Athens Hills CSA

Week 7 Newsletter, Winter 2012

2012-02-01T11:37:00.000-05:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA The daffodils have emerged in the front yard. Orchards are ahead on the pruning schedules, concerned that if this warm weather trend continues, the trees will set buds months early. Today the cover crops in the fallow fields turned a brilliant green. This unseasonably warm weather makes tending the greenhouses almost balmy. And I, like many of our friends and

Week 7 Veggie List

2012-01-27T11:21:00.002-05:00

Salad MixMushroomsSunflower or Micromix MicrogreensSwiss ChardPac ChoyArugulaSweet PotatoesCarrots

Week 6 Newsletter, Winter 2012

2012-01-25T11:36:00.002-05:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Winter struck with a vengeance over the weekend! With the ice storm that hit on Friday night, no one could make it to the farm on Saturday morning. Becky and Kip (mainly Kip) loaded all the market coolers and totes into the van and car for the journey to town. We were a little late, but so was the crowd. John joined us from town to work market with Becky. Kip finished

Week 6 Veggie List

2012-01-20T12:03:00.004-05:00

Salad Mix Mushrooms Sunflower Microgreens Sweet Potatoes Potatoes Turnips Kale

Week 5 Newsletter, Winter 2012

2012-01-18T11:42:00.002-05:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Winter finally found us - for a few days, anyway. Several days of the ‘cover/uncover routine’ reminded us why we are so thrilled to have those engineering classes from Ohio U. working on designs for a more automated system. Somehow, the milder winter temperatures make it seem even colder when the thermometer finally does drop. This past week, we had three intern

Week 5 Veggie List

2012-01-13T16:05:00.002-05:00

Salad Mix Mushrooms Sunflower Microgreens Tatsoi Arugula Sweet Potatoes Turnips

Week 4 Newsletter, Winter 2012

2012-01-11T12:03:00.000-05:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Another week has flown by. We are taking advantage of all of the sunshine. These mild temperatures have made it possible to get a head start on several projects that we would normally accomplish in late spring. One of these is the expansion of the deer fencing. You may remember that we are slowly expanding the growing areas of the fields. Experience has taught

Week 4 Veggie List

2012-01-06T14:07:00.002-05:00

Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Swiss Chard Tatsoi Sweet Potatoes Potatoes Garlic

Week 3 Newsletter, Winter 2012

2012-01-04T12:26:00.004-05:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Happy New Year to all! What better way to start the New Year than with bitter temperatures and snow! During the break we said goodbye to Maria who has gone to Colorado first, and then on to a bison preserve in Montana. We all miss her. You can see the pictures of the party on our Facebook page (link below). Also during the break, Dan updated the internship information

Week 3 Veggie List

2011-12-30T12:58:00.002-05:00

Salad Mix Mushrooms Sunflower Microgreens Acorn Squash Sweet Potatoes Swiss Chard Kale Garlic

Week 2 Newsletter, Winter 2012

2011-12-14T10:41:00.000-05:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Another heartfelt welcome to our second wave of half-share members who are joining us this week! We are thrilled to have each and every one of you for this 6th winter CSA season. For those of you who are new, there are some items for you to keep in mind. Please return your green (or red or black) bag when you pickup next time. The steady return of these keeps the packing room

Week 2 Veggie List

2011-12-09T12:48:00.000-05:00

Salad Mix Mushrooms Sunflower Microgreens Arugula Japanese White Turnips Collard Greens Butternut Squash Potatoes (Yellow Finn)

Winter 2012 - Week #1

2011-12-07T09:28:00.001-05:00

Week #1 December 7, 2011Welcome to the Winter 2012 season! We are so excited to have you with us for another amazing adventure in local, organic, fresh, winter food! Our greenhouses are full of starts for later picking and plants to be harvested now. The storage bunkers are full of the root vegetables grown and harvested earlier this season for you to eat and enjoy. These first

