Winter CSA?

Members: Do you want a Winter CSA in Briarwood?

The farm would be Garden of Eve.
Pickups would be once a month, starting in December and going through May. Six Pickups.
We would probably use the same site or one very close by.
Pickup times may be short---one hour perhaps. Items would be bagged.
The webstore will run in Winter.

Let's start thinking and talking about this.

Honey & Holidays

Zina and I were talking about the two honeys available for purchase from the Garden of Eve webstore and she told me how she gives gifts of honey for the holidays. She agreed to write a piece for us.Thx, Zina --Kevin

Honey and the Jewish Holidays

Rosh Hashanah is the time of rejoicing and introspection, and is the Jewish New Year.  A specific holiday tradition is eating apples and honey.  We dip apples into honey to represent our wishes for a sweet  New Year.

We celebrate the High Holidays beginning with Rosh Hashanah followed by Yom Kippur -a day of fasting and atonement -followed by Sukkot – celebration the dwelling of Israelites in huts during their 40 years in the desert.  Gratitude, appreciation and rejoicing are major themes of the holiday.  Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are the culmination of the High Holidays.

Please enjoy the HONEY available from Garden of Eden Farms - a very appropriate gift to anyone’s celebrating the holidays. !!!

Rosh Hashanah starts sunset 9/29, ends nightfall 10/1

Yom Kippur starts sunset 10/8, ends nightfall 10/9

Sukkot starts sunset 10/13, ends  nightfall 10/20

Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah starts sunset 10/20 and ends nightfall 10/22

Autumn Gathering 2019

photo credit: Zina

What a time we had---the first social event of our first CSA season! 

Members were invited to Zina's for food and fun. We had all that and more.

photo credit: Nazneen

Thx to all who showed up, who made a dish, 

or who donated items from the farm.

photo credit: Zina

photo credit: Zina

photo credit: Zina

photo credit: Nazneen

Community

What We Got 9/22

VEGETABLE SHARE: Cherry Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Corn, Lettuce, Garlic, Arugula,  Winter Squash, Mixed green/purple/romano/yellow string beans, Bok Choi,

FRUIT SHARE: Plums AND melon;

EGG SHARE: ONE FULL dozen pastured eggs from our flock.

FLOWER SHARE DONE FOR THE THE SEASON!

BREAD SHARE: Bread share TBD

CHEESE SHARE: Chaseholm Farm Creamery and/or Ithaca Milk cheeses

MEAT SHARE: Whole chicken AND ground beef AND pork roast/ham/other item

BEER SHARE: Beer share TBD

No Pick Up This Week

Note: Briarwood CSA is a biweekly CSA so we do NOT have a pickup on Sunday, September15. Members can pick up NEXT Sunday at the library/subway.

If you are interested you can still sign up for the remainder of the season at a pro-rated price for shares of veggies, fruit, eggs, cheese, bread, meat, beer. Go to the farm's website to learn more and to sign up. HERE.

Members are encouraged to RSVP for the 9/22 event. Email us at briarwoodcsa@gmail.com

Pick Up TODAY

There is a Briarwood CSA pickup scheduled for today Sunday, September 8 from 10am to 11:30. 

Hope to see you there.

If anyone out there is reading this and is not a member, you can still join. See us about pro-rated shares and how we can help you sign up. We are at the season midpoint ; there are still many good weeks left of farm fresh food from Garden of Eve Organic Farm. Contact us.

1. Join your neighbors in this wonderful new project.

MOSQUITO SPRAY ALERT

Spraying will occur evening/overnight 9/5-9/6 in Briarwood. Be advised.
See article HERE.

Save the Date: September 22 Sunday

Briarwood Members
Our Autumn Harvest CSA get together will likely be an open house from 4 to 5:30 on Sunday, August 22 at Zina's. Invites will go out with address/contact. Save the date!