welcome to the Summer CSA! Whether you're continuing with us from previous CSA seasons, been a loyal customer for many years, or just joining us for the first time, we thank you for being a part of our farm, welcoming our produce into your kitchen, and supporting local agriculture.
Greens successions in Garden 5 (G5)
Parsley surrounded by Salanova Head Lettuce in Garden 6. We utilize fabric as a weed barrier.
The 2025 crop plan created in December was set in motion day 1 of 2025 with tomato, basil, parsley, and lettuce seeds dropping into soil blocks in our seed room. This heated space sprang to life and became a lively retreat in the dark and cold of winter. We promptly filled this room, maximizing space to fit as many seedlings as possible before moving plants and turning on a greenhouse space. By March onions made their way into the back of greenhouse (GH) 1 and the radiant heat in GH3 and GH4 had moved the soil temperature up above 60 degrees spurring us to transplant cherry tomatoes and cucumbers into the ground, kicking off the 2025 season. The time and effort nurturing cherry tomatoes in the seed room and then the greenhouse on those cold nights, has paid off with plenty of cherry tomatoes already available.
The MSF team filled all 10 greenhouses with frost sensative tropical plants by mid may: Basil, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, greens, etc. By the end of May planting in many of our outside gardens and literally this week we are harvesting crops every day to stay ahead. Winter squash and pumpkins will top off the bulk of the transplanting in the ground when they go in next week. All of this has set us up for what we hope to be a successful season with many of the veggies you love. We are thrilled to begin again with the summer CSA. Check below to see your options at pickup.
GH10 cherry tomatoes. We have never planted in pots, however with extra plants unable to fit in GH4, we continued to increase the pot size eventually moving these into unheated GH10. Take a walk around the farm when you come pick up your share to see these first hand.
Evrald was integral in prepping this Greenhouse back in February and then planting in March. We trellis each plant on a string, pruning them to a single stem.
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. To find the pickup location look for the CSA sign and tent left and straight ahead after driving into the farm!
Under each item available to choose from will be the size of 1 choice. So for example, some weeks a cucumber choice will be one single cucumber, another week it could be 2 cucumbers. Jaime and Sophie will be present and able to help answer any questions you may have, and
If you signed up for an add-on, there will be a shelf with coffee, eggs, and pork sausage for you to take. The PYO and Bouquet flower CSA starts in late July, when the patch starts blooming in earnest!
Remember to contact us in advance if you will be unable to pick up on Thursday, 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!
To keep track of choices taken we will provide you with a Tally Sheet upon arrival to pickup your share. The example is from September of Last year. You will notice a few things:
Must take item(s) will already be checked off. If you would like to take a second of the must take items, add a second tick mark.
On the bottom of the tally sheet you can circle your share size as a reminder of how many choices you get to take. The number includes the must take item(s) if there are any.
The tally sheet allow us to keep track of what was taken to improve our selection from week to week and year to year for our CSA.
Here's what you will find in this weeks share:
Everyone gets to take a bag of Lettuce Heads
Full shares receive an additional 11 choices
Small shares receive an additional 7 choices.