Week 1 Veggie List

2011-12-02T13:24:00.000-05:00

The Winter 2012 Athens Hills CSA will be starting next Wednesday! Welcome to all of our members, new and old. We have increased the size of our Community Supported Agriculture program to almost 200 members this season, and we're so excited to have each of you with us! We will be posting the first newsletter next Wednesday.The veggies for the first delivery (which includes all full share members

Week 20 Newsletter

2011-11-02T10:23:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Check out the progress of the two new greenhouses on the Blog (greenedgegardens.blogspot.com) and on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Edge-Gardens/327289894146)! When we consider the days of rain that we’ve had since this project began, we are thrilled to have this much already completed. We will be picking up the endwall lumber on Thursday. We hope to be

Week 20 Veggie List

2011-10-28T14:47:00.000-04:00

Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Salad Radishes Sweet Peppers Hot Peppers Arugula Salad Mix Garlic Lemon Grass Either Tomatoes OR Potatoes

Week 19 Newsletter

2011-10-26T10:41:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA Yesterday, a sudden realization of passing time blossomed. This week is the last pickup for some of the Columbus Half Share members for this Summer 2011 season. Thank you to all whose last day is today! This is also the last week for the fruit shares for all folks. This happened due to the delay of one week for the start of the veggie shares for the summer. We hope that

Week 19 Veggie List

2011-10-21T13:09:00.000-04:00

Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Pie Pumpkin Tomatoes (slicer and heirloom) Sweet Peppers Arugula Radishes Salad Mix OR Braising Mix

2011-10-19T09:40:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA The phrase, “What a difference a week can make” continually enters my mind as I start to describe the farm’s activities over the past weeks. Three of the eight greenhouses are fully planted with winter’s bounty. Most of the others are waiting on just a few more things before they too will be fully planted. Our planting schedule remains intact (a first for this year so

Week 18 Veggie List

2011-10-14T14:49:00.000-04:00

Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Spaghetti Squash Collards Parsley Heirloom Tomatoes Sweet Peppers Hot Peppers Salad Mix

Week 17 Newsletter

2011-10-12T09:35:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA With rain in the forecast for the rest of this week, Kip is busy sowing cover crop seed on the fields that have been harvested. The fence lines have all been mowed and trimmed for the last time this season. Clearing the weeds from the fence wire means that the electric fence has a powerful charge and isn’t losing its ‘jolt’ by following the weeds into the

Week 17 Veggie List

2011-10-07T13:13:00.000-04:00

Sunflower microgreens Mushrooms Sweet peppers Carrots Potatoes Spaghetti squash Parsley Heirloom tomatoes

Week 16 Newsletter

2011-10-05T11:46:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA That huge sigh of relief you heard from the south last weekend was us. Through amazing efforts on the part of Kip and Theo and others, all of the sweet potatoes made it out of the ground before the forecasted frost (which didn’t happen) and the rain (which did in buckets). All are safely tucked away in the hot house to cure before storing in our bunker with the winter

Week 16 Veggie List

2011-09-30T14:10:00.002-04:00

Sunflower microgreens Sweet peppers Eggplant Carrots Heirloom tomatoes Potatoes Kale Parsley

Week 15 Newsletter

2011-09-28T10:06:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA There are more personnel changes here this week. Last Wednesday we bid goodbye to Guinevere who was the planter in the microhouse. She is pursuing her degree in Music Therapy from OU. Replacing her is Theo who has come from Columbus to join the crew. Planting the microgreens takes a special talent for seeing things that are unobservable to many folks. We are very

Week 15 Veggie List

2011-09-23T11:34:00.003-04:00

Sunflower microgreens Mushrooms Carrots Heirloom tomatoes Sweet peppers Eggplant Collards Hot peppers

Week 14 Newsletter

2011-09-21T10:24:00.000-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA At the very first this week, let me apologize to all for my error with the veggie list from last week. Several people emailed looking for their salad mix. Eventually the realization banged me in the head when I reviewed the master list and found no salad listed there! I am sorry for this, and I have checked this week’s list three times to avoid the same kind of

Veggies for Week 14

2011-09-16T18:08:00.000-04:00

Mushrooms Heirloom Tomatoes Parsley Swiss Chard Peppers Eggplant Garlic Sunflower Microgreens Hungarian Hot Wax Peppers

