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Cost of a Share
$390 Spring/Summer -15 weeks
$260 Fall -10 weeks
$650 Full Season -25 weeks
$620 Work -25 weeks -
Payment
$100 deposit with registration to secure your place. The remainder is due at first pickup.
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Early Bird Special: balance paid in full by February 15th 2024 and you receive a $25 discount. -
Please contact us if you have specific needs regarding a payment plan.
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Pickup Locations 2024
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Richmond
Birdhouse Farmers Market
1507 Grayland Avenue
Tuesday 3-6:30pm (Nov. 3-6pm)
Sub Rosa Bakery
620 North 25th sSt.
Tuesdays 3-6pm
Pizza Bones Farm Stand
2314 Jefferson Ave - Pizza Bones
Saturday 9-12 -
At the Farm
50 Dale Dr Green Bay VA 23942 Saturday 9-5pm -
Join Now
Please contact us with any questions and make checks payable to Tomten Farm. *******************************
Tomten Farm 50 Dale Dr. Green Bay, VA 23942
info@tomtenfarmva.com
434.392.1896
Weekly Share August 29th – September 4th
Parsley
We cannot believe how time flies. The end of August and the end of our Spring/Summer share season. Finally we are caught up with our fall and winter seeding and planting, thanks to the small group who has been helping out through the Summer. Our CSA workday last Sunday was also such a treat as we were able to open up some finished crop land for future planting and fall cover cropping, an essential step in our long-term soil improvement practices. In many ways we are more “caught up” than we have ever been this time of year, although there is always a long to-do list. It is a struggle when the Summer is so hot to get the Fall crops going strong. We cannot even begin to think about seeding spinach in these temperatures. So we patiently wait and try to get as many crops in the ground as possible. Nursing them along by irrigating and addressing pest issues. At this point we would appreciate some low 80’s temperatures and some rain just to get our fall seeding germinating sufficiently and our transplants thriving. This very hot and dry summer (out in Prince Edward county we have had little rain for the past 2 months) has made us realize how much we need to address our inefficient irrigation system. It is simply not adequate for our needs as during this current weather we have to irrigate 12-18 hours per day just to cover a minimum of crops. Every two-three hours this can take 5-15 minutes to change from one section to another, meaning an hour per day just to change irrigation lines. In addition we are not able to get our crops the water they need and if we have learned one thing over the past 4 years, it is that when we irrigate properly, crops produce significantly better. There are of course many other factors at hand, but if they are not getting the water they need, it can be difficult to get healthy plants. This has been a difficult bean season for us through a culmination of deer eating plants, Mexican bean beetle infestation, and the shear heat; but multiple successions of beans have not gotten enough water to thrive, enough to survive, but not thrive. So this winter we will spend energy creating and investing in a workable efficient system capable of watering much more cropland at one time.
Zaalouk (Spicy Eggplant Salad) The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
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