Pictured above our garlic plants peeking through straw mulch.
This was the first week of full time work for the farm staff. There are five of us working full time and three people working two to three days per week. It has been fun to start focusing on the farm full time. This week I was still a bit concerned about putting plants outside because of freezing night time temperatures so we have been working on other tasks. Our projects this week have been finishing up insulating our cargo trailer so that it will do double duty as a refrigerator, removing straw mulch from our garlic to encourage germination and growth, and removing landscape fabric from the field so that we can move it to a new location for our squash to grow in this year. We're off to a great start!
New This Week:
Tamminga Farms
- Asparagus - this asparagus is around for a limited time only - probably just 3 weeks
Notes:
- Rockridge Diary has temporarily run out of butter. The only other local butter we can get right now is from Vital Green Farms. It is more expensive as it is grassfed, but it is really good.
Referral Program - Did you know that we have a referral program? Each time you refer a new customer to us each of you will receive a $25 credit. Once you are logged into your account you will see a "Refer a friend" tab at the top of your page. Click on that and share the link. When someone signs up using that link you will both automatically have a $25 added to your account. Here is a quick how to if you need more help: https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044975613
Missing Items - Please let us know about any packing errors so that we can give you a credit for any missed items. Please reach out to info@steelpony.ca to let us know about missed items.
Quality - if any items you receive from us are not up to your standards please let me know so that we have a chance to make things right for you.
Customization cut off time - you can customize your order until this Sunday at 7:00 pm
Setting preferences - if you haven't already set your preferences - and even if you haven't done so recently - doing so will help you to get the most out of this program. Here is information on setting your preferences - https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021794754-How-do-preferences-work-
Home Delivery - if you have signed up for home delivery and don't expect to be home on Thursday afternoon you can leave a cooler out for us to put your order into. If the forecast is cold, putting a hot water bottle into your cooler will help to keep the chill off.
Missed pick ups - if you know in advance that you will not be able to make it to your pick up please reschedule or cancel your order through your Harvie account. Here is a how to on doing that. https://harvie.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001542514-How-to-skip-reschedule-or-change-a-delivery-location. You can make these changes until the customization cut off period on Sunday night at 7:00pm.
If after the cut off period you learn that you are not able to pick up, please let me know via email at mike@steelpony.ca or text at 403-506-3634. Please do not contact drop site hosts about missed pick ups.
Any orders that are not picked up 24 hours after the pick up window will be donated or used as we see fit in order to minimize waste.
Thanks so much for working with us to support the local economy, strengthen the local supply chain, and connect farmers and producers with eaters.
Enjoy!
Mike and the Steel Pony Farm crew