Week 13 Newsletter

2011-09-14T11:32:00.000-04:00

Athens Hills CSAAs the days get shorter, the work load seems to increase for us. More tasks with less daylight. Periodic rain showers make things even more challenging as we await drier soil to harvest the fall crops. Fortunately, there are warm, sunny breezes blowing today and we hope that we will see an opportunity to bring in parts of the harvest soon!Yesterday, Liz (the new CSA coordinator

Veggies for Week 13

2011-09-09T11:59:00.002-04:00

Mushrooms Heirloom Tomatoes Sunflower Microgreens Peppers Eggplant Green Beans Parsley Garlic

Week 12 Newsletter

2011-09-07T09:29:00.003-04:00

Athens Hills CSA Two days ago, we were sweltering from the heat, but today we are wrapped in sweatshirts and trying to avoid the wind. Welcome to the Ohio River valley. The excessive rain has squashed our plans for succession planting and we will now be planting as much as we can every day we can. But with several more days of rain forecast for the remainder of this week, it may be a while before

Week 12 Veggie List

2011-09-02T13:41:00.000-04:00

Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Peppers Eggplant Slicer Tomatoes Heirloom Tomatoes Mushrooms Swiss Chard

Week 11 Newsletter

2011-08-31T10:15:00.000-04:00

Athens Hills CSA With Labor Day just around the corner, activities here at the farm have kicked into high gear. Rob and Marie have begun training the new CSA coordinator. Liz replaces Marie, who is moving. Liz has just returned from Vermont where she was working for the Green Mountain Farm to School program. Great timing since we are participating in a Farm-to-School grant for one of the

Week 11 Veggie List

2011-08-26T14:09:00.000-04:00

Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Beets Slicer Tomatoes Eggplant Swiss Chard Long Beans Summer Squash Salad Mix

Week 10 Newsletter

2011-08-24T08:18:00.003-04:00

Athens Hills CSA A record eight cases of tomatoes are being delivered for canning this week. Good Work People! There is nothing like opening canned tomatoes on a cold winter day to bring the memories of the sunny bright summer. And the flavor of your love comes shining through too! You may have noticed that there hasn’t been basil in the shares recently. (And maybe that’s okay for some…) The

Week 10 Veggie List

2011-08-19T13:19:00.002-04:00

Sunflower Microgreens Shitake Mushrooms Summer Squash Slicer Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes Swiss Chard Peppers Beets

Week 9 Newsletter

2011-08-17T09:41:00.000-04:00

Athens Hills CSA The Athens County Fair closed for this year last Saturday. I love county fairs. They are a celebration of all things rural – from 4-H to Grange, grandstand events to the rides, car fights to harness racing, you can see and interact with lots of different people than from everyday life. What a hodge-podge of human beings! In my childhood, lots of women from the area would submit

Week 9 Veggie List

2011-08-12T13:42:00.000-04:00

Sunflower Microgreens Shitake Mushrooms Beets Swiss chard Peppers Slicer Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes Summer Squash

Week 8 Newsletter

2011-08-10T10:22:00.002-04:00

Athens Hills CSA This week we sent two (2) green bags with your share. Please return two (2) next week. It takes both of us working together to reduce this outer packaging burden. Thanks! With yesterday’s rains, we finally have cooled down some, and we are very grateful. Hopefully, the mushrooms will also respond to less heat. Even in a controlled-temperature grow room, the little fungi seem

Week 8 Veggie List

2011-08-05T13:20:00.002-04:00

Veggie List for Week 8 Pick-Ups 8/10 Sunflower Microgreens Summer Squash Sweet Peppers Beans (Green or Long) Basil Beets Mushrooms Slicer Tomatoes Cherry Tomatoes

Week 7 Newsletter

2011-08-03T08:49:00.001-04:00

Week #7 August 3, 2011 August is here already. No one on the farm can truly believe it! Our intern, Janell, is acutely aware. This is her last week, and she will be sorely missed (and not just because of her amazing baking skills.) She is off to Virginia Tech to begin graduate study that will prepare her for water quality restoration. After two years in the Peace Corps in Panama, she knows a

Week 7 Veggie List

2011-07-29T14:40:00.002-04:00

Veggie List for Week 7: Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Shitake Mushrooms Slicer Tomatoes Summer Squash Green Beans Beets Basil Swiss Chard Enjoy!

