Farm Share # 16 - September 20, 2018

Farm Share #15 - September 13, 2018

Farm Share # 14 - September 6, 2018

This was a fun farm share.  Not only was it especially big and included some peak-of-harvest goodies like okra and edaname, we also entered a share in the Franklin County Fair.  AND we won first  prize for CSA shares!!  For the display we included some things that would have been harvested out of the pick-your-own garden this week like Tulsi basil and extra cherry tomatoes.  But, this share accurately reflected what the shares were like this week.

Farm Share # 13 - August 30, 2018

Full Share: sweet onions, scallions, hot peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash, broccolini, beans, greens (puntarelle, chard, or kale), herbs (apple mint in this share), and two choosing items - in this share they are leeks and a sweet pepper.

Here's a recipe that uses tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, and scallions - Gazpacho!

It's great to plenty of vegetables to share with you all.  It's the season of variety and bounty.  Enjoy!!

Farm Share # 12 - August 23, 2018

Still not able to post pictures of the share.  We'll sort this out soon, I am sure!  In the meantime, here are some pictures of the new crops in this week's share:

Bulb fennel - This year's fennel is a lot more bulbous, a triumph!

Fresh soybeans or edaname.  Yum!

We have lots of tomatoes!  It feels great to have an abundance to share.

This week's share:

Fennel - 1 bulb

Leeks - 5

Sweetheart cabbage - 1 or 2 small

Squash - 2

Cucumbers - 2

Tomatoes - about 2 1/2 lb.

Hot peppers - 4

Sweet peppers - 1

Soybeans - 1 bundle

Greens - 1 bunch (kale or chard)

Choosing shelf - 1 choice (beans, squash, pickling cukes, tomatoes, hot peppers, broccolini, or beets)

Herbs - 1 bundle

Flowers

PYO Garden

Mini Shares: two items of the farm members choice, as usual.

HERBS:  We've been struggling a bit this year to provide the shares with herbs.  We have plenty of unusual and interesting herbs but have not had enough parsley, cilantro, and dill.  Plus we wanted to try having cutting celery and chervil but they haven't grown very well so far.  More nice dill is on its way and hopefully there will a better supply of parsley as well.  Since every time we have trouble with something, the next year we do a great job of growing that item (primarily through attention and determination), my prediction is that in 2019 the farm will have lots and lots of parsley and cilantro all season long!  Just saying.

Farm Share # 11 - August 16, 2018

What's in your share:

Beans - 1 lb.
Squash - 2
Cucumbers - 2
Sweet onions - 4
Tomatoes - 1 bin (about 2 lb.)
Hot peppers - 4
Broccolini - 1 bundle (about 3/4 lb.)
Peaches - 4 (We're so happy when we have some to share!)
Greens - 1 bunch (your choice of kale, chard or collards)
Basil - 1 bag
Herbs - 1 bunch - Tulsi, banana mint, strawberry mint, parsley, lemon grass, spearmint or apple mint
Flowers
PYO Garden

(Due to technical difficulties, we don't have a picture of the share to  post here.  Here's a picture of some peaches from another year.)

Farm Share # 10 - August 9, 2018

Full Shares:

Squash - 2 or quart if small ones
Cucumbers - 2 or 4
Salad mix - 1/3# bag
Tomatoes - 2 large or 1 pint
Hot peppers - 4
Kohlrabi - 1
Beans - 1# bag
Escarole - 1 head
Bok choy - 1 head
Greens - choose 1 bunch of kale, chard or collards
Herbs - choose 1 bunch of tulsi basil, Thai basil, chocolate mint, apple mint, lemon grass, or parsley
Choosing shelf: 2 choices
Flowers
PYO garden

Mini Shares:
Two items chosen by the farm member
Flowers
PYO garden

No picture today, just fresh veggies!

