HOW TO JOIN OUR CSA
WHEN TO JOIN OUR CSA
We understand how difficult it is to think about summer harvests when there is snow on the ground, but wintertime is the time to inquire and join our CSA! We collect email addresses throughout the year to join our "waitlist"-- we invite waitlisters to fill openings in our CSA in mid to late January for the following growing season. The waitlist group is not offered openings in chronological order. We speak to interested folks who inquire from the list and make sure we are a mutually good match. By March we are planting those seeds...so it is great to have our membership all set up early. Having said that...we will continue accepting members until our CSA is full, so inquire at any time, you never know if space may still be available.
Our CSA is a participatory one and this is not for everyone; see below for more on that.
ABOUT US AND CSA SHARES
House in the Woods CSA is a certified organic Community Supported
Agriculture farm just south of Frederick, Maryland. We grow a wide variety
of vegetables, mostly heirloom varieties, and also some herbs and flowers.
We offer for sale products from other farms when possible, such as organic
fruit. Harvest pickups run for 20 weeks from mid May through September, weekly pickup on-farm only, Fridays or Saturdays. We have a
list of vegetables we tend to grow (may vary from this list), listed at What We Grow.
The fee for 2010 $700. Shares are for one household only (no splitting shares, please).
FARM PARTICIPATION
We are a very small CSA that prioritizes the whole farm experience. We are looking for members who want to eat local vegetables seasonally and weekly during our growing season, and to participate in growing it. For this reason, we seek membership that will pick up their vegetable share weekly at the farm, and are interested in helping out on the farm a few times during the season. Some members come to Farm Hands Days, others come at their convenience for more solo worktime. Members, including children, are involved in almost all aspects of the farm. All enjoy the experience and consider the participation a valuable membership perk.
WORKING SHARES AND INTERNSHIPS - Work Shares are currently FULL
All members of our CSA help out on the farm a few times each season, but we also offer a Working Share which is a more intensive responsibility, in exchange for a share of the harvest. A three-hour work day earns a veggie pickup--so that is 20 workdays (60 hours). Work must be done in advance of the veggie pickup, whether it is a previous day, packed into spring planting time, or the few hours of harvest time before the pickup. Inquire within!
ARE WE A GOOD MATCH FOR YOU?
We are a very small CSA that prioritizes the whole farm experience.
For this reason, we seek membership that will:
* Pick up their vegetable share weekly at the farm, on their selected veggie pickup day of either Friday or Saturday, between 12pm-dark. We do not offer off-farm delivery or have any drop-off sites.
* Enjoy to helping out on the farm a few times during the season, and consider the participation a valuable membership perk. Farm Days are fun and a great learning opportunity for adults and children alike. No gardening experience is required.
WE'RE THE FARM FOR YOU IF...
HOW TO JOIN OUR CSA
Email me (Ilene) or call at 301-607-4048. Find out if we have shares available. Ask questions. When you are ready to join, I will email you the Membership Form to complete and mail in with a deposit check or payment in full, your choice. I can hold your spot for a week until your check arrives. We look forward to feeding your family, spirits and tummies alike!