We had our first delivery of Club SBG this afternoon. An assortment of Spring goodies – salad mix, rhubarb, edible flowers, green onions and garlic, arugula and some currant raspberry jelly from our 2008 berries. It was fabulous to meet our old and new customers. Community Shared Agriculture is a very different experience than the farmers market for both us and the members. Less like shopping, more like visiting. We’ll likely delve into that idea more on a future blog.
Thank you everyone for a great first delivery. We hope you are happy with your veggies. Let us know if you try the rhubarb pork recipe.
Here are a few shots from the day, taken at the Belgravia B&B. http://www.belgravia.ca/index.html
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Going through all the novice CSA farmer emotions and anxieties. Is there is enough stuff? Will there be enough next week? Is the newsletter interesting? Will people use the recipes? Will the kids eat their greens? When are we going to get some heat? Will the spinach PLEASE mature at the same time. 3 lbs at a time is of no use. What am I going to do with all those tomatoes plants? Why did Oliver pick THIS week to finally cut a tooth? (we’ve been running the past few weeks on night time wake ups every 2 hours. yes, we are zombies.
Ahh… it is all good. Fresh (almost officially certified) organic vegetables delivered to your workplace or neighbourhood, a 1/2 pound of the best artisan salad mix this side of San Francisco, and a special treat – green garlic. You almost never find green garlic (young garlic plants) as as tasty it is, it is still difficult to harvest as it would have produced a scape and a full bulb, therefore 8 garlic plants next year.
But you know what, we are over our garlic hoarding days. We have an awesome crop in the field and have built up a good seed stock. So for the first time we will be selling garlic (as part of the CSA for sure).
OK, time for bed. I am sure Oliver will be up in an hour. come on teeth!!!
The best part of Club SBG starting tomorrow is meeting some new customers. The Club has a lot of our loyal market customers, but there will be a few new families tomorrow. Hi folks, can’t wait to meet you, we are going to have a fun 18 weeks together!
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