Farm Share # 9, August 2, 2018

Today's Share: hot peppers, escarole, choice of kale or chard, summer squash, cucumbers, beans, basil, beets, carrots, green garlic, salad mix, herbs (garlic chives in this share), two choosing items (snow peas and broccolini in this sample), and one tomato

Plus we had some fun new items!

Gladioli

Green garlic -
garlic that has not been cured for storage and is extra juicy and fresh.

Heirloom squash from Argentina, Zappallo de Tronco

First tomatoes in the shares, Red Racer

Both this week and last week not all the escarole was taken.  I know it's a matter of personal taste but I'll try to post some recipes for using it.  Basically, escarole is in the chicory family, like dandelion or radicchio.  It can be cooked or used as a salad green.  For starters, check out our recipe blog post about salads without lettuce.  The recipe blog is a great spot to look for ideas for using your share since its focus is on the vegetables that we like to grow and eat here at Sweet Morning Farm.  Explore, expand, enjoy!

Farm Share # 8 - July 26, 2018

Full Shares:

Salad mix - 1 bag
Radishes - 1 bunch
Squash - 2
Beans - .5 lb.
Cucumbers - 2
Carrots - 1 bunch
Beets - 1 bunch
Broccolini - 1 bundle (.75 lb.)
Hot peppers - 1
Shiitakes - 2
Escarole - 1 head
Bok choy - 1
Greens - 1 bunch (choice of kale, chard, or collards)
Herbs - 1 bundle (choice of apple mint, cilantro, parsley, strawberry mint, or chocolate mint)
Choosing shelf - 1 choice (salad turnips, squash, snow peas, pickling cukes, sorrel, sweet peppers, or basil)

Flowers
PYO garden: beans, tulsi basil, hot peppers, cherry tomatoes

Farm Share # 7 - July 19, 2018

Full Shares:

Squash - 2
Cucumbers - 2
Carrots - 1 bunch
Beets - 1 bunch
Scallions - 1 bundle
Radishes - 1 bunch
Beans - 1 bag
Hot peppers - 2
Herbs - 1 bundle
Kale - 1 bunch
Chard - 1 bunch


Mini Shares:

Two items, chosen by the farm member and including:
chard, squash, beets, kale, cucumbers, carrots, beans, and basil.

Farm Share # 6 - July 12, 2018

Today's farm share is brought to you by the efforts of these two fine hard working people who have taking care of everything at the farm for a few days - plants, chickens, pigs, cats, flowers, cooking, cleanup, watering, harvesting, prepping the shares, and more, all the while remaining cheerful and healthy.

Ruth and Robin

Full Shares:
Garlic Scapes - 1 bundle
Summer squash - 1 green and 1 yellow
Snow peas - 1 pint
Beans - 1 bag
Cucumbers - 1
Hot peppers - 1
Carrots - 15 small
Radishes - 1 bunch
Greens - 1 bunch, choice of kale, chard or collards
Herbs - 1 bundle
Choosing shelf - 2 items, choice of scallions, broccolini, salad turnips, carrots, cucumbers, squash, or red currants

Farm Share # 5 - July 5, 2018

Full Share:
Carrots - 1 bunch
Radishes - 1 bunch
Mesclun - 1 bag
Beets - 1 bunch
Scallions - 1 bunch
Beans - 1 pint
Squash - 1 or 4 small
Greens - 1 bunch, choice of chard, kale, or collards
Herbs - 1 bundle, choice of dill, basil, apple mint, peppermint, Tulsi basil, or chocolate mint
Choosing item - 1 choice (snow peas, cucumbers, basil, salad turnips, broccolini, or garlic scapes

Flowers

Farm Share # 4 - June 28, 2018

The shares are gaining some variety.  Basil, beans, squash, and carrots today!  Snap peas in the PYO garden. 

It's a start of a bountiful harvest.

Basil

Beans

Carrots

Squash

Salad turnips - Hakurei and Violet Queen

Full Share: Squash, hot peppers, beans, salad turnips, garlic scapes, salad mix, greens (choice of chard, kale, mustard, or collards), basil, herbs (choice of cilantro, dill, 3 kinds of mint), radishes, flowers, PYO snap peas

Mini Shares: Two choices plus flowers.  Farm members chose mesclun, carrots, chard, kale, and garlic scapes.

