October 7th, 2012
Our strawberry plants arrived this week as shown in the photo below. These plants were grown in Quebec, Canada this past summer and were dug up earlier this week and then placed on a refrigerated truck. The truck visited growers in Florida first, followed by Louisiana and then arrived here on Friday morning. We'll hopefully get around to begin planting them later this coming week. Lots of sore backs to follow. This are short day varieties (means they produce berries when daylight hours are short, as in winter) that will likely begin producing berries in late January.
 | .Each Box Contains Approximately 500 Strawberry Plants.
Ouch! My Back Already Hurts. Better Load Up On The Advil? |
 | | Shown above is our 4th planting of broccoli and cauliflower on raised beds. Despite last Sunday's rain, it is still pretty dry here; thus the overhead irrigation is a necessity. This crop will likely be ready come late November. Some of the earlier planting will be harvested this coming week. |
Farm Dinner Set For Saturday December 1st. We've had about nine dinners here at the farm over the past few years that have featured chefs focusing on local fare and they've always been a hit. This upcoming dinner, as with the prior events will begin with a walking tour of the farm followed by a family style dinner under the stars, weather permitting. More details, including who's the chef, to follow. Desire Some Local Pork? No we're not talking politics here! We're talking the real deal, as in oink oink! Yep. we've got some piggies that are ready for processing. Don't worry if you don't want a whole pig, you can have quarter or half as well. If interested just let me know by email and we can visit. On a similar note, we will be providing details about our upcoming pork/poultry program in the near future. Whole Foods Houston? WDF is now a "bona fide Whole Food produce vendor." Should you occasionally shop at WF, enjoy our produce, and/or like to support local farms, you can do us a favor by telling (or leaving a note for) the respective produce "team leaders or assistants" that you hope to see our "produce goodies" on their vegetable racks soon. The WF locations that we are currently servicing are the following: - Kirby
- Bellaire
- Woodway
- Montrose
Fall CSA Program This week our shares should include our first cutting of cauliflower, a leek or two, green beans, sweet potatoes, baby greens and more. Our first delivery was two weeks ago, but not to worry as we still have share openings available and registration prices are prorated accordingly each week. Thus you can still join and pay for just the deliveries that remain in the program. (Ordering Cut off's are Sunday's at midnight. So to receive a delivery for this coming week, you need to register by tomorrow, Sunday night.) Items expected to be harvested within the Fall program include Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Green beans, Kale, Arugula , Basil, Peppers , Eggplant, Salad mix, Summer Squash, Dill, Zucchini, Bunching Onions, Winter Squash, Carrots, Beets, Micro Greens, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Spinach and more.. For more info and registration visit this link Fall CSA Program & Registration
For a short registration tutorial, consider reviewing the instructions located at the bottom of this update.
Like To Participate In Our CSA, But Will Be Gone Some This Fall? Consider our Alternating Week Share and/or splitting a share with a friend/relative. An easy way to split is for you take the whole share one week and defer it to your partner another week. Just include their email address when you register. Sorry, we don't have provisions for splitting credit card payments.
Woodlands Home Delivery For You? For those of you living in zip codes 77380,77381,77382,77384 consider, at a slightly higher coast, trying our home delivery service. Delivery days are Thursday's, normally after 3 pm. Just go to the CSA link at Fall CSA Program & Registration and select the Woodlands Home Delivery tab.
Local Eggs? The change in seasons has resulted in the hens becoming a little confused and consequently egg production is way way down. So egg availability is limited and requires that we source from farms other than just Dustin's Eggs. All of our eggs are local free range eggs and feed on rich non GMO grain diets.
Thanks for reading, 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. CSA Online Registration Tutorial , i.e. the Heights etc. select continue, this will take you to our shopping cart. 2) Choose your desired share size where you select "add to order." 3) Place your mouse over the first available date, i.e. Sept. 26th etc.The date should turn yellow, left click your mouse and all the dates should light up green. 4) Select "CONTINUE" , and/or scroll down to add items to your CSA pick up order for any particular week, i.e. eggs, honey etc. (FYI not all locations can receive 100% of our "add on orders."
5) Once your selections are determined and dates highlighted in green, go to "check out."
6) This should take you to our registration page where existing customers can log in or new customers can provide info, i.e. name(s) email(s) etc.
7) Follow the prompts at the bottom of the page to complete your purchase via PayPal. FYI, your credit card payment is with PayPal on a secure PayPal server, not our website.
8) Should your payment be successful, you should receive a prompt email confirmation from PayPal.
9) Delivery reminders will be sent out a day or so prior to your scheduled delivery week-day. If you received a registration/pmt confirmation from PayPal, but do not get an weekly email pick up reminder, please contact us so we can insure your weekly notification.
FYI Sunday Midnight Is Our Typical Weekly Cut-off Time. With this in mind, please consider ordering by midnight Sunday; this will insure orders being delivered the immediate coming week. Reading this email too late? Not to worry, our prices are prorated each week to reflect correct prices; so orders and registrations received later will begin the following week.
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