Week 6 Newsletter

2011-07-27T11:03:00.009-04:00

Athens Hills CSA The bounty continues in the garden. Who could have guessed that a season that started so wet and cold would have produced the plenty that abounds in every garden and field? We are so thrilled to have the first harvest of beets this week. And we are more thrilled to have the beginning of the tomato season finally! Speaking of bounty, there are boxes of extra squash at all of the

Week 6 Veggie List

2011-07-22T11:59:00.002-04:00

The Veggie List for Week 6: Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Onions Basil Summer Squash Beets Heirloom Tomatoes Enjoy!

Week 5 Newsletter

2011-07-20T09:25:00.005-04:00

Athens Hills CSA Another whirlwind week is passing! Crops that were scarce just a week ago have exploded with bounty. Squashes especially are filling all of the little niches in the walk-in coolers. The salad mix has almost recovered from the heavy harvesting after the last monster storm. Many other crops are almost at the explosion level. And we can’t wait. After such a hard and slow spring,

Veggie List

2011-07-15T13:12:00.001-04:00

Week 5 Veggie List: Salad Mix Sunflower Micro Shitake Mushrooms Onions Basil Parsley Swiss Chard Summer Squash There will be a box of surplus cucumbers and Summer Squash at each site.

Week 4 Newsletter

2011-07-13T11:00:00.004-04:00

Athens Hills CSA This week started in a beautiful way, but around noon the weather alarms began to sound, alerting us to bad weather for our neighbors. And then, our skies clouded too, as a furious storm overtook again. Monday night we all saw some of the most intense lightning ever in our lives. This time it resulted in the power being off from Monday at 3 pm until about 8 pm on Tuesday night.

Week 4 Veggie List

2011-07-08T14:08:00.000-04:00

Week 4 Veggie List: Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Shitake Mushrooms Basil Cilantro Summer Squash Cucumber Swiss Chard

Newsletter Week 3

2011-07-06T08:57:00.008-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA As the note stapled to the salad mix bag this week tells you, we had a tremendously violent storm from the north on Sunday evening. While our neighbors in Athens (10 miles from here) were enjoying the fireworks, we were being pelted with 4 inches of rain in 2 hours. Fortunately, once again, the diversion ditches that were installed last summer kept damage to a minimum in the

Week 3 Veggie List

2011-07-01T12:31:00.000-04:00

Veggie List for Week 3 Pickups: 7/6 & 7/9 Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Shiitake Mushrooms Basil Cilantro Swiss Chard Summer Squash Cucumber

Week 2 Newsletter

2011-06-29T11:32:00.006-04:00

ATHENS HILLS CSA *Please note, our Open Farm Day, which was scheduled for the 24th of July, is now postponed to an undetermined date. We'll keep you posted! Hardly a day goes by without a few raindrops falling. But last week, we did have some opportunity to plant things on the schedule. The salad mix and some of the herbs that you receive must be replanted throughout the summer months because

2011-06-24T10:01:00.002-04:00

Week #2 Veggie List: -Salad Mix -Sunflower Microgreens -Shitake Mushrooms -Basil -Cilantro OR Dill -Zucchini OR Cucumber Enjoy!

Week 1 Newsletter

2011-06-22T11:53:00.009-04:00

June 22, 2011 Greetings! How wonderful to be back with the goodness of the harvest! The spring you will recall was unusually cold and rainy. This caused hardship and delay throughout the Midwest’s farming communities. And indeed this same weather pattern caused us to delay the start of this Summer 2011 CSA season by a week. Far- thinking and foresight on Dan’s part saw us give up several rows in

Week 1 Veggie List

2011-06-17T15:43:00.002-04:00

The Athens Hills CSA is about to begin and we are looking forward to a great season! Below is the veggie list for your first pick up. -Salad Mix -Sunflower Microgreens -Shitake Mushrooms -Basil -Cilantro -Zucchini OR Cucumber Enjoy!

