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The days are getting colder, and it’s getting chilly here at Winter Green Farm. We’re working hard to wrap up all the end-of-year tasks as we prepare for the next harvest year and a bit of a reprieve ourselves for the holidays. We hope you’re all enjoying good food and great memories with your loved ones. We’re still working on next season’s signups. Last week, I was hopeful we would get our ducks in a row to open pre-orders for the 2022 season this week. Unfortunately, I underestimated the amount of work that goes into the process–especially in a new Read more

Lettuce (2 heads) Turnips Beets Spinach Pac Choi Collards Strawberries (Some sites only) Welcome to the first week of the CSA! As you can see, the first box is bursting with the bounty of the farm, and we are all so excited to be sharing it with you every week this season. The harvest went well yesterday, and as I arrived at the farm this morning Jabrila, Jennifer and Jeremiah were busy packing your boxes, and loading them into the truck for today’s first delivery. The vegetables are harvested and then washed into big totes. On box packing day we Read more

Radishes Pac Choi Leeks Carrots Potatoes Tomatoes Peppers Red onions Parsley Delicata squash Lacinato Kale Pears Some sites only: Eggplant Veggie Storage and Preparation Tips: WINTER SQUASH:  Store Winter Squash in a cool, dry, dark place with good ventilation. They should keep for up to a month or more, depending on the variety. You can also incorporate Winter Squash into a beautiful arrangement for your table. They won’t keep quite as long at room temperature, but if they are sitting on your table, you might be inspired to eat them more quickly. Once squash has been cut, you can wrap Read more

Chard Sweet onion or green onions Lettuce Carrots Cucumbers Zucchini Broccoli Cauliflower Tomatoes Basil Strawberries Some sites only: Eggplant Special Announcements: We will begin to have bulk flats of strawberries available next week! If you like to make jam, or freeze berries for sauces and smoothies in the winter, now’s your chance! They are 10lb flats for $36.00. They will be available on a first come first serve basis, depending on the harvest so if you are interested please call or email Linda in the office! Vegetable Storage and Preparation Tips: EGGPLANT: The eggplants are just now starting to ripen Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: If your supply of organic Strawberry Spread or Tomato Sauce is running out, we do have more to offer! We can send it along with your next delivery….the cost of the Strawberry Spread is $4.75/jar and $50 for a case of 12 (they are 10 oz. jars). The cost of the Tomato Sauce is $7.50/jar and $85 for a case of 12 (they are 28 oz. jars.) All of the ingredients are organic, and we co-pack with our local Sweet Creek Foods! WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Beets Napa or Green Cabbage Spinach Collards Green Onions New Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomato Sauce & Strawberry Spread: We have Tomato Sauce available for $7.50/jar and $85/case, and we will soon have Strawberry Spread available for $4.50/jar and $50/case. Just let me know if you would like a case or jars delivered to your pick up location in the next few weeks…the Spread will be ready by the final share at the latest! Winter Green Farm T-Shirts: We had Winter Green Farm T-Shirts made this year and have them available for you! The adult shirts are $15 each and the Youth/Kids shirts are $12. There are many colors and sizes to Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: Salsa Box!! We like to let you know so you can keep little fingers out of the box as there will be jalapeño peppers included. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Tomatoes Cilantro Jalapeños Onion Zucchini Cucumbers Strawberries Lettuce Broccoli SOME SITES ONLY Cauliflower Eggplant Cherry Tomatoes RECIPES: Classic Fresh Tomato Salsa Fresh Tomato Salsa Fresh Tomato Salsa Baked Egg w/Salsa Broccoli & Cheese Casserole Summer Polenta w/Chimichurri & Tomatoes We’re excited for a cooler week, although the smoke has definitely found the farm. While we’re not as inundated as Eugene or other areas, we’re feeling it in Read more

