The Orchard, April 27th, more leaves and blossoms.
If you are looking for an order form, 
look at the blog from April 15th.
Shadymaplefarmcsa@gmail.com
Lorrie's cell if all else fails, 503-559-8725

Blueberries blooming. Each has the potential
to become a blueberry.

Honey bees from the hive doing what honey bees do.

Bees of all kinds help out. Green blueberry shows where the flower has dropped off.

Teeny, tiny grapes starting,
light colored grapes to follow.

Teeny, tiny grapes starting,
dark grapes to follow.

Yummy asparagus. We have cut it 3 times already.

Lettuce that has been transplanted to the raised beds.

Spinach on the left, arugula on the right.

Onions!

Artichokes are getting tall.

Looks like a good berry year to come.

Silver mulch to keep critters away from
broccoli, cauliflower, and  cabbage.

Rhubarb out in the raised beds.

Zucchini in the greenhouse. The tall skinny stemmed flower you see in the middle is attached to a male flower that won't make a fruit. The female flowers will make fruit.
For stuffing, pick the male flowers and no fruit will be lost.

Slicing cucumbers in the greenhouse.

Greenhouse tomatoes are blooming!

Greenhouse tomatoes reaching up.

Greenhouse cucumbers like to climb.

Oregon State University's newest tomato, Indigo Rose.
It will have purple fruit to match its purple stems.
The fruit is pretty. Very healthy.

Basil in the greenhouse beds. We have already harvested some.

Greenhouse cauliflower peeking out.

The first dahlia blooming in the greenhouse.
We took these potted dahlias inside last October right after Dad died so we could have their flowers at his service.
He loved his dahlias.

Dahlias that haven't been potted up yet
are sprouting from their  tubers.

Chives. Stems and blossoms are edible. So cheery!

Raindrops on Lady's Mantle in the family garden.

The bunny with her wagon in the oregano bed.

Hops love to climb and twine over the trellis.

New rhubarb from seed to be planted out soon.

Peppers in the greenhouse are setting fruit!

Pepper plants in the protective greenhouse. They aren't
getting heat, just protection at night. 

Family work day at The Farm

My very crafty sister, Lisa, designed and crafted this unique quilted banner, just like Dad's many years old stationery.

Orchard, April 14
A beautiful day for a work day on The Farm.

Stretching to the blue sky.

So delicate and pretty.

Come on guys! I want to go
outside and help, too...

Me too, I can pull carrots with the best of  'em.

A close look at a spring
pulled carrot, "see?"

"Looky, my handful of carrots!"  
They both have a snack for lunch time.

More helpers all suited up and ready to
 work on the raspberries.

"Before" help arrives.

Family to the rescue.

This family knows how to work
and get things done.

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"After" so much progress in so little time!

Trimmings headed to the burn pile, the rather large burn pile. More onions that were growing in the greenhouse being planted in the background.

Work break to pick
some posies.

3rd wave of lettuce
being seeded in the
greenhouse.

The girls planting blue and lavender
sweet peas for the cutting bouquets. Dad loved sweet peas. Grew them all over his yard.
Grandpa/Great Grandpa would have
loved to have seen this.

"What is in the box?" you might say.
 "A caterpillar with leaves and twigs, of course."
All tuckered out after a day's work.

The Orchard,  March 24

Blooming trees

Bees doing what bees do.

   Marionberries

Left, blueberries.  Right, grapes.

A beautiful hummer surveying the blueberries

Blueberries getting ready to burst forth              

Asparagus is venturing up.

Purple broccoli, so pretty and delicious.

    

Artichokes love the sunshine.

Just put in the raised beds, Walla Walla Sweets.

Greenhouse activities

A long look down the greenhouse with the roses blooming in their raised bed at the  far end.
Peppers, tomatoes, and other veggies are growing.

Sweet peas stretching up.

Peppers in the foreground, onions from seed to the right.
Begonias for the farm in the background.

Basil, some with true leaves, smell good even now.

Such a gorgeous rose, March 24th picture. Dad planted them in
the greenhouse for  Mom to have roses even in winter. It worked.

Dianthus, makes the entire greenhouse smell spicy.
A wonderful cut flower . A nice surprise this time of year.

