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Drumlin Farm CSA - Summer Share

The 2009 Summer CSA is sold out. Please email mcelona@massaudubon.org to be put on the waitlist for Summer 2010.

Summer CSA 2008- In Review The 2008 Summer CSA at Drumlin was a wonderful and abundant season. Heavy rainfall during the summer led to huge harvests of eggplant, gorgeous greens, and colorful peppers. Our tomatoes were slowed a little by the rains, but once they started they were glorious- red, yellow, rainbow, green, purple, black and even white! CSA members enjoyed many weeks of pick-your-own cherry tomatoes (the favorite, as usual, were the orange sungolds), string beans, peas, strawberries, and raspberries. We also encouraged picking in our perennial herb garden. This coming season we will be labeling our herbs and extending our perennial flower garden. Members were also excited by the multi-colored and delicious cauliflower- bright green, yellow and purple. Most people are accustomed to the boring and bland white supermarket cauliflower, so ours was a pleasant surprise! We sent out a weekly newsletter with recipes for folks and info about the veggies they were receiving. Our work-share members helped us with projects that included weeding, laying down straw mulch, trellising the tomatoes (in the rain!), and planting basil. Thanks to all of our members, we look forward to our next summer season with you.

Our farming brochure* provides more detail about the Drumlin Crops operation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why would I join the CSA when I can already buy veggies at your farm stand?
Agree to give us 8 hours of work assistance and we'll take $50 off the price of your share. While picking the string beans, snap peas, or cherry tomatoes you'll be eating that night, you can teach your family the work that goes into producing the food we eat. The work commitment will also give you the chance to meet like-minded people from our community.

Drumlin Summer CSA Harvest Guide

What kind of vegetables will I get, and in what quantity?
At Drumlin Farm, we grow most of the vegetables you find at the supermarket, but in an array of interesting varieties that are sure to please your taste buds. In early to mid-June, shares begin as a shopping bag's worth of spinach, lettuce, strawberries and radishes; by late July and August, shares swell to at least two bag's worth of potatoes, onions, beets, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, melons and more. The harvest peaks in early September, but as fall arrives, you still have raspberries and winter squash to look forward to. We don't use any chemical pesticides or fertilizers on our crops. Instead, we build soil and plant health by applying compost and by growing and incorporating cover crops.

How much does a share cost?
A share costs $575, or $525 if you agree to give us 8 hours of work in the fields. Shares are designed to feed two adults and two children. If you are a single adult and would like to split a share with another person, you are welcome to find that person and do that.

When do I pick-up my veggies?
Veggie pick-ups are on Wednesdays between eleven and five.

If I live near Boston and can't drive to Lincoln each week, how can I still be a part of the Drumlin Farm CSA?
Visit the Re-Vision house website to find out how you can receive bags of Drumlin Farm produce in your neighborhood. We deliver to Central and Porter Square in Cambridge, and to locations in J.P., Dorchester and Quincy.

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