Our seeds are arriving and the snow is melting. Those surely are signs that the 2010 season is upon us (though, we probably haven’t seen the last of the snow!). We can’t wait to get planting. We’re very excited about the upcoming season. Last year was probably our hardest ever, mainly because of Elliot, who was not a huge fan of working out in the field. But we managed, and ended up having a great season. Now is the time of year when we make our farming resolutions: we’ll mulch as soon as the crops are planted! we’ll keep those carrots weeded! we’ll make sure the pump works before we need to irrigate for the first time! We’ll do succession plantings of lettuce mix all through April and May! Of course, some of those things won’t happen, but hopefully some of them will, and we have a better harvest than last year.
You can now purchase your CSA shares online, which is a new development for us. It might not work properly at first, so please work with us! If you have any problems, or if you don’t have Paypal, just call or email and we’ll work it out. We have made some changes from last year. The most exciting change is the new market share, where you can pay up front for items from the farmers’ market. We also have had to make a hard decision, which is we will no longer be dropping shares in Strasburg on Mondays. We were losing a whole day to this drop, which was our least popular day and location. So we will only have Wednesday and Saturday shares available. We will still be dropping shares in Woodstock both days, though we have not determined the Wednesday location yet.
And for those of you looking for an Elliot update, we are pleased to tell you that he just turned one! We had a modest celebration at home, and he was treated to two additional birthday parties at friends’ houses. He is one spoiled little boy! He is not talking yet, though he can sign when he needs a diaper change, which we think is truly remarkable. He is also beating us at peek-a-boo daily, and jamming on his little xylophone with gusto. He can’t wait to see you all at the farmers’ market this year!
As always, let us know what you think of the new website and CSA page. We are still uploading recipes, which takes some time, but hopefully we’ll have them all up by the time the CSA starts. Happy 2010!