The Planting

2011-06-01T20:33:00.000-04:00

It took four days of hot, dry weather and many passes of the tractor and disk through the fields, but we were able to break ground and till on Tuesday. Today we had many frenzied fingers planting. For this we are truly grateful! The irrigation lines are in place and the shade cloth is on to protect the new transplants. This evening Kip is tilling the potato and winter squash fields. They

Summer CSA Shares Sold Out!

2011-05-26T11:28:00.000-04:00

Summer CSA Shares Sold Out! We have reached our maximum enrollment for the Summer 2011 CSA Program---THANK YOU! If you would like to be added to the Winter 2012 OR Summer 2012 waiting list, please email us: Info@GreenEdgeGardens.com

THE SUNSHINE

2011-05-11T12:27:00.000-04:00

With so many days of clouds, rain, storms, and general dreariness, these last four days of sunshine are a certain relief. We have been able to catch up a little on mowing, and we hope to be able to till the gardens beds soon. The cover crops on the fields have grown so large that we need to mow them before we can even till. Most of the greenhouses are newly planted with the heirloom tomatoes

Week 20 Newsletter

2011-04-27T09:40:00.000-04:00

Week #20 April 27, 2011 For this last newsletter of the Winter 2011 cycle, let me begin by saying thanks to the many folks who joined us, some returning and some for the first time. We are so grateful for your participation. We are also grateful that we can supply you with the many items you have received over the last four months. Thanks again to all of you who have taken a moment (or three)

Week 20 Offerings

2011-04-22T12:29:00.000-04:00

Veggie List for Week 20 Pick-Ups: Pick-Ups 4/27 & 4/30 Final Week of the Winter CSA--THANK YOU! Salad Mix Green Onions Microgreens Mix Mushrooms Swiss Chard Salad Radishes Spinach

Week 19 Newsletter

2011-04-20T07:58:00.000-04:00

Week #19 April 20, 2011 First this week, we say a fond farewell to the Athens-Area Half-Share folks. Today is their last pickup for this Winter 2011 season. With the end of this season also comes time for you to “Tell It All”! (anonymously). Rob has emailed you (Tuesday morning) with the link to the online survey for this season. As always, he does a terrific job explaining what to do.

Week 19 Offerings

2011-04-15T13:29:00.000-04:00

Veggie List for Week 19: Pick-Ups 4/20 & 4/23 Salad Mix Swiss Chard Spinach Salad Radishes (Easter Egg & French Breakfast) Scallions Microgreens Mix Shiitake Mushrooms Arugula

Week 18 Newsletter

2011-04-13T10:46:00.000-04:00

Week #18 April 13, 2011 As is pretty typical for spring, I’m sure I just wrote the last newsletter yesterday – at least that’s how it seems! The Starts House is full of your food for the summer, and we’ll be adding more there as the flats germinate and can be moved to the cooler environment. The Starts House is heated, but not as warm as is needed to germinate the heat-loving summer crops.

Week 18 Offerings

2011-04-08T11:47:00.000-04:00

Veggie List for Week 18: Pick-Ups 4/13 & 4/16 Sunflower Microgreens Arugula Carrots French Breakfast Radishes Kale Swiss Chard Spinach Mushrooms

Week 17 Newsletter

2011-04-06T07:37:00.000-04:00

Week #17 April 6, 2011 SPRING!!! With the peepers chirping every night and full buds on the lilacs and magnolias, spring is surely here – finally. Not only has spring arrived, but our first on-farm intern has arrived also. It’s a little chilly still for an unheated cabin, so Bethany is staying in the spare room of the farmhouse. Deidre lives close by, so she stays at her place, and Janelle

Week 17 Offerings

2011-04-01T12:48:00.000-04:00

Veggie List for Week 17: Pickups 4/6 & 4/9 Carrots Kale Green Onions French Breakfast Radish Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Swiss Chard

