Howdy, all! I’m back from a two-week trip away (In May! Just as things are getting beautifully crazy here at the farm! I promise to stick around from this point forward.) and wanted to touch base with some CSA details. We sent out an email to all CSA members a little over two weeks ago, but we’ve heard from a handful of folks who didn’t get it. So, in the interest of making sure everyone is up to date, I’m reposting that email here on the blog. It would be a great help if you can email us (info AT frogbottomfarm DOT com) to let us know if you didn’t receive this as an email.
We’re also waiting to hear from a few of you about your pick up location. If you haven’t let us know yet, please fill out the short form here. And finally, if you haven’t paid your invoice yet via PayPal, we’d appreciate it if you can do that as soon as possible.
I think that covers things for the moment! We’ve got loads of farm stories to share, and will begin posting two or three times a week here. So check back!
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Details about the First Frog Bottom Farm CSA Veggie Pick Up
(copy of a May 17 email)
After an exciting — but also cold, wet, and long — spring here at Frog Bottom, we’re SO happy to be writing to tell you that your first vegetable delivery is just around the corner!
Things to know now:
An important change: the first delivery will be the second week in June, and the last delivery will be the first week in November. This is a one-week delay from what we’d planned, and it’s because of all the rain we got this spring. Ultimately we’ll be quite glad for it! But what it means in the short term is that our fields were too wet for us to begin planting on schedule, and so we’re a little behind. If you shop at any farmers markets, you may have noticed that fruits and veggies are just beginning to show up on farmers’ tables there as well. It’s very important to us that you get what you paid for — more than what you paid for, in fact! — and we know that final early November share will be MUCH bigger than what we could provide the first week in June.
Most of you know that our on-farm pick-up day is Wednesday, and that we do our CSA deliveries on Wednesdays and Saturdays. So, for you Wednesday folks, you’ll pick up your first share on June 10. Saturday folks will pick up their first share on June 13.
As a reminder, the sites are:
WEDNESDAYS (late afternoon/early evening — we’re still determining the exact pick-up times, but we’ll be sure there’s time to get there after work):
1. ON THE FARM! We’ll email directions to those of y’all who are picking up here.
2. LYNCHBURG: CSA member home on Mt. Olivet Church Road. We’ll email the exact address to you.
3. CHURCH HILL: Central Montessori School, 323 North 20th Street.
4. GINTER PARK: Ginter Park Presbyterian Church, 3601 Seminary Avenue.
5. MIDLOTHIAN: Journey Christian Church, 3505 Old Hundred Road S.
SATURDAYS
1. NEAR WEST END: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 6000 Grove Avenue. 8am – noon.
2. FOREST HILL: South of the James Market, 42nd Street & Forest Hill Avenue. 8am – 1pm.
As we get the last details ironed out over the next three weeks, we need y’all to let us know where you’ll be picking up your shares. A handful of folks have told us in person, over email, or on their registration forms, but it would be a great help to us if EVERYONE could click on the link below to let us know your pick up site. Be careful to only send only one response per share or half share.
Let us know your pick up site here: http://frogbottomfarm.com/csa-pick-up-sites
Things to know when you pick up your share:
Our CSA pick ups are “market style” — this means your produce will be set out on the table in bins and bunches, along with signs letting you know how much to take of each item. We hope this will provide a little more choice on your end — you pick which kinds of tomatoes you prefer, for example, or you choose between collards and kale. We also hope it will mean a little more time to get to know one another. Each site will also have a “trade-in” spot on the table — that’s a spot where you can leave any items you don’t want, and take any items left by other members. This will give you some more choice each week as well, and will help avoid waste.
Please bring bags or bins for your produce. We will provide plastic bags but would prefer to keep waste to a minimum.
It’s fine to send a friend or neighbor to pick up your share if you can’t make it — you don’t even have to let us know ahead of time. Just ask them to check off your name on the member list!
While we strongly prefer that you pick up your share at the same location every week, we understand that some folks will take vacations, get sick, and so on. Those are situations where we DO need to hear from you ahead of time — please give us at least one week’s notice over phone or email, so we can be sure to get your share to the right spot.
If you miss a pick up one week, you can be assured it will go to folks who can use it. At each of our pick up sites we’re partnering with a community organization who will help get the veggies left at the end of the day to people who need it. We’ll let you know more about those partnerships as they’re formed — and also welcome any suggestions!
To know throughout the season:
We’ll be posting stories from the farm, photos, recipes, and information about what’s in your share on our farm blog every week. It’s a great place to learn more about the food you’re eating and how we grow it! We know that lots of you love to cook and we’re brainstorming about how to share your recipe ideas easily. We’ll probably have guest blog posts, and maybe we’ll put up a discussion board! Let us know if you’re interested in sharing recipes.
Follow us here: http://frogbottomfarm.com/blog
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Well … I think that’s it! We are SO thrilled to meet y’all, and so ready to get these veggies in our own bellies! If we’ve forgotten anything or if you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to be in touch by phone or email.
Thanks!!
