This Week in the Greenhouse

Joe and Jay have been very busy in the green house this week. Pansies were delivered last week and needed to be transplanted. It's amazing how much growth there is in just one week. The picture here shows the pansies that arrived last week (on the left) compared to the pansies that arrived yesterday. The pansies arrive from the grower in a tray that has 512 cells/plants. These are then transplanted into 6 paks that will be available for purchase in mid-May.

Another large project this week is for Joe. He ran out of onions this winter. OH NO! This year he is planting 300,000 seeds. That's about 708 trays of onions to be transplanted on about 1 acre. We all hope that he doesn't run out this year.

We are still accepting applications for this years CSA. We have many options for you to choose from and will deliver FREE to your workplace if you have 5 or more members being delivered.

GET AN APPLICATION HERE!

Wow!! How about that snow? At least 10 inches and it's still falling.

It's very warm in the germination room and this week Anne and Jay are busy grafting tomatoes.

Why do we graft? We do this so that we have the best of our varieties.

These grafts are with plant stock that was started a bout 3 weeks ago. We use Maxifort and Beaufort tomatoes as the bottom, to give a vigorous growth and disease resistance to the top. We use the ever popular Buffalo tomato as the top.

We hope to have these grafted plants in the greenhouse in the ground in about 3 weeks, and tomatoes around the end of May.

We have also started cucumbers to be planted in their own greenhouse and parsley to be planted in the fields when the snow melts.

Don't forget to sign up for this summer's CSA.

2010 CSA Shares

This year we are offering three share levels and two season lengths. You can have flexibility both in price and in your harvest preferences. Choose from 16 weeks of summer crops or a full 24 weeks between June and November.

The economical Senior share (must be over 65) gives you a choice of 5 items each week. The Single share gives you 6 items per week. The Full share lets you haul 10 or 12 different items each week, depending on the harvest.

16 Weeks (summer only)

Full share $350,
Single (6 items) $232,
Senior (5 items) $200

24 Weeks

Full share $495,
Single (6 items) $355,
Senior (5 items) $250

Payment Options

Our 4-payment plan can be arranged for a 5% fee with due dates in 2010 on March 1, April 1, May 1, and June 1.

Please send us your contact information, choice of share level, and your check payable to:

Valley Dream Farm

5901 Pleasant Valley Road,

Cambridge VT 05444

Please enjoy our fresh organic vegetables!
- Anne Tisbert