First CSA Harvest!

Well, the day has finally come! Our first CSA harvest will be tomorrow, June 20th. We will be harvesting basil, lettuce, bok choy, radishes, chard, and herbs for you all. Please make your way on up to the garden to see our progress, and to pick up your box between 4 and 7 pm.

Our garden beds are all finally fully planted, thanks to the hard work of our stellar crew:

From top left: Emily, Montana, Tyler, Molly, Wendy, and Melisse

This week brings transition to the NOLS Farm as Wendy has moved on-- taking some well deserved time off to enjoy the Alaskan summer. Also, we have a new member of our crew, Rebeca, who has been with us for 5 days now, and will continue to help us for the rest of the season.

Here are some shots of the PLANTS!

Our greenhouse plants are finally getting big!

Some of the bok choy in our greenhouse.

Our newest plot where the peas and beans live...finally growing tall enough to meet their trellises soon.

And here's a picture of our main fields, finally all planted.

  In other areas of the farm, we have expanded our family to include 30 little chicks that we will raise for meat for the students and staff at the NOLS Alaska kitchen...

and 5 happy pigs who are helping us out by eating some of our food scraps! We are selling pig shares, so if you're interested in purchasing a whole or half pig in September/October, contact Melisse for more information.

We are so excited to meet everyone, and hope that you'll have a little time to hang out and see what's happening on the farm tomorrow.

In your boxes you'll find:

lettuce

radishes

basil

herbs

chard/kale mix

bok choy

Since it's still pretty recent since we've put the majority of our plants in the ground, your boxes will be smaller these first few weeks. But never fear, soon enough we will be up to our knees in veggies! We will post some recipes on the blog, so be on the lookout for them under the recipe tab.

Thanks and see you soon!

The NOLS Garden Crew