Sustainable Shenandoah’s Stanley Garden 2010 Work Exchange and CSA Shares

Sustainable Shenandoah’s Stanley Garden 2010
Work Exchange and CSA Shares

Offering:

Fun for food (we can’t quite call it work!) Three hours per week buys you a share (one half bushel plus seasonal melons and pumpkins) of garden yummies!! Ask for your signup sheet today!! Susan Guest 540-244-7164.

CSA Shares – Community Supported Agriculture - brings the garden to community, and the community to the garden!! We are offering full and half shares of noncertified organic, ecologically sound, biodynamic produce!! A full share is a bushel of food each week for 18 weeks. Our exact start date is weather dependent but is expected to be the first week of June, and to run through the middle of October.

The price of a full share is $600 and is nonrefundable. Half shares are $300. Checks are payable to Sustainable Shenandoah and are due by May 1, 2010.

Our sample harvest schedule follows:

Spring / Early Summer Harvest

Spinach
Baby salad mix
Arugula
Radishes
Beets
Peas
Swiss chard
Red, green, and savoy cabbages
Kale
Collards
Broccoli
Cauliflower

Summer Harvest

One bunch cut flowers
Fresh herbs: dill, cilantro, basil, parsley
Tomatoes
Onions
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Peppers – green, red, yellow, jalepeno, habenero
Cucumbers
Summer Squash – Patty Pan, yellow, zucchini
Lettuce
Beans
Eggplant
Melons – watermelon, cantelope
Tomatillos
Potatoes

Fall Harvest

Pumpkins
Winter squash – butternut, acorn
Onions
Collards
Kale
Sweet potatoes
Beets
Cabbages
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Brussell sprouts
Flowers
Herbs

Sustainable Shenandoah’s Stanley Garden began in 2009 with a group of people who wanted to learn, and show, by doing. Our common interests were sustainable, organic gardening, low impact living, and resource conservation. The majority of us had no knowledge of how to grow in an organic, ecologically sound manner, and thus began our Great Experiment. One member donated the land and a trailer and another member donated solar electric fencing, seeds and the use of a tractor. Other members of the community of Page County donated organic compost and heavy equipment to break the pasture which had been untreated by any chemical for twenty years. And everyone else donated labor in exchange for food and fun! Many of the harvests culminated in potluck dinners in the garden or nearby yurt, or Pickle Parties where we all learned to make bread and butter and dill pickles. We were also at the Page County Farmer’s Market after our harvest came in in earnest.

We ended up with a garden that astounded even the most experienced among us. Our final ‘fall’ crop harvest was on March 27th 2010, and the garden still has living broccoli, collards, and kale that survived the most severe winter in Virginia in years.

This year, in addition to the harvest and canning adventures and Farmer’s Market, we intend to host several educational events in the garden with the Girl Scouts troops, the high schools, and will donate garden excess to Page One. We will also sell to local restaurants and Bed and Breakfasts. Check our blog at http://sustainableshenandoah.blogspot.com/




Stanley Garden Workshare Signup Sheet



NAME: _________________________________________________

ADDRESS: _________________________________________________

PHONE: _________________________________________________

EMAIL: _________________________________________________


TIMEBLOCK AVAILABLE:

FIRST CHOICE: ___________________________________________

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Sustainable Shenandoah Stanley Garden CSA Agreement and Guidelines

To enroll in our CSA, please complete this form and mail it along with your check to our mailing address below. Please review the CSA Guidelines on page two and retain a copy for your records. Payment for the 2010 CSA is due in full by May 1, 2010.

Make checks payable to: Sustainable Shenandoah

Mail completed agreement to:

Sustainable Shenandoah
143 Lakewood Road
Luray, VA 22835

NAME: _______________________________________________

ADDRESS: _______________________________________________

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PHONE: _______________________________________________

EMAIL: _______________________________________________



I would like to enroll in:


_________ Full Share - $600. Weekly bushel of vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers for 18 weeks running approximately June 1 – October 15, 2010.


__________ Half Share - $300. Weekly half bushel.

Pickup at the Stanley Garden every TUESDAY between 5 and 8PM. ADVANCE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PICKUP AT THE FARMER’S MARKET ON SATURDAYS ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 540-244-7164.

I understand that my payment is nonrefundable. I have read and understand the attached CSA Guidelines.


Signature Date


STANLEY GARDEN CSA GUIDELINES

1. The duration of our CSA is 18 weeks. The exact start date is weather dependent but is expected to be the first week of June. We will notify you via email and telephone of the exact start date. Once the CSA begins, weekly pickups will continue for 18 consecutive weeks. In addition to our 18 week CSA, we expect to be able to offer a Fall CSA share for another 6 weeks, which will again be weather dependent.

2. Payment for the 18 week CSA is due by May 1, 2010.


3. Pickup day is TUESDAYS between 5 and 8PM at the Garden in Stanley (646 Shuler Lane, Stanley, VA.) If you miss Tuesday call us no later than Thursday of the same week and we will arrange to have your share available for pickup at the Saturday Farmer’s Market. If you miss that, it will be donated to Page One.

4. Vacation policy: one per 18 week season. With prior notification, we will give you two shares the week BEFORE your vacation, or two shares AFTER you return.


5. All shares not picked up either every Tuesday, or, with prior arrangement, Saturday at the Farmer’s market, will be donated to Page One.

6. You are responsible for returning your produce box(es) each week. Half shares will be packaged in one half bushel produce box, and full shares will receive two. When you pick up your weekly share, please remember to return the boxes from the previous week.


7. Produce Quantity: We package all CSA shares in the same size box and with the same quantity of produce. On most weeks, we will have additional produce available to you that you can swap out if you don’t like something in the box. Additional items will be available for purchase if you would like some for canning or a special event. Our retail prices will be competitive with organic produce prices, and we will do bulk pricing if you let us know in advance.

8. Your CSA share includes vegetables, herbs, and cut flowers only. We will have plenty of melons and pumpkins as the season progresses for an extra charge (they take up too much room in the bushel boxes) and will let you know availability and pricing via email and on our blog. You can order them ahead of your scheduled pickup and we will have them ready with your regular CSA share. Exact change is VERY appreciated.



Please feel free to call Susan Guest on 540-244-7164 if you have any questions!! Thank you!!