We hope you have enjoyed welcoming Meadowstone Farm into your kitchen during the first 3 weeks of the CSA. Thank you for all the feedback, questions and thoughts provided to us so far, keep it coming!
Are there things you would like to change about your 2026 Summer CSA share? If so, let us know by email or phone before your next pickup!
Options include switching share size from Small to Full or Full to Small or changing add-ons. Coffee, Flowers, and Pork Sausage are all available options. We can only offer refunds for Eggs and Beef as there are no more Beef and Egg Add-ons available for purchase.
If your CSA changes require a partial refund, the amount will be added to your Farm Bucks account in our farm-stand to be used at your convenience on any item we sell in the stand. Don't have an account? We will set one up for you!
If you owe us, bring a check on your pickup day, Monday or Thursday.
To change something about your CSA just shoot us an email with the subject "CSA Changes" and then touch base with Jaime and Colin on Monday or Thursday.
Due to the administrative work and CSA organization, this is the week of the CSA season to make a change if you would like to make one.
—-No need to reach out to us unless you are interested in changing a part of your CSA.—-
In addition to our Greenhouses of trellised cucumbers, field cucumbers add greatly to the harvest. Due to sensitivity, greenhouse cucumbers are neccessary to get an early harvest. They, like many of the tropical plants that we are growing require both warm air temperatures and warm soil temperatures to thrive. We already got a round of greens out of these beds in garden 5,. and moved them over to cucumbers a few weeks ago. A number of folks contributed to setting up these beds, planting, and then erecting the cucumber trellis. Wyatt can be seen setting up the wires to hang trellis off of. Incredible to see the growth of these cucumbers in just one week!
We started growing direct seeded field greens this season in Garden 5 (Where the field cucumbers are growing, highlighted above) and then moved to Garden 8. We utilize sileage tarps to help deplete the bank of weed seeds in the soil and provide an environment for even germination of our planted greens. With a tarp covering soil, weed seeds will germinate, however then perish in the heat generated under the tarp from sun, and lack of light. Once this occurs, we remove the tarp briefly to prep the beds underneath, plant greens, and then recover. Once the green seeds germinate we remove the tarp to reveal a weed free bed of greens. Hand weeding often still needs to happen, however the weeds that eventually do come up are typically very manageable.
Garden 8 first two rounds ofd greens growing
Garden 8: tarped section between the two greenhouses with planted greens underneath
The big reveal! Germinated arugula recently uncovered
Updated photos a few days later of the greens pictured. Moisture, sun, and warmth have helped these greens thrive.
After a morning of harvesting and preparing for a CSA pickup day, Everything gets brought out and set up for you!
Pickup
Come anytime between 3 pm and 6 pm to choose your share on the day you chose when you signed up, so either Monday or Thursday.
Please bring your own bags or box to gather your choices.
Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on your day, so that we can store your share in our walk-in refrigerator to keep it fresh. You can email or call us to let us know. Thank you to all of those who have already arranged another time to pickup!
Here's what you will find in this weeks share:
Everyone gets to take some white Sweet Onions
Full shares receive an additional 11 choices
Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.
Want some recipe ideas?
CHECK OUT THE CSA RECIPE PAGE!
Your Farmer, Sam (For Tim, Mikaela, Jeannie, Jim, Evrald, Shawn, Jav, Colin, Jaime, Wyatt, Ani, Franconia, Riley, Ridge, and Thatcher)