What’s In for Pick Your Own for CSA Members
Pick your own is open every day. You can come anytime during daylight hours. It’s better not to come Sat 9-noon or Tues 2-6:30 if it’s not your CSA pick up time because parking can be tight and some things may be picked out by the end.
Picking limits are per week that you have a CSA share. If we have a surplus you are welcome to ask us to pick more for an additional fee.
Members with delivered shares can pick twice the limits if they don’t make it to the pick your own area every week that they have a CSA box.
Take a handful of each herb as desired:
Basil, Shiso: Please clip short sprigs so that there are plenty of regrowth points below. Sweet, thai and sacred basil varieties available. Pick shiso leaves from the top section of the plant, leaving a good number of leaves below so the plant will grow again.
Cilantro, Dill – walk down the bed to the shorter plants, the ones at the front are bolted and some have dill flowers that you are welcome to pick
Mexican mint marigold: use like tarragon, pick high so more will grow
Parsley – Curly and Flat
Perennial Herbs: Oregano, Thyme, Spearmint, Peppermint, Sage, Winter Savory
Edible flowers and tea herbs: take a handful of each: pansies, calendula flowers, chamomile flowers, sacred basil, lemon balm, anise hyssop
Cut flowers: Pick a bouquet! Lots of flowers in the early patch and a few starting in the main season patch. Please use clippers and pick so that more flowers will grow. Calendula, Cynoglossum, Bachelors Buttons, Snapdragons, Larkspur, Cosmos, Zinnias, phlox and more flowers coming soon!
Peas: Maybe a few left for gleaning
Raspberries: 1/2 pint per small share, 1 pint per standard share, 1.5 pints per large share (on farm size only)
Blueberries: We have some minimally managed blueberry bushes on the hillside south of the barn. You are welcome to try to pick up to a half pint this week as they last. The darkest berries are the sweetest, if they have pink bases they will be tart.
Green beans: Just starting! Pick a few big handfuls.
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)