YOU'RE INVITED! Our annual Farm Share Member Social is Saturday, September 30th from 2:00-4:00 here at our farm. Please join us to see where your food is grown, ask us any questions you have, and enjoy a guided tour of our fields. We'll have some humble farm snacks and beverages. Meet other members and enjoy the farm atmosphere for a couple of hours!
* We don't have a public restroom, so please prepare to be here for a couple of hours without facilities. :)
Granted, if there's an emergency, we'll help you out.
The photo above is, amazingly, from 3 years ago when we rescued a couple of kittens, but we don't think we've aged so we're using this pic as a reminder to you of what your farmers look like. We'd love to spend time with you on September 30th!
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Fall Crops are making an appearance! There's lots of Arugula and Turnips and Kale available for you today. Scallions and a few Broccolini are also ready. PLUS our Tomatoes are still rolling beautifully, so you have an incredible selection today.
We have a new crop for you this year! We've grown a variety of Korean Melon called "Golden Giant." It's like a sweet Cucumber. If you eat it thinking about a Canteloupe, you'll likely experience disappointment. But if you approach it like a sweet Cucumber crossed with a Honeydew melon, you'll love it like we do. We enjoyed it last week diced on top of tacos. It added a slightly sweet crunch to the tacos. And it's a really refreshing fruit to eat after a meal. Let us know what you think! NOTE: It's supposed to be crunchy. Crisp. And a little soft around the seeds.
We narrowly missed a lot of damage to crops last Thursday night when a hail storm hit us fast and furious. We got strong winds, sideways rain, and hail the size of dimes. Some of your head lettuce leaves will show damage from the hail. Thank you for your understanding!
Want to share with us and your fellow members how you're enjoying these vegetables? Let us know what you're making!
Bread Share members: You just got a SEPARATE email to customize your bread share a few moments ago.
To Customize Your Share:
Each time you are scheduled to have a share, you'll receive an email from us 2 days prior. It should have subject line "Time to Customize Your Share." The software will create a default share for you (based on your indicated preferences and what we have available to harvest) and list those default contents in the email. The email also contains a link saying "Want to make changes to your share or add extras?" Click on that link to customize your share! Customization ends between 6 and 7 am on the day before your pick up day (depending on the time of year and thus how early we start harvesting). The cut off time is always specified in the email.
For Pick Up:
- Same for cooler(s) at pick up locations with any cold items that aren't vegetables (eggs, fermented vegetables, etc...See below for more info.)
- Preparation ideas and recipe suggestions are in your email. Also check out our Pinterest Page for lots of recipe ideas, organized by vegetable.
EGGS: Ring-a-Bell Farm in Pamplin offers their eggs for sale through us. Their chickens live on pasture and are fed supplemental non-gmo feed from Sunrise Farms. Their eggs are fabulous and we trust their farming practices completely. You can purchase their eggs in our self-serve FarmStand at our farm and you can order them through the Harvie system "Extras" when you customize your share.
We so deeply appreciate the opportunity to farm for you. Thank you for being the most important part of our farm! We love you!
With blessings on your meals ~
Janet, Dan, and the whole Broadfork crew (Julie, Siera, Leah, Erica, Alisa, Jen, Austin, Clara, Nathan, and the farm kids)
