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We practice sustainability at the farm. Crop rotation, use of drip irrigation and re-using the flower water each week are some of the ways we are being kind to the earth.

We have two harvest boxes available for this coming 2019 season as of May 19th. If interested please email Lorrie at shadymaplefarmcsa@gmail.com and leave me a note. I will send you information. 18 weeks of fresh produce, herbs, berries and tree fruits when they are in season along with a weekly bouquet of beautiful flowers for $500.
We do have just flower subscriptions available.
A Full Flower Share is 18 weeks of gorgeous bouquets for $230 or a Half Share, every other week for a total of 9 weeks of flowers for $115.
Please email Lorrie at shadymaplefarmcsa@gmail.com if you are interested.

Pick up would be on Tuesdays between 4:00 - 6:00 pm at Shady Maple Farm, 8005 Portland Rd. N.E. Salem, Oregon. Our season lasts from May 28 to September 24, 2019.


Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Week 3 A beautiful spring day

Week 3 box contents and two bouquets.

Lemon grass and asparagus across the top.
 I start off each Tuesday taking photos of Lisa's flowers so there will be flower pictures for each week. I don't always get photos of the produce, but man, her flowers!
Here are today's flower photos.





















A Nigella seed pod.







Today's list of goodies.

Getting ready to burn holes into a length of landscape fabric. The wind causes problems so the rock collection grows!

Some of the holes have been burned. This piece of landscape fabric has a wider space for the walkway.

Louise decorating herself with flowers.


Grams organizing the lavender for this week.


Anna and her youngest harvesting parsley.

And then the sun became too bright.

Artichokes on the right, on the left are peas.


Today's box contents contain cherries and blueberries.

It's an herb and greens time of year. Left to right: sage, kale, mint, lavender, beet (greens), sorrel, coriander, lettuce and green onions.

Guess what this is???


Lettuce soaking in the cool water.


The melon patch is being planted through olive green plastic with drip tape underneath. They produce more when green plastic mulch is used.

Florencio uses a clam gun to make holes through the plastic. He has to watch out for the drip tape underneath. Laying the plastic with the drip tape underneath with our machinery and then planting manually is all very labor intensive. Melons love heat and this helps us produce watermelon and cantaloupe here in Salem. He is taking a well deserved break.

See you next time on the blog.
Lorrie