Week 16 Newsletter

2011-03-30T10:58:00.000-04:00

Week #16 March 30, 2011 The time is flying by now that spring has finally showed on the calendar. The temperatures just have to catch up with the rest of things. Already Dan and Kip are trying to squeeze flats of seeds for germination into the micro house where the temperatures are bene- ficial for seeds to sprout. From there, the flats will be moved to the ‘starts house’ to finish their

Veggie List for Week 16

2011-03-25T12:10:00.002-04:00

Veggie List for Week 16 3/30 & 4/2 Pick-ups Salad Mix Microgreens Mix Mushrooms Swiss Chard Kale Spinach

Week 15 Newsletter

2011-03-23T08:26:00.000-04:00

Week #15 March 23, 2011 As you can see from the little sidebar section, the Open Farm Day was great fun. We had a good turnout of members and non-members alike. Some of the non-members had just heard about the tour and that it was open to the public, so out to the farm they came. We got to meet some of you in person, which is always a treat! One member from Bexley took lots of pictures so we

Open Farm Day Details

2011-03-19T09:51:00.000-04:00

Please Join Us for The Winter 2011 OPEN FARM DAY Sunday, March 20th, 1pm--5pm We begin the day with a potluck meal at the Amesville Grange. Come share a meal with your farmers and community members and learn more about Green Edge Organic Gardens. Starting at 2:30, groups will head over to the farm, just a few minutes away. At the farm we will have guided tours, and all the time you want to

Week 14 Newsletter

2011-03-16T07:20:00.000-04:00

Week #14 March 16 , 2011 We hope you are as excited as we are about the upcoming Open Farm Day. We really enjoy seeing all the folks who come out for the great potluck dinner and amazing tour of the farm. Hope you can be one of them this year! Please remember to reply to the emailed E-vite so we can have a count of folks planning to attend. Visits from prospective intern candi-dates continue.

Week 14 Veggie List

2011-03-11T12:18:00.001-05:00

Veggie List for 3/16 & 3/19 Pickups: Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Shiitake Mushrooms Kale Spinach Rutabaga Maybe Swiss Chard also

Week 13 Newsletter

2011-03-09T07:31:00.000-05:00

Week #13 March 9, 2011 As the water levels rise and fall around us, we are continually thankful for the drainage project of last summer. Fall planted crops that have wintered over are looking better than they have in years thanks to the lack of standing water in the fields. Kip has the equipment shed staked out, and today they are pouring the concrete pedestals for the corner posts. After the

Week 13 Veggie List

2011-03-04T14:42:00.000-05:00

Veggie List for Week 13: Pick-ups 3/9 and 3/5 Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Spinach Collard Greens Turnips

Week 12 Newsletter

2011-03-02T07:28:00.001-05:00

Week #12 March 2, 2011 Somehow, we managed to avoid much high water here on the farm over the weekend. Friday’s rains saw waters rising, but the devastating heavy winds and rain missed our end of the county. And we breathed a sigh of relief. With March here already, yesterday we all heard the peepers that are the first harbingers of spring. On Friday of this week, we are saying goodbye to our

Veggie List for Week 12

2011-02-25T13:19:00.000-05:00

Veggie List for Week 12: Pickups: 3/2 & 3/5 Salad Mix Sunflower Microgreens Mushrooms Spinach Turnips Sweet Potatoes

Week #11 February 23, 2011

2011-02-23T08:39:00.001-05:00

This last week has been a whirlwind of activity! I spent one day in Columbus at a CSA conference sponsored by OEFFA. It was gratifying to know that other CSA’s face some of the same concerns that we find ourselves dealing with. For example, how to explain just how much is in a share, or what should you include in your newsletter, just to name a couple. I had the most fun talking to the

Week #10 February 16, 2011

2011-02-16T08:19:00.001-05:00

The next time someone asks if I’m bored, hopefully I’ll remember last week. After the return from vacation, an unsuccessful mad scramble to ‘catch-up’ with office duties, and a 4-day fever, I would truly welcome some boredom for a few days. More intern candidates are visiting this week, and even more are still contacting us. As a reminder, if you know of anyone who might be interested,

2011-02-09T11:23:00.000-05:00