Map of Maine Stores carrying Shalom Orchard Wine!!

We now have over forty Maine Wine & Organic stores carrying Shalom Orchard Wines!!! Here’s a Google Map of the stores! Please let the stores near you know how glad you are that they carry Shalom Orchard Wines. We appreciate your support!
Thanks, Jim

We are not able to get the squash until next Wednesday so we will have an extra pickup day next week, Thursday on. Since it is winter squash, we could have your orders ready and you could come any day that is convenient. We will have cider and all the other storage crops available then as well. I’m sorry for any inconvenience.

Thank you, Charlotte

Wednesday is the last “official” CSA pickup – who can believe it? This has been a wonderful season for us – thanks to you and all the other supporters of the farm. Growing good, organic food – fruit, veggies, chicken, lamb and turkeys is our passion.

I hope to pick up the winter squash I am getting from another farm to supplement our light crop on this Wednesday and have it here that afternoon. Please let me know what you want me to order for your winter storage. I will send out another email with the varieties available (as soon as I hear from them), but I think the popular varieties will be available – buttercup, butternut,acorn, kobocha, delicata and spagetti.

We have CIDER!! We pressed yesterday, so it is on the list. Remember that cider freezes beautifully for the holidays. We will also have sunchokes, also known as Jerulalem artichokes, available this week. These are the tuberous bulbs of the yellow flowers that are in bloom now. They are very high in vitamin C and can be roasted like potatoes. I make a great artichoke relish, a Southern tradition of my childhood.

Don’t forget to order turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas. These will be available fresh, on Tuesday of Thanksgiving week.

This is the time to get in all the storage crops for winter – carrots, beets, leeks, onions, potatoes, cabbage, winter squash, apples, garlic – in addition to the great tomatoes, cukes, green beans, summer squash, lettuce and other greens. The abundance is still coming – what a beautiful time of year!

As an end of the season treat, Jim will smoke chickens by order. They are delicious!! They will be available Wednesday afternoon at $6.00/# – whole or by quarter.

We will be open for wine sales and special orders anytime – just call (565-2312) or email ahead.

So here goes:

regular tomatoes $3.00/# cherry tomatoes 3.00/pint lettuce (leaf and mix) 2.00/quarter # French Haricot beans 3.00/# celery 1.50/head summer squash 1.50/# green peppers 3.50/# cukes 2.00/# potatoes (all colors) 2:00/ # fingerlings 3.00/# Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) 3.00/# winter squash 1.75/# swiss chard 2.50/bunch kale 4.00/bunch cabbage (red and green) 2.00/# (heads are small) carrots 2.50/bunch onions (brown and red) 2.00/# leeks 3.00/bunch beets with greens 3.00/bunch garlic bulbs 8.00/# Wolf River apples 2.00/# (great for cooking) mixed table apples 2.00/# chervil 2.00/bunch parsley 2.00/bunch basil 2.00/bag mint 1.00/bunch blueberry jam 5.00/jar pesto (frozen in 4 or 5 oz containers) 1.00/oz applesauce (no sugar) 5.00/qt

Chicken: smoked (whole or quarters) $6.00/# whole and leg quarters 4.00/# breast quarters 5.00/#

Turkeys: Whole, fresh $4.50/#

Thank you, Charlotte

It is very hard to believe that there are only 2 pickups left in the season! The last pickup date will be Wednesday, 10/5. However, there are a couple of exceptions to this: we will be purchasing winter squash from another organic farm as our crop is so light (apparently it has not been a good year for winter squash in Hancock County). I will be picking these up on 10/12 and you can pick these up after that date. I will need orders for these – so let me know what you would like to have for winter. The varieties are buttercup, acorn, kobochu, delicata and acorn. Another is exception is for cider – we will have a second pressing on 10/15 and we invite you to come by for fresh cider! Also, of course, are for turkey orders. We will have those ready – fresh, not frozen – on Tuesday of the week of Thanksgiving.

For this week, we have added French Haricot beans and table apples.

