Volume 21, Week 1

Full share & 🥦 green 🥦 half shares

218 Gates Avenue between Classon and Franklin
(IMPACCT Brooklyn at the Gibbs Mansion)
5:00 to 7:30 pm

 

Welcome to the 2022 Windflower Farm CSA Season!

A few things to remember as you head back to the Gibbs mansion -

 
 

This week’s share

  • Arugula

  • Fordhook Swiss chard

  • Magenta lettuce

  • A mix of kales

  • Red Rover radishes

  • Bunching onions

  • Garlic scapes

  • Thai basil

  • Fruit: strawberries!

We’ll also have eggs and bread! If you ordered an extra share (mushrooms, bread, maple, herbal medicine), see the guide below for more details.

 
 

News from Windflower Farm

Distribution #1 - Week of June 6, 2022


For the first few weeks, your shares will consist primarily of salad crops. Soon that list will grow to include spring turnips and kohlrabi and, with a little luck, spring broccoli. Cucumbers and zucchinis mark, for me, the beginning of summer, and their arrival this year should coincide with the solstice. And then, in the first weeks of summer, you should begin to see beans and tomatoes and corn. But for now, as is always the case in June here, it’s salad season.  

 

On a recent bike ride along the high roads of southern Washington County, we could see large swaths of the woods in bloom – acres of white against an otherwise green backdrop of new leaves. As we approached, we could see that these were black locusts, a native species that grows in large groves, and their fragrance was sweet and delicious. Old timers will tell you it’s safe to plant your frost sensitive vegetables once the locust blooms. This year’s bloom peaked about ten days ago. Its showy ivory-colored flowers have been dropping and the trees are fading back to green. In the place of each blossom a pea-like pod will grow. The locust is a legume, and its flowers are edible and sweet, but, unlike honey locust pods, black locust pods are poisonous. As I laid drip tape out on beds of onions near a locust hedge today, blossoms rained down and the ground was covered in a white mulch. I wonder if the onions will taste of the sweetness of the locust.  

 

Have a great week, Ted

 

EXTRA SHARES: A USER'S GUIDE

This year we have more extra shares than ever before! That's great news if you're a fan of fruit, eggs, mushrooms, bread, medicinal herbs, grain, maple products, meat and other artisanal products, or honey! But we do realize that not all the shares are distributed the same way, which might be confusing. Here's a guide:

Green/Yellow Shares

Like vegetables, fruit, egg, and bread shares can be every week if you have a full share, or every other week if you have a half share. If you have a half share, you've been assigned to a Green week starting June 9 or a Yellow week starting June 16. What happens if you'll be away for one of those weeks? Use our half share google group to switch with someone who picks up on the opposite schedule, i.e. Yellow week if you've been assigned to Green weeks.

Every Other Week

The mushroom share is every other week starting June 16, which is on the Yellow week schedule. If you have a mushroom share, you've been assigned to Yellow weeks for all of your half and/or extra shares.

Lewis Waite is a consortium of farms in upstate New York. If you're interested in ordering high-quality, locally sourced meat, pantry products, cheeses, and other goodies, you can check out their website here. They'll be delivering every other week starting June 16, which is on the Yellow schedule.

Shares With Limited Dates

Maple and Grain shares are delivered on three dates (June 30, August 25, October 20), all of which are Yellow weeks. If you've ordered maple or grain products and have a half share of any kind, you've been assigned to Yellow weeks.

Medicinal Herbs will be distributed on July 14, August 11, September 8, and October 6, all of which are Yellow weeks. If you've purchased a Medicinal Herb share and have a half share of any kind, you've been assigned to Yellow weeks.

And finally, honey!

A local beekeeper will be on site occasionally to sell honey. We don't have a date yet, but when we do, we'll try to publicize this a week in advance in the Beet.

Don't forget, if you have a half share and can't make your pick-up one week for any reason, you can use our google group to switch weeks with someone on the opposite (Green vs. Yellow) schedule. You are also welcome to have a friend or family member pick up your share; just have them give your name at the sign-in desk and tell them to bring tote bags to carry the share home. If you have any questions, email us at information@clintonhillcsa.org.

 
 
Veronica