We have already met and exceeded our record for days of hail at CSA pickups.  Thank you all for being willing to come out in crazy weather for your produce!

Rain is a good thing.

Although it made for a wet pickup, we are so thankful for the rain. . . although we could have done without the marble-sized hail!  The heat and dry weather have been hard on local farms, so pouring rain is a welcome sound this time of year.  Next week, we will once again have a variety of greens, including (if the weather permits) bok choi, kale, and chard.  We’re also hoping to have some herbs once again, as well as garlic, onions, and carrots.

What will be in your share for next week?

The recent lack of rain and heat last week has been changing almost daily what we plan to offer for your weekly shares.  The combination of heat, lots of sunshine, and no water has meant that some of our crops (greens, carrots, strawberries) have not been doing as well as we had hoped.  Thankfully, due to our farmers’ hard work and irrigation projects, they will still be able to offer lettuce and kale, as well as beets amongst a few other produce items.

Here is the list of produce and the farmers who provided them for our Week 1 of our summer pickup:

Microgreens - Sunshine Cove

Beets, Collard Greens, & Lettuce - Tumbling Shoals Farm

Red Romaine Lettuce & Kale - Lively Up Farm

Green Garlic - New River Organic Growers

Spinach - Maverick Farm & Springhouse Farm

Chives & Cilantro - Appalachian Trees

Garlic Scapes - James Lawrence's Farm

Thank you all for a fabulous first pickup!