Helsing Junction Farm Newsletter Archive

Greetings from Helsing Junction Farm!

The summer solstice and the return of the harvest are fast upon us.

First delivery dates:
We will begin CSA delivery Tue June 22nd, Wednesday June 23rd, Thursday June 24th or Friday June 25th depending on where you pick up your box.

CSA shares are limited for the 2010 season:
Shares have been selling at an extremely fast clip this spring; we expect to be sold out in the next 2-3 weeks so if you would like to join, please do so soon.

1st Boxes:
Despite the chilly February like weather things are growing, albeit slowly. Fortunately some plants really like this type of weather, those that do are the greenest of greens that only occurs on a steady diet of rainwater. Of course the tomatoes are off in the corner having a shiver while the flea beetles party on, but that’s farming in the good ole’ PNW for you. As farmers you tend to pay a lot of attention to the weather and this really does seem to be one of the worst springs ever, though we have finally finished planting almost all 30 acres. If memory serves, a few sunny days and we’ll hardly remember that it was ever cold and rainy. The first boxes will contain pink radishes, arugula, green butter head or red blushed oak leaf lettuce, bok choy, broccoli raab, strawberries and more.

Fruit Shares:
This summer we will be offering an optional organic fruit share in conjunction with The Okanogan Producers Marketing Association (OPMA), a Co-op from Okanogan made up of 6 small organic farms. The Co-op was formed to give voice to these farms, which grow excellent quality fruit and heirloom varieties but can’t compete against the large scale farms in the area. Some of the types of fruit that will be included in the share are peaches, nectarines, cherries, plums, pluots, apricots, blueberries, raspberries, apples, pears, melons and grapes. The fruit share is designed to feed 2-3 people and will contain 2-4 varieties of fruit per week. It will cost $15 per week/$225 for the season (15 weeks), though you would get a little less fruit in the early part of the season and a little more per week in the height of the season. We will notify you via w-mail the exact date your fruit share is going to begin. To sign up for a fruit share you can call or email us. We are not able to take extra payments with our operating system yet, but we will be able to in 2 weeks. We will bill you for the fruit share then. You can call us at (360) 273-2033 or e-mail us at helsingfarm@gmail.com.

Mini Shares:
We have added a smaller share called the mini that is designed to feed 1-2 people.
The mini is $20 per week ($360 for the season).
It comes with flowers; there will not be a “no flowers” option available with the mini.
If you want to switch from a small share to a mini share please contact us via e-mail or phone.
You can call us at (360) 273-2033 or e-mail us at helsingfarm@gmail.com.

Farm Stand:
Our new and improved farm stand will be opening Thursday July 1st. We purchased a new cooler for the farm stand and have redesigned the space with new shelving and lighting.

Helsing Junction Farm/Rochester Farmer’s Market:
For those of you lucky enough to be in Rochester on Swede Day look for our booth at the inaugural day of the Rochester Farmer’s Market. The market is open from 9am-1pm, Saturdays from mid-June to mid-October.

Capitol Land Trust’s 10th Annual Gala to be held at Helsing Junction Farm August 14th:
With special guest John Marzluff. Food by Xinh Dwelley, with fresh shellfish from Taylor Shellfish and produce from our farm. Drinks by Fish Tale Brewery, Walter Dacon and Scatter Creek, dessert by Olympic Mountain Ice Cream. Silent auction, farm tour and music by Ocho Pies. Tickets will go on sale soon.

We are number one!?!
Not to toot our own horn, but according to the Seattle Weekly we are the number one CSA in Seattle!
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/voracious/2010/05/top_five_csas.php#more

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Helsing Junction Farm
12013 Independence Road, Rochester, WA 98579 | (360)273-2033
helsingfarm@msn.com | www.helsingfarmcsa.com

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