July 11th, 2011 Newsletter
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CSA & Fan of the Farm Newsletter |
July11, 2011 |
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By Friday the week prior to your time away, use this link to send your
Be apart of our facebook community on line for regular u-pick updates throughout the week; and for recipe sharing.
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Fun Food Fact
Blackberries-
Blackberries have a unique structure that adds to their nutritional value. It is an "aggregate fruit" composed of many druplets each like a tiny berry with 1 seed all surrounding a firm core called the "recepticle". Each drupet adds more skin, seeds and pectin for a super dietary fiber boost.
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Fan News
This is a GREAT week for blackberry picking and to test our your recipies for the Dessert Competition during our Bluemont BBQ Bash on Saturday, July 30th.
Members are welcome to compete in this competition and we are accepting applications now! Apply today!
Blackberries are $2.99/lb.
HAY RIDE SCHEDULE
1st hayride leaves at 9:15
The following is the standing schedule:
TOP of every hour
10:00
11:00
NOON
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
LAST hayride leaves promptly at 5:00.
If you are NOT on the hayride when it leaves, you will have to wait until the top of the next hour.
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Farm Hours
Open Daily 9am-6pm
Regular Guest Admission
$8/Child & $10/ Adult
Bluemont BBQ Bash is 7/30/11
Admission
$10/Child & $12/ Adult
Children 2 & Under and guests with Military IDs are Free.
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| Jumping Pillow Update: We are making plans for installation this week for the replacement Jumping Pillow and if all goes as expected we hope to have it back in action by this weekend! Be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates throughout the week and the official re-opening announcement! |
A word from the Farmer~
With the incredibly wet spring, we were not sure if we would ever get our corn planted this season. We did and it is doing well but running a bit later than we had planned. We are excited to have secured some local sweet corn from a few of our farming friends for this week's boxes. We hope you enjoy this treat!
The blackberries are coming on strongly with all the heat and the crop is looking great! Come on out to pick and enjoy a day in the blackberry patch. We expect the crop to peak next week so bonus amounts should climb as well.
Bounty and Blessings,
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At the Farm and On the Road~
Week 7~ CSA boxes include:
- Sweet CornYellow Plums
- Peaches
- Summer Squash
- This week's potted herb: Purple Basil
UPick bonus for 7/12-7/18~ BRING Clippers!!
1 pint of blackberries / half share; 2/pints/full share
 6 stems mint/half share
1 sunflower/half share plus 4 flowers from the demo garden. We have cosmos, zinnias and bachelor's buttons for cutting.
~ Please bring some siccors or clippers for the herbs and flower cutting. Unfortunately, most of our loaners have walked away.
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Recipe of the Week:
Grilled Corn on the Cob
Soak the ears of corn in a cold water bath to wet the husks. This will help to steam the corn as it cooks in the husks. Pre-heat the grill or prepare charcoal. Grill unshucked cobs for about 20 minutes or until tender. Peel back the husks, remove the silks and enjoy!
There are tons of variations for grilling corn and here is a link to several options via the Food Network including Bacon Wrapped, Garlic Butter & Lime, and BBQ Butter options. Enjoy and be sure to share your favorites via our facebook page.
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Vacation Requests Just Got Easier!
We have activated the login function of our website for members to send vacation requests and feedback. An email was sent last week with your user name and password to login. If you haven't received your user name and password, or have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email us via
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If you haven't made this month's CSA or Fan membership payments yet, please contact us so we can bring your account current.
To make a payment at any time, visit our payment page. We are processing online payments via paypal so you will be asked to enter your information with each payment so we can link it back to your account in our system. Having trouble paying online? Simply call the farm office and we can help process your payment over the phone.
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