvest! All are certified organic, grown here on the property in our high tunnels, and are sold unwashed. We also have 1 pound jars of honey from from hives on the property (not certified organic). Produce will be available via online pre-orders for on-farm pick-up. We are not yet open for walk-up sales. Online ordering opens today, Wednesday April 5th, at 6pm! Ordering will close at 8am the day of each pick-up. Pick-ups will be on the porch of our farm stand at 449 Barretts Mill Rd. Concord, MA.

Pick-up options:

• Thursday, April 6th: 2pm - 4pm or 4pm - 6pm

• Friday, April 7th: 2pm - 4pm or 4pm-6pm

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: 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.

Available for pre-order:

• Pea shoots - 1/4 and 1/2 pound bags available.

• Arugula -1/2 pound bags.

• Kalebration and spinach mix - 1/2 pound bags of baby sized kale mixed with spinach. Great for salads and light cooking.

• Spinach - 1/2 pound bags.

• Cilantro - Overwintered in our high tunnel. Available by the bunch.

• Double B Honey - From hives on the property. Not certified organic.

Farm updates: This season and beyond!

Many of you have seen the Request for Proposals (RFP) in the Concord Bridge last week for the lease of this property beginning in March of 2024, which has prompted some people to ask if we are still in business. We are! This public RFP process is a requirement of the Town of Concord every 10 years. We have now been here 9 years, so the time has come to re-apply. We are submitting a proposal and very much hope to be awarded the next lease on the property. Each lease is 5 years with the option to renew for another 5 years before the RFP process begins again. Our current lease continues until March of 2024 so this coming season is secure and we have already begun seeding in both the greenhouse and high tunnels to get ready!

After a couple of months without much growth on the farm it is nice to be taking care of plants again! In the greenhouse we have leeks, fennel, herbs and flowers started for field planting later this spring. We also have spinach growing in high tunnels for early season harvest, and it may be ready as early as April! Kale mix, arugula and radishes will be seeded in another high tunnel in just a few days and we will be seeding additional starts in the greenhouse by the end of the week, including stock flowers, parsley and onions. In the office, sign-ups continue for all of our memberships including the CSA, Barrett’s Bucks, PYO Flower CSA and Spring Mushroom CSA. We are also working on writing a grant for the installation of a new well, as well as finishing ordering supplies for the season such as fertilizer, irrigation equipment, and more.