Upcoming Programs at the Farm |
Please join us...
Fun on the Farm/ Agricultural Journaling
Thursdays 3:30 - 5pm
Kids of all ages, join us for free play and occasional old-fashioned games on the farm, while your parents pick up their shares and chat with other members. Bring a nut-free snack to share if you're so inclined. Mobile meet up: Just look for the kidpack!
Agricultural Journaling Have a yen to capture the unfolding of the agricultural season from week to week? Bring sketchbooks, drawing implements, watercolors, camera or what have you. (Also a camp chair, if you don't like standing or sitting in the dirt.) All ages. Meet-up: Check in with Natasha; she'll know where we are.
For either gathering, check in with Natasha at the distribution shed.
Jointly organized by A-OK Home Learners, Purple Giraffes 4H and Waltham Fields Community Farm CSA. Any member of these three groups is welcome to attend!
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Recipes |
Do you have a recipe you'd like to share? It's okay if you've found it on another website, we'll give that site credit! :) Don't be shy -- let us know! Looking for ideas on how to prepare Farm produce?! We have a wealth of possibilities for you! See our Recipe pages. |
Compost at the farm
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Feel free to add to our compost pile! Just look for the pile labeled " Add compost here"!
If possible, please bury your scraps and/or cover them with leaves from the nearby leaf pile. And remember no meat scraps, no whole bread loaves. Biodegradable serving-ware from picnics or parties needs staff approval |
Summer CSA Distribution Days
Tuesdays 3-7 PM
Thursdays 3-7 PM
Saturdays 8 AM-12 noon |
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What's in the share this week...
Please note: this list is prepared the week before you receive your share. Some guesswork is involved! We do our best to predict which crops will be ready to harvest, but sometimes crops are on the list that are not in the share, and sometimes crops will be in the share even though they're not on the list.
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Pick-Your-Own Crops You are welcome to harvest the PYO portion of the share during any daylight hours, 7 days a week. Please check the board at the little red kiosk for information on amounts and locations. Remember, you can pick one time per week but it doesn't necessarily have to be at the same time you are picking up your share.
- Beans
- Dill
- Parsley
- Basil
- Herbs
- Flowers
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First-of-the-Season Tomato Delight
Shareholder Angela developed this recipe herself!
Ingredients: ripe tomatoes water
Preparation:
Rinse one tomato in water. Eat. Repeat for remaining tomatoes. Serves one.
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Notes from the Field
Peppers, eggplant and okra are all looking great and early tomatoes have made an appearance at every distribution. We look forward to their increased production as summer rolls along! But sadly, we observed more damage in our summer squash and zucchini planting last week. We ended up removing almost the entire second planting due to damage and plant disease caused by aphids. We began spraying Safer brand soap, hoping to knock down the aphid population found in our cucurbit field. Undoubtedly, we will see a gap in squash and zucchini at the distribution over the following week or two as our next planting is not ready for picking yet. If you've spent time looking for beans over the last week or two, I'm sure you recognized the brown, skeletonized plants in the PYO area. This damage is caused by Mexican bean beetles, which usually arrive in our fields by early July. This is not a new problem for us and those of you who have been share holders for a few years probably recognize their characteristic damage and those spiky, little, yellow larvae. For the second year now, we are enlisting parasitic wasps to help control the Mexican bean beetle population. The adult wasps lay their eggs in the beetle larvae and in turn, the wasp larvae feed on (and kill) the beetle larvae. If all goes well over time, wasp numbers go up and the beetle numbers go down. Thankfully for us, the wasps have no interest in stinging people! Although there are approved pesticides available for use on organic farms, we use them only as a last resort. We'd much rather let nature do the work for us! Good timing and a little luck with the weather can make all the difference as well. For the farm staff, Andy
Andy Scherer, Farm Manager Jericho Bicknell, Education and Outreach Coordinator Amanda Cather, Special Projects Coordinator Amy Cook, Assistant Grower Dede Dussault, Student Intern Debra Guttormsen, Administration and Bookkeeper Paula Jordan, Learning Garden Educator Claire Kozower, Executive Director Alex Lennon-Simon, Learning Garden Educator Marla Rhodes, Development Assistant Dan Roberts, Assistant Grower Erinn Roberts, Assistant Farm Manager |
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