First Springdale Farm Newsletter

Dear Subscribers,

Again, welcome to the 2008 season!

The first pick-up will be tomorrow Friday, June 13th. Thereafter we will be delivering every week until late October, when we switch to biweekly deliveries. (With the amount of rain we've gotten the last few days, our planting schedule has indeed been altered, but we'll let you know if there are any changes to the later delivery schedule.)

In tomorrow's box you will find lots of spinach, lettuce, and cilantro. A couple of plantings of spinach were simultaneously ready, so you'll be receiving a lot. The lettuce got pretty trashed from the driving rain yesterday, unfortunately, but it seems that there were still enough half-decent leaves to have made it worth our while to harvest it for you.

Next week, in addition to spinach (probably) and lettuce, there should be some cilantro and perhaps some scallions and mushrooms. The maple syrup from the Drewry's will be coming soon as well. (We are not sure exactly when it will come, since one member of the Drewry family has been in the hospital recently.)

In a couple of weeks, the peas, strawberries, scallions, garlic scapes, etc. will be coming. Then after that some zucchini and cucumbers.

Bread and Eggs coming NEXT week! For those of you who ordered eggs, and/or Bread Option #1 (whole grain), they will be at the pick-up site for you next Friday, June 20th. They will be delivered every other week. The week after that, on June 27th, we will be delivering Bread Option #2 (white flour w/herbs), which we will also be delivering every other week. Bread Option #2 will always alternate weeks with the eggs and Option #1. If you can't remember which one you ordered, just look on the check-off sheet next to your name.

We'll be sending you an e-mail newletter every week this season, updating you on what is in the current and forthcoming boxes, sharing a recipe or serving suggestion, informing you of things happening at the farm, as well as letting you know the availablity of our meat chickens or other items. If you have anything you would like to contribute (whether a favorite recipe, a burning issue, or questions for your farmers), we welcome your additions. The rest of this first newsletter contains important information regarding picking up your box. If, especially for the newcomers, you have any questions at all about picking up your box, or finding your pick-up site, do contact us, we'd be happy to answer all your questions so that these deliveries can go smoothly!

Below is a list of the pick-up sites, times to pick up your box, and the phone number of the pick-up site host in case you need to contact them. If you cannot remember which pick-up site you signed up for just send us an e-mail!

FRIDAYS STARTING JUNE 13th PICK-UP TIMES PHONE

Springdale Farm, W7065 Silver Spring Ln., Plymouth 11:00 - 7:00pm (920) 892-4856

Marcia Kaminski¹s, 832 6th Ave, Grafton 11:00 - 7:00pm (262) 377-8406

The Check's, 5020 N. Idlewild Ave., Whitefish Bay (in garage in back) 12:00 - 6:00pm (414) 962-9958 or (414) 305-8170

The Flaherty's, 2500 E. Newton Ave., Shorewood 2:00 - 6:00pm (414) 332-3361

Sylvan Studio, 1169 N. 62nd St., Wauwatosa 2:00 - 6:00pm
This is our pickup location.

Milk 'N Honey, 10948 W. Capitol Dr., Milwaukee 3:00 - 7:00pm (414) 535-0203

Total Health, N81 W15062 Appleton Ave. Meno. Falls 3:00 - 7:00pm (262) 251-8543


GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR PICKING UP YOUR BOX
Come to your pick-up site within the time frame listed above. If, for an exceptional reason, you cannot make it that day, then, if applicable, you can call your pick-up site host before the end of the pick-up time period, and they probably will keep it for you until the following day (unless they¹re on vacation). However, they are under NO obligation to do so, and if they do not hear from you, they will find another home for your box at the end of the allotted time. Whether a business or an individual's residence, your pick-up site has been generous in volunteering to provide space for our boxes. Please treat them with the appropriate courtesy and respect! Do not call any pick-up site after 9:00 pm. Thank you!

Be sure to take the correct box, and the correct amount of eggs and/or bread if you ordered them. The half share boxes are always smaller than the full share boxes. A list telling you what size share you have will always be posted, including the amount of eggs and bread that each ordered. The eggs will be found in the coolers and your bread will be in big plastic containers at your pick-up site.

Check off your name on the list. This is a great way for us to make sure that everyone has picked up their box. If you miss the first week or two, your pick-up site may call you to remind you, but they won't be doing that regularly.

Bring your old box and any egg cartons or other containers (but not plastic bags) that we give you along with you the following week to be reused. Please do not bring other containers that you may get from other stores. UNFOLD the box first, so it will be easier for the pick-up site to store the boxes. Try not to demolish the box when unfolding it! Stack it neatly, in the appropriate pile.

Make use of the Exchange Box: At all of the pick-up sites, and for most of the year (though perhaps not in the first few deliveries) there will be an Exchange Box at your pick-up site with assorted extras, or seconds, and/or less common and less popular vegetables. If you see something in the Exchange Box that you would like, you may take it, keeping in mind that others might also enjoy things in there as well. If there is something in your box that you would not use, you may donate that into the Exchange Box.

We look forward to a great season, and to sharing our produce with both new and old subscribers!

Peter Seely & Family

Springdale Farm
W7065 Silver Spring Ln.
Plymouth, WI 53073
(920) 892-4856