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March 25th, 2012
In this issue:
- What's Growing
- Farm Dinner Update
- Online Registration for our Spring CSA programs begins
- Additional Clearlake Area Pick Up Location Added
- Pastured Eggs, Local Honey & Artisan Cheeses
Scroll down to read more about these topics.
What's Growing: We still have plenty of broccoli, kale, cauliflower, beets, and soon will begin harvesting our spring onions. As it begins to warm up, we'll have to say bye bye to the snow peas. Hopefully, the first tomatoes will begin to appear in early May, which will historically be about the time that we loose our strawberries. The 2" of rain that we received last week, was appreciated by our first plantings of corn, about 7-8" tall now, but slowed down our plantings as the fields were too muddy to travel upon. Last weekend, my son and I drove over to a farm, just east of Beaumont. While there, we picked up about 1000 blueberry plants. We were excited to see that these plants were yielding berries. Though not ripe yet, perhaps we'll be able to reap a little payback for efforts here in a few weeks?
On the right, Morgan taking a pause from loading bluerry plants into our trailer. Hoping to pick up another 1000 next week.
This farm has about 8 acres of blueberry production; very tidy, clean and well maintained.
 One of their niches is propagating blueberry plants, as well as satsumas (citrus). Here a look in one of their misting houses.
Farm Dinner, Sunday April 15th: Our guest Chef will be Bryan Caswell We've known Bryan for a long time, both as a customer and friend. Similar in format to prior farm dinners held here over the past few years, the menu format will focus on using local fare. An addition, beer and wine will be available as well as live entertainment by Robert Ellis. Visit this link for a preview of Robert Ellis Band. The event will begin with a reception, followed by a farm tour and then dinner outside in a family style format. What if it rains? Dinner will be held inside the ol schoolhouse, a greenhouse or someplace dry. Tickets are $95 . To read more about and purchase tickets online visit Sunday Farm DInner w/ Bryan Caswell & Friends To get an idea of " our prior dinner events" visit Prior Farm Dinner Photos and Menus
Our Spring CSA Program. The Spring program will be ten weeks and is going to begin the week of Monday, April 9th, and extend into early June. The expected harvest will be similar to the winter program, but will eventually evolve into more spring items such as potatoes, green beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, summer squash etc. We think we will have strawberries into early May, which about time when the first harvest of blackberries begin, soon followed by blueberries and then peaches.
How to learn more and register
1) visit this link
2) Select your location, select continue in the pop up window (scroll down if you don't see your location pop up window.)
3) This should take you to a new page where you select your desired share, full, partial or every other week (aka Alternating Week Share.)
4) Select the first date, April 9th, 10th, 11th etc and all weeks will become highlighted in the ten CSA week program.
5) This is a different shopping cart from last season, so what to do about registering?
Try to use your same/existing email and password.
What if you don't know it? Type in something and, if incorrect the website should respond "invalid password." .
It should then take/open you to a menu that says something like "....forgot password? Go here... follow the prompts and it should eventually send you an email where you can create another password.
6) Logged into the system? Continue with the online payment process. Follow the prompts for your credit card payment.
7) If your payment was successful you should receive a conformation email from PayPal.
More details about ordering can be found at YOU MAY HAVE TO SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE
*Additional Clearlake Area Pick Up Location Added* Long time CSA member and supporter of the farm, Lea Bodie is allowing us to use her residence as an added pick up location in the Clearlake area. Her house, located in Bay Oaks is about midpoint between the Oasis Coffee House and Cullens, so this might be more convenient for some of you. Times will be 4:30-7 and will become active when the Spring program begins. Visit this link to see a map CSA Pick Up Locations
Pastured Eggs, Honey & More?
Order by midnight Sunday, to pick up your order next week at one of our thirteen Houston area CSA locations.
Visit our online shopping cart at Order Eggs, Cheese, Soups & More As mentioned above, once you access this page, select your desired pick up location, and then select continue, Order your items by date and then proceed to checkout. *We appreciate your patience as we transition from our existing online processing system to an updated version. Thanks, Van Cell 713 876 8645 www.woodduckfarm.com csa@woodduckfarm.com PS If you have moved or not interested in receiving our updates, please click the "unsubscribe" link above to "option out" of any future emails.
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