The ReFarmery ReView--The 2022 CSA Starts in 25 days
The 2022 CSA Starts in 25 days
As a CSA-funded farm, it is through the investment of our CSA members that The ReFarmery continues to grow. The shares purchased by our members directly fund the water, seeds and soil amendments that are needed to rehab this land and pull fruit from it. If you are already a member, we thank you sincerely. If not, we hope you will join us in this whacky but worthwhile endeavor to live well while wasting not. The season begins in just a few weeks and below is a preview of the delights to come.
Old Favorites and New Discoveries
Every year our CSA includes favorites from previous seasons and new varieties for our community to try together. This year’s shares will (nature willing) include:
- our famous mulberries.
- microgreens
- sweet corn
- lettuces, with new varieties ‘Ezpark,’ ‘Ezflor,’ and ‘Buckley’
- carrots, with new varieties ’Romance,’ ‘Javelin',’ and ‘Ruby pack’
- zucchini and new ‘Tivoli’ spaghetti squash
- potatoes, with new varieties ‘Purple Majesty’, ‘Yukon gold,’ and ‘Norland Red’
- tomatoes, with new varieties ’Ananas Noir,’ ’Rosella,’ and ‘Black Strawberry’
- okra, with new variety ‘Candle Fire’
- sweet peppers with new varieties ’Brocanto’ and ‘Oranos’
- and too many others to name here, plus lots of new flowers to mix in with our amazing dahlias and zinnias.
Nursery News
Our baby plants grow bigger by the day in the greenhouse. These little guys will find their way into our members’ kitchens soon.
Fresh for Spring
Spring CSA shares feel so precious. They contain cool-weather foods that our sunny valley cannot support later in the year. Grapefruits and lemons, mulberries and cherries, micro greens, lettuce, bok choy, kohlrabi, radishes, baby onions and early cucumber, zucchini and chard will all (nature willing) grace CSA members’ plates soon.
Two of the first fruit trees planted at the farm were cherries. They have grown tall and bear so much fruit. The crop, however, has been a sore spot for the refarmers. Too often they have been destroyed by birds. But we have a new pro-corvid strategy to save our cherries, please check out this blog post about wildlife at the farm if you missed it.
Radishes are among the earliest veggies of spring. Their crispness is so welcome after a long winter.
Trimming the garlic fields of their scapes (flower buds) helps the bulbs grow fat for later in the year. Use them like scallions or chives, this herbal version of garlic is mild and sweet.
An annual tradition, our mulberries appear overhead for bit of early-season fruit. They are common shade trees in our area but are usually planted in their fruitless variety. They are a sweet gift from those who tended this land before us.
The Secret Share - Hot Peppers
Changes to CSA for 2022: Hot Peppers are now their own separate share, complimentary with any other CSA share. We have learned that too many of our hot peppers have gone uneaten and we are trying to add a little more Waste Not into our process. If you really love your hot peppers and would not mind a little extra when they are available, please order two shares ($0.00) to let us know. If you already joined for 2022 but did not add your hot peppers, just drop us a line and we will happily add them for you.
