Abbe Hills Farm CSA

Greetings new and returning shareholders of Abbe Hills Farm,

Contrary to my original plan, which seemed quite reasonable in back February,  we’re not able to start CSA pickup next week.  Nothing’s growing!  Our CSA pickups will begin the week of June 5.  Monday people, your first pick up will be  June 5 at the farm, 4:30 until 6:00.  Thursday people start June 8 at the farm, 4:30 until 6:00.  And I’ll see the Saturday people first June 10 at Noelridge Christian Church, 8:00 until 9:00 in the morning.

It’s so cold!  The only thing good about this is that weeds aren’t doing so great, either.  Nothing wrong at this farm that wouldn’t be solved by four solid days of sunshine!  And, today would be a great day to start that sunny stretch.  I’ve posted a photo on the farm Facebook page showing a very small, slow growing radish.  

Shareholders in Abbe Hills Farm CSA get a complimentary membership in Local Thyme recipe service as part of the share.  Each week, the chef at Local Thyme will develop recipes that will use the contents of that week’s share.  Very helpful for the less experienced vegetable preparers.  Instructions for registering for the service are attached to this email.  Note that there are slightly different instructions depending on if you had the service last year, or are totally new to it.  I think you will really enjoy Local Thyme  You’ll find veggie photo ID, information about cleaning and storage, and hundreds of simple and delicious recipes using seasonal ingredients.  Register now so you’ll know what to do when your table is covered with leafy greens (although probably not June 5!!)  you’ve never seen before.

Enjoy the sunshine today,

Laura