You sign up in winter
Shares are committed before anything is sown, which is what lets us buy seed against a real number instead of enthusiasm.
Flock & FurrowThe CSA
A share is a standing order for whatever the farm managed that week. You do not choose from a list. You get what is ready, which is either the charm of the thing or the drawback, depending on how you feel about turnips in June.
How it works
Shares are committed before anything is sown, which is what lets us buy seed against a real number instead of enthusiasm.
Eighteen weeks, planned bed by bed before the first seed goes in. The plan is genuinely good. Weather, slugs and our own inexperience all get a vote.
One box a week, with a note on what is in it, what is coming, and what quietly failed. There is usually something in the third category.
In the box
The plan says salad and cooking greens every week from late May, roots and alliums building through June, then tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, squash and corn from midsummer. Duck eggs when there are enough to go round. Shiitake if the logs cooperate, which is not guaranteed and is entirely out of our hands.

Next season
No payment and no commitment. It is a list of people to write to first when shares open again. One email, and you are welcome to ignore it.
Curious what a box actually looks like first? See past weeks in the box journal — no sign-in required.