2011 Season, Week Two

May 14, 2011

This week's harvest:
Strawberries
Lettuce
Swiss Chard
Beet with Beet Greens
Radishes
Tatsoi
Arugula - small shares this week
Sage Flowers

This week's farm news:

This week was a week full of strawberries! We harvested berries left and right. We had them in some form for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Strawberry pie, cobbler, and shortcake. Strawberry viniagrette on salads. Strawberries & cream, and just plain ole strawberries by the handful! We froze a bunch, too, and we still couldn't keep up with all of the berries. Rough life, huh? It's been several years since we've had such an abundance of strawberries so we feel pretty blessed. We hope you enjoy them, too.

The crew accomplished an insane amount in the garden this week. They spread over 10 tons of compost, worked up 1.5 acres of ground, cultivated all of the crops that were already in the garden, transplanted lettuce, summer squash, basil, parsley, cucumbers, and our main season tomato crop, and direct seeded yellow bush beans and zucchini. Eric was on the tractor just finishing the ground work for our sweet potato patch as the rain started pouring down on his head. We knew rain was coming and it was finally dry enough after a very wet spring to get some major work done. That's just the way it goes, little windows of opportunity. Always be prepared! Now we can envision very bountiful summer harvests because of this one short window of very serious work. Yeah! The harvests over the next few weeks, though, are probably going to be skimpier than we would like...that's just the way it can go. Especially when the spring was wet and wet and wet! There's a lot of crops in the ground that are so close... Thanks for your patience. There's so much goodness just around the corner!

2011 Season, Week One

May 7, 2011

This week's harvest:
Lettuce (Cracoviensis & Deer Tongue)
Swiss Chard
Strawberries!
Tatsoi
Arugula - medium shares only this week
Radishes
Lemon Balm
Sage with Edible Flowers

This week's farm news:

Well, hello again! Welcome to another season with Bugtussle CSA! This is our tenth season of bringing home-grown goodies to you all in Nashville - some of you folks have been with us for all those years. Wow! What a commitment! Some of you are just beginning your journey with Bugtussle! Thanks for your involvement & we hope you all enjoy the season!

We have two excellent interns with us on the farm currently. One more is due to arrive toward the end of the month. Jesse, who was a shining star for us last year is back for another season! (How did we get so lucky?) A big project for him this year is leading the development of a mid-week CSA pick-up in Gallatin at the new farmer's market there. Then there's Hannah, the sweet & quiet artist. She's originally from a small town in Kentucky but then moved to the big city of Chicago after college. Now she's decided the agrarian lifestyle of Bugtussle suits her more than life in the city. She is a welcome addition to our farm crew...if we can just keep our gregarious children from driving her insane.

The spring weather thus far has been wet, wet, wet. It's pretty challenging to stay on top of things with such short windows of opportunity for working in the garden. When it does dry up, your farmers will be busy!

2010/2011 Winter Share, Basket #6

March 12, 2011 newsletter

This week's basket:
Parsnips
Sweet Potatoes
Swiss Chard
Kale

This week's farm news:

Happy almost spring y'all! It's been a very wet couple of weeks since we were last here. We have had flood after flood after flood - fortunately no major ones though!

Spring seems to be springing just a wee bit early this year. The grass is greening up, daffodils are blooming all over the place, the red maples are in full bloom. However, we are still hesitant to proceed in the gardens as it is is actually spring! Our instincts are telling us that we're going to have at least one more round of cold - winter's last hoorah! So, we've not done much actual work out in the garden yet (plus, it's been too wet to do anything even if we wanted to!) But our greenhouse is quickly filling up with little plants... Lettuce, spinach, broccoli, beets, Swiss chard, even a round of early tomatoes which we're going to experiment with planting in our high tunnel! That should be fun & exciting! Our first intern will be arriving on the farm in just 8 days! So things are rolling right along here. We'll be back with y'all in about a month with lots of eggs and asparagus! Until then, happy spring!

Veggies and eggs this Saturday!

Hello everyone! We are planning on coming to the Nashville Friends Meeting House this Saturday March 12th. For anyone new the address is 530 26th Ave.N. We will be there from 9am-11am. (This is a pay when you come basket and not part of the main season which starts in May.)
Small baskets are just $15 and mediums $25 and no larges available. Here is what we will have: Kale, Swiss Chard, Sweet Potatoes, and Parsnips. This will likely be our last "winter" basket(keep posted about an April "Asparagus" basket.) Please let us know by Friday what size basket you want and any egg order.
Eggs: We have a LOT of eggs so it's time once again for our annual bulk-buying discount. It's time to eat eggs!! $4.50/dz. or 5 or more dozen for $4.00/dz. These are the best quality eggs anywhere around!

Thanks and let us know by(ideally before)Friday what you want,

Eric and the Bugtussle Family

No Saturday delivery

Hello everyone,

With the forecast calling for heavy rain again on Saturday and the fact that we have a lot to do, we have decided to not come with veggies this Saturday the 5th. Sorry to dissappoint! We will aim for the following Sat. the 12th.

You are ALWAYS WELCOME to come directly to the farm to get what you need.

Thanks for understanding and we'll be in touch.

Cher, Eric, and ninos

Veggies and eggs this Saturday!

Hi Y'all,

We're coming to Nashville this Saturday the 19th with veggies and eggs. We'll be at the Nashville Friends Meeting House from 9am-11am.

Veggies will be by the basket, small $23 and medium $36. Here's what we plan on bringing: spinach, kale, swiss chard, parsnips, sweet potatoes. (No butternuts, they froze and rotted in storage...) Please let us know your basket size by Friday.
We have lots of eggs at $4.50/dz. for shareholders and $5/dz. for anyone else.
Please let us know your order by Friday!!!

Thank you,
Eric & Cher

Early Bird Share Discount until February 15

Hello Everyone,

Please find attached this year's share reservation form. We're celebrating our TENTH CSA season this year! Let's all hope for a great year! Remember, if you sign-up before February 15 (with full payment) you receive our discounted early bird prices:
Small shares - $375;
Medium shares - $625;
Large shares - $1175.

Otherwise, our main season prices will remain the same as last year:
S - $400
M - $675
L - $1275

Please join us for our 10th season!

Peace, health and warmth to you all,
Eric, Cher, and the Bugtussle family