Something new this year, celeriac from seed, looking healthy.
Peppers in the background.

        

CSA Order Form – Shady Maple Farm – 2012 

Shadymaplefarmcsa.blogspot.com to view information and pictures

Shadymaplefarmcsa@gmail.com  to communicate information

Lorrie’s Cell: 503-559-8725 when all else fails

Our inaugural season as a CSA

Ken Meier started Shady Maple Farm in 1960 and ran it until his passing in 2011.  We hope to continue our Dad’s love of gardening and good, healthy food through our Shady Maple Farm CSA.  Shady Maple Farm is still the home of a wide variety of fruit trees, berries, and perennial vegetables.  The greenhouses are up and running.  Our first “starts” are in place and more will be seeded.  Transplanting and direct sowing will begin soon.  We hope you will join us in our inaugural season and allow us to continue the Shady Maple Farm tradition:  a wide variety of quality fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers.  Each week you will receive a harvest box filled with the latest bounty from the garden.

Below is a sample of what we intend to grow and provide:

Fruits 

apples (crab, king, Granny Smith, red delicious)

melons (cantaloupe, honeydew, water)

table grapes

      black berries (Marion, Kotata, Sylvan, Siskiyous, Triple Crown, Waldo)

blueberries

raspberries

Vegetables

artichokes

asparagus

beans (green, purple)

beets (red, orange)

broccoli

Brussels sprouts

cabbage

carrots (orange, yellow, purple)

cauliflower

corn (Golden Jubilee, Honey and Cream)

cucumbers (slicing, pickling, lemon)

eggplant

greens (arugula, kale, spinach, Swiss chard)

kohlrabi

lettuce (head, loose leaf, Romaine)

onions (cippolina, Walla Walla Sweets, red, white, yellow)

peas (snap, snow)

peppers (hot, mild, many colored bells)

pumpkins

radishes

squash (acorn, butternut, patty pan – yellow and white, spaghetti, delicata, yellow crookneck, zucchini)

tomatoes (small, medium, large; Heirlooms; red, orange, yellow, green, purple)

Herbs  basils - green and purple, rosemary, oregano

Cut Flowers

Decorative Gourds

All weekly boxes will contain the same items in roughly the same quantities as the harvest provides.  Your first “harvest box” will be available on May 29^th. Your last on September 25^th. That’s 18 weeks of farm fresh goodness.

To join our CSA, please print off the following order form, complete, sign and mail.  Thank you.

Shady Maple Farm CSA - Order Form 2012

Payment Plans: (circle one and initial)

Option 1: $450 if paid in full by May 1^st;

Option 2: $475 - $160 by May 1^st with $315 due by June 1^st.

Option 3: $500 - $200 by May 1^st with $100 due on June 1^st, July 1^st, and August 1^st.

This, our inaugural year, will be limited to 15-20 boxes per week.

If you are interested in quantities for canning, pickling, or freezing, please contact us at the email listed above. We hope to have extra berries, pickling cucs, beans, tomatoes, peppers, grapes, apples and pears.

Our pick up location is Shady Maple Farm –

8005 Portland Road NE, Salem, Or 97305 (northwest corner of Quinaby and Portland Road).

Our weekly pick up time is Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00. We would be happy to discuss other options for pick up, just let us know.

Name:________________________________Email: ______________________________________

Phone: ____________________________________

Is email a good way to contact you? Yes, _____ If no, what works best? _________________________

Address: ___________________________________________ City: _______________________

By signing and returning this form you are committing to your chosen payment option and the terms and conditions of the Shady Maple Farm CSA.  Your signature also commits you to accepting the liability for the well being of yourself and any others that might come on to the property of Shady Maple Farm as well as anyone who consumes the produce, also that you will not hold anyone associated with Shady Maple Farm liable in regard to this well being. You also understand that gardening involves many things outside human control such as but not limited to: weather, disease, critters. Gardening annoyances vary greatly and add challenges to that which mother nature helps us grow. We will do our best to provide you with quality, variety, and abundance in your weekly harvest box from Shady Maple Farm’s garden.

Signature____________________________________________________Date _________________

Please return this form and payment to: Lorrie Sutherland -

2482 Jory Hill Rd. S. Salem, Oregon 97306

Thank you for supporting our new endeavor.