“First we eat, then we do everything else.” -M.F.K. Fisher Welcome to the 2019 CSA season! We’re so excited to begin delivering fresh organic veggies to you all! We’re very happy with the way the crops have been growing and your first share will be delicious.  Be sure to read your weekly Blog, as this is where we will share news of  farm life, recipes, and any offers of bulk crops during the course of the season. We have a wonderful “crop” of new crew members, and look forward to helping you get to know them through out the season. Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: HARVEST CELEBRATION is coming up! Save the date and come spend the afternoon with us on the farm, celebrating the awesome season we’ve had this year. We’ll have your Jack-O-Lanterns ready to share,  Elizabeth Lutz, the amazing face painter will join us again this year, we’ll be taking hayrides around the farm, and we’ll all enjoy a fabulous pot luck lunch together. Here are the particulars: Saturday, October 19th from Noon to 3pm Potluck to share at the start….please bring a dish to contribute to the meal. LATE SEASON SHARES are still available! I’ll be sending out the Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Social Distancing and Face Masks: We are asking members to please practice social distancing, hand sanitizing, and to use face masks. This helps to protect you and others, and some of our Site Hosts expressed that we reiterate this request, so they can feel safe as well. We so appreciate your help with this, particularly with the resurgence of cases. Thank you. Blueberries A reminder we are partnering with Berkley’s Blueberries out of Lebanon this season to bring you bulk flats of their delicious organic blueberries. Many of you have already placed your orders, thanks! There will also Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: RESERVE OUR CSA SHARE FOR THE 2021 SEASON! We are reserving shares for 2021 season with a $25 deposit. Just call/email the farm to ask us to reserve the share, and then you can send a check to the farm for the deposit or call/email with card info. HALLOWEEN/SAMHAIN is also known as All Souls Night, Feast of the Dead, Festival of Remembrance, Feast of Apples, & New Year… Samhain is one of the major festivals of the Wheel of the Year, and for many who follow these traditions, the most important festival of all. It is the third and Read more

Week Twelve of the 2021 CSA Season has arrived, ladies and gents! And with it, the cool weather has tagged along. We hope you’re enjoying this respite from the heat as much as we are out here on the farm, though we’re still hoping for a few more hot, sunny days to play in the water and enjoy the freedoms summer brings. Special Announcements: First of the month payments are coming up next week. If you’re set up for automatic payments and any of your information has changed, please get ahold of us here at the farm so we can Read more

Welcome to this year’s CSA season! We’re so happy to have you with us this year, and we can’t tell you how excited we are to tag along on this food journey with you! It’s been an incredibly wet spring, but the sun is finally shining, the days are warming up, and we have lots of delicious veggies to share with you this season! How Does This Work? There are two different seasons and five share types to Winter Green Farm’s CSA. We’re beginning the Standard Season, which runs from this week until mid-October. When the Standard Season ends, the Read more

We hope you didn’t have any troubles making your way here to our new blog! This is our first post, which will be a quick trial post to make sure everything is up and running for our first week of CSA deliveries. We are really excited for the first CSA harvest tomorrow! We have had such a beautiful Spring, and your vegetables are looking amazing. After two seasons of cold, wet weather early on, we don’t take this sunshine for granted. We feel full of optimism that this is going to be a great season, and we are so thankful Read more

Savoy Cabbage Collards Turnips Lettuce Celeriac Chard Red curry squash Leeks Yellow onions Some sites only: Cauliflower Special Announcements: *The farm’s Harvest Celebration is coming up! It will be held Saturday, October 19th From Noon to 4pm.  This is the time to come out to the farm, jump on the hay wagon and get your pumpkins! We will also start the day with a potluck lunch, and have activities for the kids like face painting, cider pressing, and more. We hope to see many of you there, rain or shine! *We also want to let you know that we still Read more

