Welcome to our second week of farm-fresh deliciousness! Hope everyone is enjoying all the juicy, red strawberries in their first shares! We certainly have been enjoying them here on the farm! If you didn't sign up for a fruit share with us and haven't sampled their magic quite yet, you'll find them available as an extra this week for adding onto your existing shares. Hope you love them as much as we do!
Our Strawberries here at Warner Farm are perhaps our biggest crop of the year. We have gained quite a reputation in the Pioneer Valley for our Strawberries and folks come from miles around to pick in our fields each season. Charles Warner opened our fields to the public for the first time in 1961, and over 60 years later we are still welcoming the public to our farm each spring for picking. We know the drive might be a bit long for some of our share members, but if you're looking for a great summer road trip, consider driving out to our farm to enjoy the views of the valley and the sweetest strawberries for miles around. Check our website for exact dates about when our pick your own fields will be opening this season. Hope to see you there!
Here are some helpful tips for your first weeks of shares:
- Use a computer NOT a phone or tablet for customizing and avoid the Internet Explorer browser. The Harvie website sometimes has a few glitches when accessed on these devices. For the smoothest experience I heavily suggest accessing your Harvie account and customizing your share through a computer or laptop, with a browser like Chrome.
- To customize click the button in your email. You have 48 hours until the window closes to complete your customizations. You can swap things in and out of your box, OR add in extras beyond what you have already paid for! If you are having trouble customizing your order use this link for an in-depth explanation.
- If you received "credit" from one of our signup incentives, you will see it in your account as a positive "balance". This "Harvie Balance" should be visible on the customization screen and will be automatically used as soon as possible. This means, if you are on the payment plan, it will be applied to your share price the first week. If you paid in full, it will be applied the first time you add extra items to your share.
- If you find something missing from your share or forget to pick up your share REACH OUT TO US! If you don't pick up your share on your delivery day you will have 24 hours to contact me to arrange an alternative pick up. This could be a pick up at a different location, or we just send it again the next week with that weeks share! If you are missing an item from your box please contact me as well. I am more than happy to send a replacement item the next week, or give you a refund.
What's in this weeks shares?? I'll tell you!
- Red Scallions
Asparagus
Green Garlic
Salanova (red or green!)
Chives
Baby Beets - Bunched
Bunched Spinach
Curly Kale
Fava Beans
Parsley
Thyme
Romaine
Fresh Loose Onions - Fruit Shares will receive: Strawberries!
- Mushroom Shares will receive: Oyster!
Not sure what to cook with your mushrooms? Try this simple Garlic Butter Osyter Mushrooms Recipe! This recipe makes great use of your Green Garlic and Parsley as well! (There are also some great tips on how to prepare and store your oyster mushrooms!) - Bread Shares will receive: Sprouted Rye
Recipe of the week: I know I love a good Caesar Salad, but what else can you do with Romaine? How about a roasted baby beet + walnut salad? Its got those sweet baby beets, crisp romaine lettuce, lemon, and thyme for an herbal kick!
Featured Picture: Pepper seedlings in our greenhouse nearly ready for planting!
