Every cooler space on the farm is chock full of TOMATOES! The best time to enjoy summer crops is right now, and as a Flying Plow Farm CSA member, you'll be able to experience the abundance of the season this week. As part of your share, we will be including a bonus tomato bag for each boxed share. These tomato bags are separate from the tomatoes that you will receive as part of your boxed share, and they are compliments of the farm, free of charge. The bags will be UNLABELED with the shares at your pick up location - please be sure to grab your box & - ONE - tomato bag when you pick up (along with any extra items like bulk veggies or eggs). If you pick up on farm, you can select your extra tomatoes when you come to pick up your share.
This week you'll also see more WATERMELON in your share!
If you find yourself ready to can and preserve the tomatoes of the season, check out the 10 and 25 lbs boxes of seconds and paste tomatoes on the delivery extras list. The seconds tomatoes have only minor surface blemishes and are the best value.
A vacation-season reminder...if you plan to have a friend, family member or neighbor pick up your share for you, please give them all the share pick-up details, including being careful to grab the box (and any extra items, like eggs) with your name on it. If you have questions or suggestions, please let us know.
If you have a delivered share and would like to order chicken or beef, the best way to do so is through our online store.
U-pick Update: Flying Plow U-pick hours: Tuesday through Friday: daylight hours Saturday: sun-up to noon
The crop list and limits fluctuate through the week. Please visit the u-pick board in the farm stand to confirm limits, etc. U-pick is exclusively for CSA members and limits are per share, not person picking.
Bring bags and/or containers to hold your veggies (if you forget there are always some in the Farm Stand!). There are also clippers available in the Farm Stand for your use. Please leave your dogs at home.
Herbs - chives, oregano, thyme, marjoram, lemon verbena, parsley - cut what you'll use!
Flowers - Sunflowers & more - pick a bouquet!
Green & Yellow Wax Beans – Limit 3 quarts per share per week.
Cherry Tomatoes – Sungold, Blush, Black Cherry, Montesino, Matt's Wild & Yellow Pear. Look for signs in field explaining ripeness! Limit 4 pints per share per week.
Hot Peppers - there are signs in the field explaining which varieties are ready for picking! - Jalapeno - pick green & crinkly; Serrano - pick green or red; Cayenne - pick green or red (best when red); Garden Salsa - pick green; Jersey Long Hots - pick green --- Limit - a couple of handfuls of peppers.
Tomatillos - pick when the fruit fills out the husk! Be sure to look in between the leaves and low on the plants to find the ripest ones. PICK AS MANY AS YOU'LL USE.
