Weekly update: July 20th

Greetings dear members and friends!

This week is going to be a very busy one! Farm day is this Saturday, we hope to see you all there! If you need directions or info, please call me or email me (Stacy!) this week. I will be gone most every day, so be patient if you send me an email.

I am going to keep the words very short this week, so that I can get to bed early.

The Lambright Family thanks you all for your patience these first many weeks! The garden that has been giving everyone (a total of 50 boxes now!) their great green foods these past weeks was planted in the *very* early spring, intended for their family, while we still had just a handful of members signed up. The frost never came as we all feared, and the garden continued to grow. At some point, it was decided there was plenty there for the shares that were signed up and paid at about that time (May 1st, if you will remember) plus the family's needs. NEVER did we expect to to reach 50 members in our first season. These past boxes have been lighter than we would expect, but it was decided that since the weather was good, and the garden was bountiful, the food had to be shared rather than wait for the big planting. Interestingly, John mentioned recently that almost half of our members paid AFTER May 1st, so planting was a bit tricky this year, not knowing how much would be sold. We are just now seeing the first planted crops that were planted according to the size of our CSA! The green beans are in full swing. The zucchini are expanding constantly as they soak up the sun and rain! The cucumbers are just about there. Tomatoes are closer.

We are thrilled that you have held on through these lean weeks. There are some disappointments, as we mentioned last week with the broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and kohlrabi. The family is looking into whether this was a seed issue, or something with the soil. They have more planted that looks great, so we won't lose out for the year, but won't have as much as was originally hoped.

This week, the boxes are likely to have:

cabbage
green beans
kale
onions
more potatoes?
a bit more lettuce
peas (we are getting to the end of some of them, sadly)
zucchini?
yellow squash?
first peppers?

as you have noticed, a few items have question marks. They are items that are hoped for, but may not have enough to fill all the boxes, and may have to be dropped until next week or the week after.


We would love to hear from you if you are considering attending the farm day!


Signing off for now!

Stacy