What’s In for Pick Your Own for CSA Members
Members with delivered shares who aren’t able to collect pyo regularly can pick double the limits
Herbs – take a handful of each. Cilantro, Dill, Oregano, Peppermint, Sage, Spearmint, Thyme, Winter Savory, Parsley (Curly and Flat), Zaatar Oregano
Basil – Sweet, Thai and Tulsi/Sacred. Please pick so more will grow, take a handful of each
Edible Flowers/Tea Herbs – take a handful: Calendula (medicinal), Pansies, Moldavian dragonhead
Early and Main season Flowers – Pick a bouquet! Please the plants with clippers, leaving plenty of growth for more flowers to come. Snapdragons, Bachelor’s Buttons, Larkspur, Calendula, Love in a Mist, Cosmos, Verbena, Phlox, Ageratum, Bupleurum, Zinnias and more!
Raspberries – Half pint per share while they last. The last row and a half next to the distribution tent has the later variety and there are also ripe raspberries past the barn, through the gate and past the compost piles. Please be careful not to step in woodchuck holes.
Okra – On black plastic near cherry tomato caterpillar. Take a big handful! Use clippers to clip the fruit that are starting to form at the base of the plant. Fruit should be 2-3 inches long. Plants are spiny and can cause itching so use long sleaves or take care to not brush your arms against the plant.
Green, Wax and Purple Beans – One quart small shares and two quarts for standard shares. Pick beans when they are 5-6 inches long. If they are bumpy they are overmature.
Hot peppers – Just starting – take a few – shishito, jalapeno, serrano, cayenne, habanero, hot cherry, and thai hots – see signs in row labeling each variety.
Cherry tomatoes – Just a few at the bottoms of the plants – take a handful while they last. We’ll have more soon.
Pick-Your-Own crops are included as part of your share! They are available to pick any day of the week during daylight hours. Check the box to the left to see what is available. When you come to the farm, you can check the picking locations and weekly limits on the brown-and-yellow sign near the distribution tent. Containers and clippers are provided, though you may bring your own if you wish.
Each year we offer an abundance of Pick-Your-Own (PYO) crops at the farm. Most of your share will be harvested and washed for you to pick up at the farm or in your delivered box. However, shares also include PYO crops to give farm members the opportunity to get out in the field and pick items like flowers, beans, peas, herbs, and more.
Whether you pick up your share here at the farm or have a delivered box share, we encourage all members to come and enjoy the farm!
PYO crops will vary with the season.
Here are PYO crops you can enjoy during the season:
- Sugar snap and snow peas
- Green, wax and purple beans
- Raspberries
- Cherry tomatoes
- Tomatillos
- Flowers, an array of fragrant and colorful varieties
- Basil, Sweet, thai and sacred
- Dill and Cilantro
- Parsley
- Perennial herbs: Oregano, Thyme, Sage, Chives, Peppermint and more
- Hot Peppers
- Edible flowers
- Edamame (edible soybeans)