So here goes:

regular tomatoes $3.00/# cherry tomatoes 3.00/pint lettuce (leaf and mix) 2.00/quarter # celery 1.50/head summer squash 1.50/# green peppers 3.50/# cukes 2.00/# potatoes 2:00/ # swiss chard 2.50/bunch kale 4.00/bunch cabbage (red and green) 2.00/# (heads are small) carrots 2.50/bunch onions (brown and red) 2.00/# leeks 3.00/bunch beets with greens 3.00/bunch garlic bulbs 8.00/# Wolf River apples 2.00/# (great for cooking) mixed table apples 2.00/# chervil 2.00/bunch parsley 2.00/bunch basil 2.00/bag mint 1.00/bunch blueberry jam 5.00/jar pesto (frozen in 4 or 5 oz containers) 1.00/oz applesauce (no sugar) 5.00/qt

Chicken: whole and leg quarters $4.00/# breast quarters 5.00/#

Thank you, Charlotte

Well, here we are at the official beginning of Fall and we are turning our minds to Fall work – harvesting storage crops, picking apples and making fresh cider. We will have our first cider pressing the weekend of October 1 and we welcome anyone who wants to come and watch/ participate. Check our phone message for the exact date as we will press on the best day of the weekend.

It is time to think about getting your storage veggies: carrots, potatoes, beets, apples, onions, leeks, garlic, preserves, applesauce and pesto! We will also be canning apple cider for storage.

It is also time to order your Thanksgiving and/or Christmas TURKEYS!! Get your name on the list while we still have them available.

There are only three more official pickup/delivery dates left. Of course we continue to be open for cider, veggie and wine sales until the snow falls or we run out!

For this week we have reduced the prices on lettuce, potatoes and summer squash. Beans are off the list this week, but we have a new planting of beans that will be ready next week. We have added rutabagas and beets with greens.

So here goes:

regular tomatoes $3.00/# cherry tomatoes 3.00/pint lettuce (leaf and mix) 2.00/quarter # celery 1.50/head summer squash 1.50/# green peppers 3.50/# cukes 2.00/# potatoes 2:00/ # swiss chard 2.50/bunch kale 4.00/bunch cabbage (red and green) 2.00/# (heads are small) carrots 2.50/bunch onions (brown and red) 2.00/# leeks 3.00/bunch rutabagas 2.00/# beets with greens 3.00/bunch garlic bulbs 8.00/# Wolf River apples 2.00/# (great for cooking) chervil 2.00/bunch parsley 2.00/bunch basil 2.00/bag mint 1.00/bunch blueberry jam 5.00/jar pesto (frozen in 4 or 5 oz containers) 1.00/oz applesauce (no sugar) 5.00/qt

Chicken: whole and leg quarters $4.00/# breast quarters 5.00/#

Thank you, Charlotte

This week we are adding regular tomatoes, kale, lettuce (both leaf and mix) and cabbage (red and green), applesauce and apples (Wolf River) to the list. We have to take eggs off the list because the chickens are not laying well with the shortening of the days.

We are still raking blueberries for frozen berries, so we will be calling those of you who have ordered bulk berries when they are ready for pickup.

So here goes:

regular tomatoes $3.00/# Cherry tomatoes 3.00/pint lettuce (leaf and mix) 2.50/quarter # celery 1.50/head summer squash 2.50/# green peppers 3.50/# cukes 2.00/# French Haricot beans 4.00/# new dug potatoes 3:00/ # swiss chard 2.50/bunch kale 4.00/bunch cabbage (red and green) 2.00/# (heads are small) baby carrots 2.50/bunch onions (brown and red) 2.00/# leeks 3.00/bunch garlic bulbs 8.00/# Wolf River apples 2.00/# (great for cooking) chervil 2.00/bunch parsley 2.00/bunch basil 2.00/bag mint 1.00/bunch blueberry jam 5.00/jar pesto (frozen in 4 or 5 oz containers) 1.00/oz applesauce (no sugar) 5.00/qt

Chicken: whole and leg quarters $4.00/# breast quarters 5.00/#

Thank you, Charlotte

I am sending this out early because we will be leaving tomorrow for a visit with all our kids and grandkids over Labor Day!!! We will be in CT where they still don’t have power, so I thought I’d better be safe and send this from here.

The only addition for next week is celery – otherwise the list is the same. We welcome Emma Mocke, a WWOOFer from Wisconsin, who is here for a while, we hope. So now our crew, in addition to Jim and myself, are Chelsea, Liz, and Emma. We wish everyone a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Be sure to place your orders for bulk frozen blueberries. They are $3.25/# and come in 5# bags. We are raking for frozen berries in earnest now, so we will be calling you to come pick up your orders soon.

