Yes, we still have some Cool Beans shares available. If possible we’ll post a note when it gets down to the wire, but memberships tend to arrive in clumps, so no guarantees! All pickups are on Tuesdays for 2011. For locations, please click on the links at the top of the page, which have more [...]
(If you’re here for the first time and need an overview of the CSA, please check the top of the page for links to our basic information.) Your farmers are hard at work, even though the ground is frozen and there’s snow cover. January is our time to plan, to look back sadly at mistakes, [...]
Continue reading about This will apparently not be the year for moderation.
Here’s a quick overview of the plans for the meat CSA, which Judi and Tom will be operating from Yeehaw Farm, one of the two farms in the Cool Beans vegetable CSA. They’ll have a website focusing solely on that program shortly, and at that point, we’ll simply have a link here to connect to [...]
Well, goodness, that was an awfully short break! Just planted the garlic for 2011, and it’s time to be thinking about next year’s season. Judi and I have to meet later this week to work out some details, but from an organizational standpoint, our second year is far, far ahead of last year. Here’s what [...]
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How is this possible? While individual days – particularly the 95 degree humid ones, or the cold and rainy ones – might have lasted twice as long as any respectable day should, the whole season seems to have gone by quickly. We’re packing in paper bags this week, so hopefully no one will have a [...]
By now everyone’s received an invitation to the Harvest Party at Judi’s farm. Judi and I come from very different backgrounds, and I think there are a few things that you need to know before you come to the party, things that are so a part of Judi’s daily life that she wouldn’t have thought [...]
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Yes, just in time for cold weather. Nothing says fall like a nice icy cold watermelon, and I’ve got to warn you, these are big ones. Next year, maybe we can hurry them up with a plastic hoop cover. You can freeze watermelon chunks, and you can mix watermelon juice with lemonade, or……well, I’d suggest [...]
It’s been a rough week – Judi’s father had a horrific accident at the farm and is hospitalized with many broken bones, a punctured lung……and many more problems. Your basket reflects the week’s chaos, since it was prepared by one person instead of two. Translation: you’re rinsing your own lettuce, because I ran out of [...]
The apples in your basket this week are Ginger Golds – a good eating apple. At first glance you might think they’re Granny Smiths, but these are much sweeter and not quite as firm. It’s looking like the year of the pepper for Cool Beans. You can easily marinate peppers in oil and vinegar – [...]
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The tomatoes are nice, and the potatoes are great, but the real star this week is the fruit in your basket. The pears are from Judi’s farm, and the peaches are from Beechwood Farms, a new vendor at our Carlisle market. We try to grow all of our own produce, but in some cases, especially [...]