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You are getting this email because you are on the list to get a CSA delivery next Wednesday, June 1 at your location. If you were not expecting a share next Wednesday, Please let me know.
How It Works
Every week Gregg will be delivering a share for you to your location. Personal shares will be in white boxes with vegetables on it. The half and full shares will be in tomato boxes. Your name will be on your box.
You may take the box and bring it back to your designated drop off spot BEFORE Gregg gets there the next week or you can transfer the fruits and vegetables into your bags and leave the box at the drop off.
We Must Have our Boxes Back! Last year I got pretty nasty about the loss of the boxes. This year we added a $3.00 charge to all personal shares because of the loss of the personal share boxes. Please remember to be diligent about this.
Please get you fresh fruits and vegetables into the refrigerator as soon as possible.
The Schedule for deliveries
Here is the tentative schedule for deliveries.
5:30am - 2800 Woodley Rd
5:45am - The Wyoming
6:15 - 6:30am - Gangplank Marina
River Park
6:30-7:00am - 77H
Flats 130
Senate Square
8:30 - 10 am- 1825 K St
1625 L St
2101 L St
Peace Corps
NEA
10 - 12 noon - Smith Group
Blue Labs
11 - 12:20pm - Navy League Building
1560 Wilson Blvd, Arlington
11:30 -1:00pm - EPA
12 - 1:30 pm - HOK
12:30 - 2:00pm- International Baccalaureate
12:45 -2:15 pm - JBS
Ordering items from the online store
You can order extra items from the online store any time and the items will be delivered with your next share. We have extra fruits and vegetables, beef, pork, chicken, and eventually turkeys. We also sell cheese from Whispering Brook Farm in Chambersburg. You can look up these items on the store.
You can pay for your order right away with your credit card or you can save 4% by sending a check at the end of the 7 week session. I will update the store every Monday, so check it out throughout the session.
Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
We will have Strawberries next week, June 2
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Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
Bedding Plants
Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Hanging Baskets
Home Baked Goods
Great Farm Products
Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
Bedding Plants
Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Home Baked Goods
Great Farm Products
Dear Folks,
Thank you for bearing with all the changes that we have made this year. Now we are making another one. We are trying to move away from CSA deliveries and have market stands with CSA pick ups. We thought that we would give Cedar Lane another try since two years ago it was able to make about $500/ week. We had to move it to Friday because we just do not have any more people to work the stands on Saturdays. Unfortunately there is not enough traffic to warrant the stand or the CSA pick up. Gregg made less that half on the first week and last week it was even worst. We have been going to farm stands long enough to know that it will not get better only worse. We know that once the CSA starts there would be more money coming in because all of you folks would buy from the stand as well, but the foot traffic and road traffic is just not good and as you all know the visibility is very bad.
So with all that said: we decided to cancel the farm stand at Cedar Lane on Fridays before the CSA season actually starts so that you folks can find another option for getting your vegetables this summer. We will also not be able to do any home deliveries since we eliminated the Friday delivery and there is no room on the Wednesday deliveries.
For some of you that have been with us for many years we will be saying Good Bye.
Thanks so much for supporting us over the years. If you are convenient to any of our stands we would lovoe to see you, but we currently do not have any stands in the Bethesda area.
If you have already paid for your CSA, I will be either sending you a check or refunding your credit cards. Thanks again for trying to help us. We regret the decision, but we must make sure that we are being wise.
tTank you for understanding.
Louise Keckler
Orchard Country Produce and Fruit Farm, Inc
Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
Bedding Plants
Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Home Baked Goods
Great Farm Products
Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
Bedding Plants
Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Hanging baskets
Home Baked Goods
Great Farm Products
Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
Bedding Plants
Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Hanging Baskets
Home Baked Goods
Great Farm Products
Come out and buy local farm products from the real farmer!
Bedding Plants
Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Hanging Baskets
Home Baked Goods
Great Farm Products