Sweet Morning Farm CSA: January 2018

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

(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