Greetings from Dancing Hen Farm!
This is Week 20, the final week of our 2018 CSA. Week 20 boxes will be delivered tomorrow, November
6th. Week 20 is not an egg week. After this week's delivery, we will be
transitioning to our winter buying club.
It seems only fitting that we started and now end our 2018
season with a very wet harvest and pack.
And what better way to end our season but with a word of thanks.
First "Thank You" to all our farm helpers. These individuals show up no matter the weather
or the task and give us their all to keep our farm going and our CSA boxes
filled. So Thank You, Phil, Annie,
Stacy, Lori, Ken, Nancy and Joyce.
Here is to each of these workers:
As you know from last week's newsletter, Phil works Mondays
in our pack house and also helps at market and helps with deliveries. Annie is a long time friend of both Farmer
Don's and mine. Annie has been our
"jack of all trades" this season.
Each week she and her Golden Retriever companion, Bella, spend a night
or two sleeping on our floor and working on farm. Annie faithfully works, harvesting, packing
and diligently completing any task Farmer Don finds for her to do, even when he
hides the tools. Stacy is one of our
work share workers and is our ace chicken catcher. When not catching chickens, Stacy can be
found harvesting and tending our field crops.
Lori works "second shift" here on farm. She arrives late in the afternoon on Monday
and works into the night packing CSA boxes for Tuesday's deliveries. Ken is another work share and worked early
season. When not weed wacking, Ken can
be found preparing and planting fields. Nancy
is our delivery driver. She arrives
early Tuesday morning and she and Phil spend the day distributing boxes to our CSA
members. Nancy also does flower bouquets
for sale at our farm markets. Joyce is a
true friend of the farm, volunteering most every Monday to help with
harvest. She works through the bugs and
the heat, without complaint, even when Farmer Don assigns her scallions to
harvest each week.
I also want to thank our site hosts. These individuals voluntarily offer us space
in their businesses or homes for our use.
These drops sites are integral in getting CSA boxes to our customers. So, thank you to Chris and Meredith,
Stephanie, Bloom Naturally, Guy, The Whole Life Center for Health, Gwen,
Crestwood Pharmacy, and Balance
Yoga.
If you see any of these individuals, please thank them for
all of their hard work.
I also want to, again, thank each of you. Thank you for your support of our small
family farm. Thank you for your support
of the local economy and local sustainable agriculture. Without you, our members and friends of the
farm, we would not be able to what we do.
Now some logistics for this final week and our upcoming
buying club deliveries.
Boxes. Please return
your boxes to your pick up site. Farmer
Don will be out and about to pick the final boxes up once the season is
over.
Buying Club: We will
be delivering buying club orders this weekend.
Buying club ordering opens Tuesday morning and ends Thursday
morning. We will have 2018 Apple Orchard
Pork and pastured chicken available. We
will also have a limited supply of eggs, greens and storage crops
available. To participate in this buying
club you will need to "purchase" a free buying club membership. Please note there will be a delay in purchasing
a membership and when you can place orders, as your account will need to be
activated. Watch for a separate email to
buying club members detailing this week's ordering. If you have questions concerning the buying
club, please do not hesitate to contact us at the farm.
As summer fades into fall and fall fades into winter, so
does our 2018 season fade away. Time for
rest, reflection and rejuvenation.
"and we bid you, goodnight, goodnight, goodnight.