Farm Share # 3 - June 21, 2018

Spinach, mesclun, salad turnips (choice of radishes or turnips), arugula, chard (choice of chard, kale, collards, or mustard greens), apple mint (choice of cilantro, dill, catnip, or apple mint), flowers

Farm Share # 2 - June 14, 2018

Second Farm Share:  Still mostly salad and greens.  Most shares also got rhubarb but the one in the picture was for someone with an allergy so we gave them extra greens.  Chard, kale, head lettuce, spinach, salad mix, peppermint, salad turnips.  And flowers!

Mixed bouquet: Painted Ladies, Sweet William, snapdragons, Lady's Mantle

Most folks know what to do with their salad greens and cooking greens.  We enjoy cooking a bunch of mixed greens (kale, chard, mustard, etc.) and having cooked greens ready to eat in the refrigerator.  We use them with eggs and cheese for breakfast or as an easy side dish for supper.  They are also handy for making quiche or a frittata or a casserole.  

Turnip tops and radish tops are edible, delicious and full of vitamins and minerals.  They can be a bit prickly when raw but become tender and tasty when cooked.

In a few weeks we'll start picking the flower buds of the garlic plants.  They are called scapes and taste like garlic.  Use them like scallions, chop and add to eggs or soup or stir-fry, or make Garlic Scape Pesto.  You can eat that now or put in the freezer for the winter.  More ideas for garlic scapes can be found by searching Sweet Morning Farm's recipe blog. 

We hope you are enjoying your farm share and if you have questions or ideas to share, please get in touch or leave a comment. sweetmorningfarm@gmail.com 

Farm Share #1 - June 7, 2018

FARM SHARE #1

Rhubarb, mesclun, spinach, pea shoots, mini head lettuce, greens (choice of mustard, kale, baby beet, or chard), radishes (or baby turnips), scallion garlic, herb bundle - choice of hyssop, apple mint, or dill.  No flowers yet but they are coming soon.

Hurray for the start of the farm share season!

2018 FARM SHARES - CSA INFORMATION

We are looking forward to the 2018 growing season and looking forward to sharing the harvest with our farm community!

QUESTIONS?  Just get in touch, we are happy to help.

sweetmorningfarm@gmail.com

413-773-8325

CSA MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION:

* Fresh, delicious, organically grown vegetables, fruit, and flowers..  Eat with the season and share in the bounty!  

* All shares come with flowers.

* Pick up at the farm on Thursday afternoons, 3:00 - 7:00

* Delivery may be available Greenfield

* Pick-Your-Own – Big shares come with PYO privileges on certain crops including snap peas, cherry tomatoes, beans, and extra flowers, herbs and hot peppers.  Mini Shares may add PYO to their shares, if they wish.

* Each week includes a variety of crops, including salad greens (lettuce, mesclun, arugula, etc.), cooking greens (chard, escarole, kale, collards, etc.), some kind of onion (scallions, leeks, garlic, onions, etc.), some kind of root crop (carrots, beets, rutabagas, etc.), some herbs, and whatever else is in season.  Most weeks farm members also get to choose what they prefer from a range of items, depending on what is ready for harvest.  The size of the share varies with the season but usually includes 8 - 15 items.  Mini Shares get 2 choices per week.

A mini share in September

A September farm share

2018 FARM MEMBERSHIP

SWEET MORNING FARM

910 Greenfield Rd.

Leyden, MA 01337

To reserve your share of the harvest:

(1) SELECT SHARE SIZE:

[   ]  FARM SHARE  $400 - $500, sliding scale
[   ]  DELIVERED FARM SHARE  $550 (Greenfield only)

[   ]  MINI SHARE  $120

[   ]  MINI SHARE with PYO  $140

SNAP SHARES AVAILABLE!  Use your SNAP card to buy a Farm Share.  Ask for details.

