Old 99 Farm, week of June5 2023

Summer Harvest Basket starts this week. You can sign up for the summer basket will start June 13 week till Nov 7th week and cost $31.95 a week, times 20 weeks (or 10 weeks if bi-weekly).
The whole post from our virtual farm market is reposted below.

It’s haying season and we would love some help with our small acreage. If you can come out for an hour or two on Friday or Saturday, all will go smoothly. Pls send a reply to old99farm2015@gmail.com saying you’re available and times. I’ll confirm.

This week we add beets to the crop list. Head and leaf lettuce, carrots, herbs and more. Still have asparagus and rhubarb. Surf to the online store here to place your order. Store pick up Thurs 4 to 6 or by arrangement.

We have our two Tamworth pigs back from the butcher, in the freezers. Lots of choice including spicey Italian sausage.

Healthy eating,
Ian, Cami and Adam

The summer season is flush with new crops fresh from the greenhouse. 8 to 10 items each week with options for 2 of those, and an exchange table. The summer basket will start June 13 week till Nov 7th week and cost $31.95 a week, times 20 weeks (or 10 weeks if bi-weekly) This year we are offering one size of basket, a little more choice and you have a bi-weekly option. Our basket typically contains 8 to 10 different organic vegetables that are freshly harvested and in season. You can choose to pick it up every week or every 2 weeks (bi-weekly). With the bi-weekly basket you will get 10 pickups/deliveries, scheduled on alternative weeks. Delivery is new for us, beta-testing so to speak. We think we can do it for $15 a week within 10km radius from the farm. If you want delivery, add $15 to the basket x number of weeks (5 or 10).
Another change for this year: vegetables are not pre-boxed. Members make up their own basket by following a blackboard list with the basket contents, and making their choices. We also provide an exchange box where you can trade unwanted items. Please bring your own bags or boxes! Our vegetable basket is a great way to reduce packaging and waste. Here are examples of what the baskets might look like at different times during the summer season.

Early: 1 head lettuce, 250 g salad mix, 1 bunch scallions, 1 bunch garlic scapes, 1 bunch turnips, 1 bunch radish, 1 bunch beets OR Tokyo Bekana mustard, 1 bunch parsley OR arugula.

Mid Summer: 1 herb choice: dill, basil, cilantro, 1 choice between: fennel, celery, cabbage, 1 bunch carrots, 1 pint cherry tomatoes, 1 bulb fresh garlic, 2 cucumbers, 2 eggplants OR 1 bunch beets, 1 quart onions, 1 quart tomatoes, lettuce.

Late Summer: 1 head lettuce, 3 red peppers, 1 kg carrots, 1 bulb garlic, 1 bunch leeks, 1 quart tomatoes, 1 celeriac OR turnips, 1 butternut squash, 1 herb choice: hot peppers, sage, thyme