Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, September is here and there are only 5 more CSA pickups! In the past we have skipped a week in order to leave pickups for cider and fall veggies. I will let you know if we are going to do that this year. I made a mistake on …
Hello CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, It is hard to believe we are more than half-way through the CSA season. This week will be the ninth pickup – only 5 more to go. This week will be Alice’s last CSA Wednesday, as she will leave us on 9/6. She will be going to England …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, Finally, a week of mostly sunshine!! The veggies are happily growing and went happily sailing! It has been a wonderful weekend here with my grandkids’ whole family. They will all be gone tomorrow, and it will be way too quiet here. We have just found some late blight …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, We plan to start raking blueberries at the end of the week. It surely does not feel like blueberry time, but more like the beginning of July! We feel lucky to have blueberries given the blight that has affected so many fields in Maine. It is time to …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, The damp weather continues to make farming a real challenge this season. The blueberry season will have a late start this year. But we are happy to offer raspberries (when we can pick them) and pie cherries this week! So here goes: raspberries 4/half pint pie cherries …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, We have a new resident here at the farm! He is “Skippy”, a llama who will guard our sheep from predators. He is 2 and a half years old and we hope to find him a girlfriend so we can have a baby llama, called a cria. Some …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard Farm, Thanks to our wonderful apprentices’ decision to take their time off during the week, Jim and I can now get away together on some weekends!! So this weekend we are going camping. Since this is Saturday morning and pickup is not until Wednesday, there could be some …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard Farm, In spite of nature’s best efforts to prevent it, we do have some veggies and other products available for our first pickup on Wed., 7/8, from 3-5:30. For the new folks, here is how it works. You will receive an email from me over the weekend before …
Dear CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, As everyone is aware, this has been a cold and wet Spring. The cold weather slows the growth of the plants and the wet conditions slows planting and cultivation. We had planned to begin the CSA on July 1, but have decided to postpone until July 8 to. …
Hello CSA and Friends of Shalom Orchard, Spring is upon us and there is a lot going on here on the farm! We are planting early crops like beets, carrots, chard, lettuce, arugusa, potatoes, peas, cabbage, broccoli, leeks and onions. Isn’t wonderful to think of those delicious veggies!! We ordered 50 meatbirds a couple of …
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