(2) SEND YOUR PAYMENT TO THE FARM:

Sweet Morning Farm

910 Greenfield Rd.

Leyden, MA 01337

* $100 will reserve your share.

* All shares should be paid in full by May 1, 2018.

* Pay in full by March 20 for some FREE EGGS! 

(3) INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION:

Name:

Address:

Phone number:

Email(s):

All Big Shares include flowers and Pick-Your-Own privileges.  
Mini Shares include flowers.  Add PYO for $20.  
All farm members agree to share with us the risks and rewards inherent in growing farm fresh, organic food.

Shares will start by May 31, weather dependent.

QUESTIONS?  Please ask!

Laura Timmerman & Rob Creamer

Sweet Morning Farm

Leyden, MA 01337

413-773-8325

sweetmorningfarm@gmail.com

An August Farm Share
FARM SHARES are great for two hearty eaters, or a small family, or one person who loves vegetables and lots of variety in their share and enjoys a bit of preserving or entertaining.

A July Mini Share

MINI SHARES are small.  Two items a week plus flowers for $120.  Add Pick-Your-Own privileges for $20 more.  The mini share folks can choose what they want when they pick up their share.

A PARTIAL LIST OF WHAT WE GROW:

SPRING – lettuce, mesclun, chard, kale, arugula, cilantro, radishes, spinach, salad turnips, microgreens, bok choy, eggs, pork

SUMMER – beans, carrots, beets, peas, snap peas, cucumbers, summer squash, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, sweet onions, shell beans, mesclun, New Zealand spinach, garlic, scallions, flowers, peaches, raspberries, crabapples, garlic scapes, pork, eggs

FALL – lettuce, mesclun, escarole, radicchio, daikon, radishes, broccoli, cabbage, tomatoes, cooking greens (kale, mustard, spinach, New Zealand spinach, etc.), beans, cut flowers, cucumbers, winter squash, Chinese cabbage, onions, carrots, beets, garlic, leeks, chicken, pork, eggs

WINTER – microgreens, leeks, kale, mesclun, spinach, cabbage, rutabagas, garlic, winter radishes, pork, eggs, onions

As you can see, we like to grow a wide variety of crops!  Most of these things will be included in the shares.  Eggs and meat are available to purchase as extras. 

QUESTIONS?  Just get in touch, we are happy to help.

sweetmorningfarm@gmail.com

413-773-8325

2017 Farm Shares in Review

(We kind of dropped the ball on posting about the shares in 2017.  Sorry about that.  We were busy growing food, going to market, and working on some larger projects like improving our water supply for irrigation, planning and creating some new growing spaces, and updating our 10-year forestry plan and making plans for a timber cut, and visiting our newest family member!)

Here are pictures from most of the farm shares last year.  You can see that the size varies through the season but you always get a nice assortment of veggies and flowers.  Each week farm members get a basic portion of the harvest and get to choose some items according to their preferences.  Mini Share folks choose two items per week from an array of choices.  Everyone can have flowers as well!

We really like growing and sharing vegetables, fruits, and flowers with our farm members.  We really like sharing the farm, the growing process and our animals, and making friends.
Looking forward to 2018! - Laura & Robin

Fall Farm Share

Farm Share in Spring

June Mini Share

Early Summer Farm Share

Early Summer Farm Share

Spring Farm Share

Rhubarb

Spring Farm Share

Radishes

Garlic Scapes

Summer Farm Share

Summer Mini Share

Carrots

Two Farm Shares in Summer

Summer Farm Share

Summer Mini Share

Summer Flowers

Summer Farm Share

Summer Mini Share

Late Summer Farm Share

Summer Squashes

Late Summer Farm Share

Tomatoes

Summer Squashes

Late Summer Bounty

Late Summer Farm Share

Late Summer Farm Share

Broccoli

Early Fall Farm Share

Scabiosa - Fama Blue

Late Summer Farm Share