For the week preceding Saturday, July 4th, 2009
General news & info
Open-farm RSVP: We haven't heard from anyone planning on coming this weekend yet, so are guessing the date selection was not a good one. If you are planning on coming, please let us know by this evening (July 1) at 9:00. We'll decide tomorrow whether to cancel it or not. The details are repeated further down in this message. And we have two more dates scheduled for later in the summer, so it's not “now or never.”
Produce: We're pretty sure you're gonna like the additions this week. This feels like the start of summer more than last week, at least produce-wise.
Berries: blueberries, red currants, gooseberries, black raspberries.
Tree fruit: Lodi apples, apricots, sour cherries, peaches.
Greens: baby beet greens, collards, red Russian kale.
Other vegetables: yellow wax beans, red and chioggia beets, purple carrots, bunched garlic, red scallions, radishes, mixed cherry tomatoes.
Herbs: lemon and Thai basil, sage.
ON SALE: green beans, European cucumbers, garlic scapes and bunched garlic plants, Jerusalem artichokes, English cheddar cheese, and several of the glass jars of preserves.
On the farm: Mostly just long days trying to get the ground worked up and crops planted and then already-planted crops cultivated in between rainstorms. That's just what we do at this time of the year, and it goes on and on and ...
Open-farm invitation:
WHAT: Star Hollow Farm Fourth of July get-together. We invite you to join us to see the farm, our crops, our chickens, meet and get to know us and the others who come. We have 2 other get-togethers scheduled for the first weekends in August and September.
WHERE: Our farm, in Huntingdon Co., PA, approximately a 3-hour drive north of DC.
CSA-Specific News
Planned CSA produce for this week:
This week the plan is fruit-heavy – but think you'll be able to handle it. There'll be a pint of blueberries, half pint of black raspberries, and a couple of peaches, then a bunch of Swiss chard, a pound of green beans, a bunch of purple carrots, a bunch of scallions, and a baggie full of summer (savory). Enjoy!
Adams Morgan CSA volunteers. Thanks to Bruce & Cynthia and Chris & Heather for their help handing out orders last weekend.
Thanks for your support!
Randy, Chris and all at Star Hollow Farm
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