2010 CSA Garden
New! Fall Extension Now Open!
Our summer CSA is in full swing and we are now offering signups for a special fall extension. Our fall planting schedule includes vegetables such as winter squashes, cauliflower, brussell sprouts, broccoli, lettuces, spinach, cabbage, chard, potatoes, beets, dried beans, pie pumpkins, and more! Each delivery, averaging 8-10 items, varies.
• Our fall extension consists of 6 weeks of harvest deliveries Oct. 2nd through Nov. 6th.
• Shares suitable for a family of 2-4 are $200 for the fall season.
• Each delivery includes an e-newsletter with recipes and tips.
• There will be weekly on-farm pick-ups on Saturdays. The Farm is near Hancock, Md.
• With enough subscribers in an area we will continue to offer weekly Saturday deliveries to pickup sites in DC (NW), Silver Spring, Frederick, and Hagerstown.
Space is limited. The sooner we have your membership the better we can plan to provide for your needs.
Click here for a PDF of our fall flyer and commitment form if you would like to sign up.
You can also email us with any questions, call the farm at 717-573-2967, or contact our Farm Manager, KG Dinning at 301-788-3632.
What is a CSA?
CSA stands for "community supported agriculture." A CSA is a community of individual or family members who support a farm operation, with the farmer and the consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production. Members buy their shares in advance, which help cover the farmer's anticipated costs of the seeds, soil amendments, labor, etc. In return, once a week the members get a share of that week's harvest, whatever it may be. A CSA is fun for adventerous cooks and anyone who likes really fresh, just-picked garden vegetables.
Everyone enjoys visiting the garden!
About Our Garden
Our garden is run by beginning farmers and is committed to growing by organic principles, even though we are not certified organic.
That means no chemical pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers. We use compost, animal manures, liquid kelp and other natural products to promote healthy soil and plants. For pest control we practice crop rotation and companion planting, use fabric row covers, hand remove pests, and (rarely) approved sprays such as garlic oil, neem oil or others allowed under organic standards.
What Do We Grow?
We offer 8-10 varieties per delivery, starting in the spring with lettuce, spinach and other greens, scallions, radishes, arugula, young tender turnips and baby beets, and (weather permitting) some peas.
Our summer plantings include lettuce, fun heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, snap beans, summer squash (zucchini, crook neck and pattypan), swiss chard, bok choy and other greens, basil, cilantro and parsley, cucumbers, sweet turnips, beets, potatoes, cantaloupes and flowers.
For an early fall harvest we plant acorn squash, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, pumpkins, more lettuce and cool-season greens such as kale and arugula. The summer crops such as tomatoes, squash, peppers, beets and turnips continue to produce through the first heavy frost as well.
