THE big SPRING rush is here!
FARM NEWS!
The greenhouse is filling up with lots of plants. The kale and chard will go into the field in the next three weeks. The first snap peas are in the ground and under row cover. The first lettuce will go into the field on April 1. We will be planting the first spring onions and new potatoes, hopefully this week as well.
The pruning of peach, plum, nectarine and pear t\trees is still ongoing. We are almost finished pruning the berries for the spring.
We are still harvesting lettuce, beets, spinach kale, bok choi, radishes, and chard from the tunnels. We are still planting short season crops for the tunnels for April and May – mainly radishes , turnips, and spinach.
This is always the busiest time of year. So much seeding, preparing the ground, pruning, potting up for plant sales and general maintenance that did not get dune during the winter.
We will be getting our third batch of broiler chicks next week and we are have some new litters of pigs in the barn.
Market News!
We are planning to be back at each market again this year.
St Luke’s on Saturday is a year round farm stand open every Saturday from 8 – 1 pm.
Belle View Condos farm stand will start on Thursday, May 5 from 2 pm until 7 pm.
The market at East Columbia Library will begin on Thursday, May 12 from 2 – 6 pm. This year we will be located in the first parking lot as soon you come into the Library. There will be on-going construction in the old location. We will have signs on Broken Land Parkway and on Cradlerock Way.
The Fairfax Community Market will begin on Saturday, May 7 from 8 – 1 pm.
The Farm Stand at St Luke’s on Tuesday will begin sometime in June. We cannot give a date yet. It will depend on how fast strawberries ripen.
CSA News!
Thank you to all who have signed up for the CSA all ready.
There will be two 12 week sessions.
First session – June 6 – August 27 – $375
Second session August 29 – November 19 – $375
You can add one dozen eggs for $60 or one-half dozen eggs for $36.
If you sign up and pay up for the full year 24 weeks before April 30 – the price is $700
You can add eggs for one dozen – $120 or one-half dozen for $72.
If you have any questions please send an email, we would love to hear from you.
Gregg and Louise Keckler
Oliver and Elisabeth Keckler
www.orchardcountryproduce.com
ocp@orchardcountryproduce.com