Eggplant Carrots Green beans Cucumbers Zucchini Strawberries Cauliflower Some sites only: Tomatoes Lettuce Special Announcements: These last two seasons we have decided not to grow garlic here at the farm. We had some crop failures with garlic in the past, due to endlessly soggy wet springs, and decided that we needed to focus on the crops that grow well in our location and soil. We do know an excellent garlic grower though, and are happy to connect you with Keith Walton, if you are interested in purchasing delicious garlic from a farmer we know and trust. The variety of garlic Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The blueberries are sizing up and they should be ready for harvesting very soon…I’ll talk with Blondies’ Berries on Friday morning to see when they will be available for us to include in your shares…..she will also have some bulk berries available in early August and though out the month. If you would like to order flats of blueberries, call/email the farm office to get on the list! WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Carrots Swiss Chard or Kale Lettuce Spinach Green Onions Strawberries SOME SITES ONLY Cabbage Zucchini RECIPES: Savory Feta Baklava Lentil & Swiss Chard Soup Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: FILL YOUR PANTRY EVENT! Sunday, November 19th, from 11am to 5pm at the Lane Events Center. If you are a member living in the Eugene/Springfield area, and want to stock up on storage goodies for the winter, then be sure to check out the online ordering for the Fill Your Pantry event. You can pre-order your items up until November 10th and then pick them up at the event. Even if you don’t want to pre-order, plan on attending the event! Many farms will be there with there food offerings and it’s usually a fun day for all! Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: For those members who are not vegan or vegetarian, we want to let you know that the current information about our organic, grass fed beef offering just went in the mail. If you have an interest in our organic grass fed beef, but are not on the list to receive the info as yet, just get in touch with the farm office to receive the info, or check out the information on our 2018 Beef Letter. WHAT’S IN YOUR SHARE THIS WEEK: Corn Tomatoes Carrots Green Beans Cauliflower Eggplant Peppers Potatoes Strawberries SOME SITES ONLY: Cherry Tomatoes Broccoli Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: The first delivery went very well…..a few mixups and missed boxes, but for the most part, it was smooth sailing. Thank you all for being timely in picking up your shares, and communicating when there was an issue. This week is supposed to be a bit cooler, which is good news for boxes sitting outside after delivery. Wild Child Flower Company is still accepting members for their flower CSA….pick up will begin in July at our Farm Stand on Wednesday, and there are other locations as well! To To enjoy a lovely bouquet each week, click on the Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: This is the 18th week of the season….NEXT week will be the end of the Standard Season, and we will move on to the Late Season. We ask that you scout around your garage and back yards for any stray CSA boxes that might have integrated themselves into your world, and bring them back to your site next week so we can have them all accounted for. This really helps us keep our costs down for next year if we don’t have to replace them….thanks for all of your help with this! HARVEST CELEBRATION!! Saturday, October 19th, Noon Read more

Hello! Can you believe it’s the middle of July already? We sure can’t. But the corn is past knee-high so it must be true. Thank you to everyone for continuing to follow safe social distancing and mask wearing. We are so looking forward to when we can see all of your smiles again. Don’t forget the first week of blueberry deliveries is this week. Your flats will be labeled with your name, so please double check you have yours, and make sure if you ordered more than one to pick them all up. The berries are plump and delicious, we Read more

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS: TOMATO SAUCE AND STRAWBERRY SPREAD are available for purchase! The costs are $8.75/jar and $90/case of 12 for the Tomato Sauce. The Strawberry Spread will be $4.75/jar and $50/case of 12. Please email or call if you would like to have these sent to your delivery location for you next week! NETTLE EDGE FARM GARLIC AVAILABLE! Keith Walton runs Nettle Edge Farm, along with his wife Rachel. Keith has been a prominent farmer in the community for 50 years, and his family farm has been in operation since 1911! He has worked on Winter Green Farm as our Read more

Well, everybody, we’ve made it to the end of August, and so far, everything’s turning up Winter Green! The energy is high, the weather has cooled a bit, and we are loving all the wonderful veggies so far. Special Announcements: As the season goes on, we’d like to ask that you stick to the pickup windows provided in your delivery information when you’re picking up your share. (They can also be found here on our website.) While we know it’s enticing to get to the site early, our delivery drivers won’t always be there before the specified time, and we Read more

We made it through Week One! I don’t know how it was on your end, but from my end, it was a little bumpy. I’d like to thank all of you for your patience as we navigate this new system, and I try to remember the dozens of details Linda juggled without her here to tell me! We’re so glad you’re with us this season, and we can’t wait to see what veggies will pop up next! Thank You to Those Who Came Out for the Potluck! For the first time since the pandemic started, we were able to celebrate Read more