CSA for October 15th Contains: RAINBOW CHARD BAGGED CARROTS RED CHERRY TOMATOES RED BUTTER LETTUCE (or romaine) GREEN BELL PEPPERS CUCUMBERS DILL GREEN BEANS GREEN and/or GOLD ZUCCHINI YELLOW ONIONS BIG BOX ADD: HEIRLOOM TOMATOES, BUNCHED SPINACH, ROMAINE LETTUCE, RED BEETS from FRECKER FARMS, ASIAN PEAR(S) from GARCIA FAMILY FARMS
Yearly Archives: 2014
CSA and JUICE FEAST for OCTOBER 8th
We don’t have a lot of tomatoes here on the farm, so we are picking Roma tomatoes for the share Tuesday morning. We are picking them from our Buellton property tomorrow and I will trek up there to make sure we have tomatoes in our shares this week. Bagged carrots will continue over the next …
CSA and Juice Feast for October 1st
Our new crop of carrots start next week. We should be back to our normal bunches then. We are should have enough tomatoes as well! Alex Frecker, of Frecker Farms is a good friend of ours. He’s worked with Givens farms for over 10 years and we are always happy to support his new farm …
CSA and Juice Feast for September 24th
Having our farm so close to the beach in Goleta has a lot of great advantages. We stay cooler in the hot temperatures and mild all year round. But it also brings in a lot of moisture that makes growing things difficult at times. Our carrot tops have a bad case of mildew and so …
CSA and Juice Feast for September 17th
it has been so hot and dry on the farm. It’s been a struggle to keep up with watering and the bugs are going crazy. That’s why you have not seen spinach, arugula, cauliflower, broccoli and more. We just don’t have a chance at making progress with these crops until it cools down, rains or …
CSA and Juice Feast for September 10th
We’ve added a fruit expansion option to our CSA boxes. We don’t grow a lot of fruit on the farm at the current time, although we’ve planted raspberries and blackberries and have a lot of citrus trees in our future. But maybe you’d like to see a few more lbs of fruit in your share …
CSA and Juice Feast for September 3rd
We are back in school! St. Raphael, Mountain View, Cold Spring Elementary and Westmont to be specific. If you have picked up your CSA box here in the past or want to pick up your share here in the upcoming weeks, please log into your account and change your pick up location. Feel free to …
CSA and Juice Feast for August 27th
A few important things happening in our CSA store. This is our last week selling granola from our local chef. She has a lot going on this year and unfortunately can not provide granola for us anymore. After this week please visit her website at http://cindyshealthycreations.com/ to support her delicious granola. We will be entertaining …
CSA and Juice Feast for August 20th
I wanted to write a short note about sweet corn because I’m getting a lot of inquiries about it. In response to the drought situation we are in we are limiting our corn to a few rows this year. Corn needs a lot of water to grow and we aren’t doing so well with that …
CSA and Juice Feast for August 13th
We started a worm farm for our chickens. Turns out that meal worms actually turn into cool black beetles and both make a very good source of protein. Even though I see all sorts of bugs on the farm (and in my house on the farm), and these ones are especially harmless and can not …