CSA will be picking up on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 5:30 PM. We are promoting more sales from the farm this year, so for those of you who might just like to come by and pick up something that looks interesting, please come anytime. John Pierce of Harmony Mill Dairy in Waltham is willing to fill orders on his delicious products and deliver them here, so please email me if you want me to order from him any week. You don’t have to be in the CSA to order. Please reply to this email with your order.

So here goes: blueberries (if we are able to rake due to weather) 6.00/quart celery 1.50/head summer squash 2.50/# green peppers 3.50/# cukes 2.00/# French Haricot beans 4.00/# Cherry tomatoes 3.50/pint new dug potatoes 3:00/ # swiss chard 2.50/bunch baby carrots 2.50/bunc bunching onions 2.00/bunch leeks 3.00/bunch garlic scapes 2.00/bunch (these are the lovely curved flower of the garlic plant – it is milder than bulb garlic and great to cook with) fresh garlic 8.00/# dill 2,00/bunch cilantro 2.00/bunch parsley 2.00/bunch basil 2.00/bag mint 1.00/bunch blueberry jam 5.00/jar pesto (frozen in 4 or 5 oz containers) 1.00/oz

Chicken: whole and leg quarters $4.00/# breast quarters 5.00/#

Eggs 4/doz

Harmony Mill Dairy: whole milk 2.50/ half gallon skim milk 2.50/ half gallon bottle deposit 2.75 cream 2.00/ half pint ricotta 4.00/half #, 2.25/half # cheddar (mild or sharp) 8.50/# ricotta-salada 2.50/half #, 5.00/# marscapone (unsweetened) 6.50/#, 3.50/half # smoked ricotta-salada 5.50/#, 2.75/half #

We look forward to hearing from you soon, Charlotte and Jim

I can’t believe I am writing 8/31!!! This summer has flown by. We hope all of you came through Irene with no mishap. I haven’t checked the apple trees yet this morning, which were my biggest worry. We wish everyone a happy Labor Day weekend! We are going to visit the grandkids.

We welcome Liz Peters to our crew. She is our new apprentice and comes from California. We sadly say goodbye to Heather Main, who has been WWOOFing with us as she is returning to college in Toronto. She has been a great help and we will miss her!

The sheep got out last week and ate all the broccoli and half of the cabbage! We thought seriously about lamb dinner that day! So broccoli is off the list for this week. I am hoping they will put out some side shoots from the parts of the plants that are left.

I am adding peppers and summer squash this week. The squash is coming along slowly, but we have some available, mostly zukes, of course.

Be sure to place your orders for bulk frozen blueberries. They are $3.25/# and come in 5# bags. We are raking for frozen berries in earnest now, so we will be calling you to come pick up your orders soon.

CSA will be picking up on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 5:30 PM. We are promoting more sales from the farm this year, so for those of you who might just like to come by and pick up something that looks interesting, please come anytime. John Pierce of Harmony Mill Dairy in Waltham is willing to fill orders on his delicious products and deliver them here, so please email me if you want me to order from him any week. You don’t have to be in the CSA to order. Please reply to this email with your order.

So here goes: blueberries (if we are able to rake due to weather) 6.00/ quart summer squash 2.50/# green peppers 3.50/# cukes 2.00/# French Haricot beans 4.00/# Cherry tomatoes 3.50/pint new dug potatoes 3:00/ # swiss chard 2.50/bunch baby carrots 2.50/bunc bunching onions 2.00/bunch leeks 3.00/bunch garlic scapes 2.00/bunch (these are the lovely curved flower of the garlic plant – it is milder than bulb garlic and great to cook with) fresh garlic 8.00/# dill 2,00/bunch cilantro 2.00/bunch parsley 2.00/bunch basil 2.00/bag mint 1.00/bunch blueberry jam 5.00/jar pesto (frozen in 4 or 5 oz containers) 1.00/oz

Chicken: whole and leg quarters $4.00/# breast quarters 5.00/#

Eggs 4/doz

Harmony Mill Dairy: whole milk 2.50/ half gallon skim milk 2.50/ half gallon bottle deposit 2.75 cream 2.00/ half pint ricotta 4.00/half #, 2.25/half # cheddar (mild or sharp) 8.50/# ricotta-salada 2.50/half #, 5.00/# marscapone (unsweetened) 6.50/#, 3.50/half # smoked ricotta-salada 5.50/#, 2.75/half #

We look forward to hearing from you soon, Charlotte and Jim