We have finally had some warmer weather over the past few days, which has improved our asparagus harvest, allowing us to offer ordering starting today at 2pm for pick-ups Tuesday after 2pm. This week, we plan to have pick-ups slots available Tuesday-Friday 2pm - 6pm and Saturday 11am - 3pm, with ordering for each pick-up opening at 2pm the day before. Things do sometimes change based on the weather (as they did last week), but we will try to send out an email and post to the blog if we have to close the shop for one of the days due to low inventory.
The farm store is open to all for credit card purchases. In addition, this week CSA members may also start using their Barrett’s Bucks to shop online. Please remember that most of you have $25 balances when you are filling your cart. Please check back in your confirmation email from Melissa if you are unsure about your starting balance (if you are a CSA member and your email doesn’t specify that you added additional Bucks then you started with $25 total for your membership, folks who are sharing please coordinate). We currently don’t have a way to split payments online between Bucks and credit card, so if your purchase is more than your Bucks credit, you will need to split your order and place your Bucks and credit card purchases separately.
Here’s the link to the shop: https://openfoodnetwork.net/barrett-s-mill-farm/shop#/shop
Remember to select a pick-up time in order to begin shopping. Also, when an item sells out, it disappears from the shop, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we won’t have it again. You can always check back the next order cycle!
What’s available this week:
Asparagus
Mushrooms from Fat Moon in Chelmsford - shiitakes are back, and we also are getting some of the larger mixed variety bags this week (usually oyster and shiitake).
Spinach (for Tuesday pick-up, maybe more to come at the end of the week)
Seedlings - We still have a few heirloom tomato seedlings left, with cherry tomatoes coming either at the end of this week or the beginning of this one. We also have parsley and some thyme seedlings this week, and a new batch of basil seedlings that will likely be ready at the end of the week.
Tulips (Tuesday only - this is the last of them and there is a very limited amount for Tuesday)
Microgreens (Wednesday and Thursday)