Hillside Community Garden (CSA)

CSA

The term CSA refers to Community Supported Agriculture. It is a system in which members sign up and pay a fee early in the year to a farmer, who in turn supplies the members with a weekly supply of fresh produce. Usually this community is concerned about food quality and where and how their food is grown.

We have a fairly limited CSA at this point as we develop our soil and our growing practices. Our CSA began in 2006 with only 5 members and grew to 12 members in 2007. We are aniticipating remaining between 12 and 16 members for the immediate future.

Below is the list of much of what we're planning to grow for the 2010 CSA:

Arugula - a fast growing salad crop

Beans - green beans

Beets

Broccoli

Cabbage

Carrots

Chard

Cucumber

Eggplant

Kohlrabi

Lettuce - 10-12 leafy and colorful varieties

Peas - the small snow pea variety

Peppers - Bells, Sweet Banana, Chili, Jalepeno, and other varieties

Potatoes - Red Norland, Yellow Yukon and White Russets

Pumpkins and Winter Squash varieties

Radishes

Rutabaga

Spinach

Sweet Corn

Tomatoes - A variety of different heirloom and hybrids

Turnips

Zucchini and Summer Squash

Our 2010 vegetable shares will be $250.

We are also offering additional options to the vegetable CSA:

1. Fresh eggs from free-range hens - 20 dozen (1/week) add $50 or pay $2.50 a dozen and we'll include them in your share when you need them.

2. Whole chicken - 5 broilers raised on green pasture - add $50 or order them for $10 each. These chickens will average 6-8 pounds.

3. Thanksgiving heritage turkey - 1 turkey rasied on pasture - add $75