BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
CSA Community Supported Agriculture

CLICK HERE to SIGN UP for the CSA or to see PRICING

 

Pick-ups are Wed, (3-7 PM) in central Bushwick. Last year the space was at Brooklyn FireProof, 120 Ingraham St.

This year, it is likely to be at 265 1/2 Irving Ave (at Bleecker) with Chrissys Cooking Club and the Bushwick Food Coop.  If you sign up before the location is finalized and the location doesn't work for you, you can cancel by April 1, 2012 for a full refund.

At least one VOLUNTEER SHIFT is required for membership in this CSA, to help run the pick-up, during pickup hours.

If you have any questions, please contact us at farmer@gardenofevefarm.com

You can also check out www.BushwickFoodCoop.org

Vegetable Share

The season includes a wide variety of vegetables, however they DO NOT COME ALL AT ONE TIME. It is likely that you will not get tomatoes until August (two months into the CSA!) when they naturally ripen in the Northeast, and no potatoes until around that time as well.

EARLY SUMMER (June-July)

June and July include copious amounts of cooking greens and lettuces, including spinach, bok choi, mizuna, mustard greens, tatsoi, Swiss Chard, kale, and others. Remember the ground is still warming up from the winter till late May; the last frost date in our area is May 5 (this is the date before which nearly ALL PLANTS can be KILLED when planted outside). Other early summer delicacies include snap and snow peas, garlic scapes, scallions, and in late July zucchini, sweet corn, summer squash, and cucumbers, and more.

MID SUMMER (August-Sept)

This is the time that those of us who are seasonal eaters, live for. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, cucumbers, squashes, potatoes, sweet corn, melons, herbs, basil, onions. We grow dozens of types of tomatoes and 5 kinds of peppers, 3 kinds of eggplant, so the diversity is amazing. The CSA share at this time of the year is bounteous.  

FALL (Oct-Nov)

In the fall we have time to focus on harvesting the massive amount of crops we have planted for you, our CSA member! We are bringing in and handing out thousands of pounds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, beets, (in a good year) onions, cabbage, garlic, etc. We see a return to the cold-hardy greens as the weather chills, including the kales, and our old friends Swiss Chard and Bok Choi. We try to make the last two pre-Thanksgiving shares everything you'll need for that special dinner, including butternut and other sweet winter squashes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, garlic, collards, and more.

Fruit Share

June - Thanksgiving, approx 24 weeks – Starts out in June with strawberries, then cherries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, apricots, plums and pears in July and August, and mainly pears and apples September through November. Fruits are very fresh and flavorful, not organic but  grown on our next-door neighbor’s farm using lots of compost and low-spray techniques.

Egg Share

June - Thanksgiving, approx 24 weeks – Receive a HALF-dozen farm-fresh eggs from our own pastured, free-range hens, fed organic feed and no hormones or antibiotics. If you want a FULL dozen each week, get TWO Egg shares (price is the same, but doubled).

Flower Share

June - October 22nd, 20 weeks – A gorgeous weekly bouquet of fresh-picked flowers, grown organically, different every week. Includes zinnias, snapdragons, sunflowers, black-eyed susans, and much more. CLICK HERE to see some of the different flowers we grow.

"Full Share Combo" is one of all shares every week, at $40 off the total price of the shares if purchased separately.

"Half Share Combo" responds for POPULAR DEMAND for a little bit of everything at a reasonable price. It includes a HALF share of everything (which means one full share, picked up every OTHER week)  at $15 off the total price of the shares if purchased separately