June 20, 2009 Farm Message

STAR HOLLOW FARM NEWS

For the week preceding Saturday, June 20^th, 2009

General news & info

Hello all!

Produce: new (or back) this week are..

• Greens: hydroponic arugula, red chard, catalogna dandelion, large spinach.

• Veggies: green beans, fava beans, bunched beets, purple broccoli, cucumbers (Euro, slicer and pickling), horseradish, kohlrabi roots, yellow squash, Prudens Purple heirloom tomatoes.

• Berries: Sweet cherries

• Herbs: micro-basil.

On the farm: It's been a busy week already, and it's just 6:30 on Wednesday morning. The rain has let up, and we got a lot done over the last two days: prepared ground for an acre of winter squash and planted 1000 delicata plants and 1000 butternut plants. We also transplanted 1200 popcorn plants! That's more than usual, but we like popcorn, so... (hope you do too!)

Open-farm dates: The first “open farm” is just two weeks away, on July 4^th and 5^th.

Star Hollow CSA blog: (http://starhollowfarmcsa.blogspot.com/) Email Michele (smcasto@gmail.com) if you want to become a “contributor.”

CSA-Specific News

Planned CSA produce for this week:

This week the plan is for a pint of strawberries, pint of cherries, summer squash, red tomato, sweet onion, green beans, snow peas, golden delicious apple. Enjoy!

Adams Morgan CSA volunteers. Thanks to Heather and Katie for their help handing out orders last weekend.

Thanks for your support!

Randy, Chris and all at Star Hollow Farm