Arcadia Valley Farms CSA

If you are interested in joining our CSA, please email me at (roxann at arcadiadm dot com) to be placed on the mailing list. When it is time to harvest, I will send out an email to everyone with date/time/location/pricing details. Eventually, this will merge into a more traditional CSA, but until I become more experienced at gardening, we will take it one day at a time.

Here's what is on the schedule for spring 2008 planting:

PURPLE OF ROMAGNA (Artichokes)

Rattlesnake POLE (Snap beans)

Butterpea Speckled (baby lima bean)

Bull's Blood (Beet)

Perfection Drumhead Savoy (Cabbage)

Lady Finger (Baby carrot)

Early Golden Bantam (Corn)

MARKETMORE 76 (Cucumber)
70 days. Dark green, 8”-9” fruit; great slicer! Good yields! Excellent flavor.

Longhorn (Okra)
An heirloom from my husband's Uncle Aubrey Lillie who passed away last year. We hope these seeds grow on as a testiment to Uncle Aubrey's gardening skills. Uncle Aubrey and Aunt Audrey always grew a great garden!

WHITE SCALLOP (Summer Squash)
A very ancient native American heirloom squash.

TABLE GOLD ACORN (Winter squash)
(C. pepo) Beautiful, glowing gold, acorn-shaped fruit are perfect for fall displays. Nutty-flavored yellow flesh, compact bush plants produce 1 1/2-lb fruit. Pick this one young and sell as a specialty summer squash, as they are tender and delicious!

BLUE HUBBARD (Winter squash)
(C. maxima) Huge, teardrop-shaped fruit weigh 15-40 lbs and have sweet, fine-grained, golden flesh. Great for baking, pies, and soup. The hard, blue-gray shell helps these keep for long periods in storage. Gregory Seed Company introduced this fine New England variety in 1909, and Mr. Gregory considered this his best introduction.

Kentucky Beefstake (Tomato)
A delicious orange slicing tomato, the best I've ever tasted. Has a sweet flavor with a tart finish.

RED CREOLE (Red Onion)

Texas Early Grano 502 (Yellow Onion)

Green Onions (bunching onion, winter onion)
This onion is an heirloom from my PawPaw Templet down in St.Amant, Louisiana. I always like to have fresh or frozen green onions on hand, they go in everything I cook!

Arugula, from seed I saved off my own plants last year. A nutty and sometimes spicy flavor that goes great with salad.

Mixed salad greens

Garlic (two types: a spicy variety and a mild variety)

Bell Peppers
Green, Yellow and Red, and a mini-variety that will be great for stuffing!

Hach Chili Pepper
This pepper is from Hach, New Mexico. The seeds were given to me by a friend of mine who is from Mexico.

This list will be updated as I get things planted, some varieties may have to be substituted and some things may be left out in favor of other things I might decide to grow instead. If you have any special preferences, please let me know!

Here are the flowers, culinary and medicinal herbs I'm planning to grow this year:

Sunflowers, echinacea, elderberry, yarrow, bee balm, elecampane, parsley, dill, coriander/cilantro, hollyhock, zinnia, basil, sage and oregano.