Description of Gorman Heritage Farm 2016 CSA Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241

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Description of Gorman Heritage Farm 2016 CSA 513 563 6663 10052 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241 Welcome to the 2016 Gorman Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)!

1 Description of Gorman Heritage Farm 2016 CSA Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH Welcome to the 2016 Gorman Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)! This is our sixth year running a CSA, and as always, one learns from past years how to do it better. We are a non profit organization and we rely heavily on volunteers. In fact, our volunteers logged about 19,248 hours in 2015 doing work in the barnyard, in all four of our gardens, at special events, at our front desk, and performing other various activities. Because so many people choose Gorman Heritage Farm to give their volunteers hours, we offer two pricing structures for our CSA (see below). Cost: $510 plus 30 hours of volunteer time or $660 without additional work. We charge everyone the full amount upfront and refund $150 at the end of the season if 30 volunteer hours have been completed. We will refund $5.00 per hour of volunteer work up to 30 hours. Payments can be made in as many as four installments and are due March 15th, April 15th, May 15th, and June 15th. Payments can be made by check, cash, Visa or Mastercard. Duration: 27 weeks from the first full week in May through the first full week of November. If there is still food available after the 27th week, we will offer a limited number of additional short term shares. Amount of food: Our goal is to include about $ worth of vegetables and some in season fruit in each weekly share. This year we plan to offer popcorn and dry beans in the CSA: cannellini and hutterite. Due to weather conditions last year, we did not meet our goal amount until three weeks into the CSA. We did make up the difference later in the season, though. Generally, the amount of food is good for a family of two. This depends, however on how many meals are prepared at home. We do NOT offer half shares. Some of our members split the food weekly with a friend, or find someone with whom to share the CSA and arrange to pick up on alternate weeks. Please let us know if you are interested in sharing and we can help you connect with another interested party. Pick up: Pick up your CSA at our Interpretive Building at Reading Road. We offer either Wednesday (4 6PM) or Saturday (10 12PM) pick up options. Generally the Saturday shares are not ready before 9:55AM, so please do not arrive early. We try to offer the same number of shares for both pick up days, so please be prepared to be flexible if we offer you a different pick up day. We are able to store your CSA in our Coolbot if you are unable to pick up during the times offered. Our Coolbot is an outdoor refrigerated shed that is not locked.

2 Sign up: The previous year s CSA members have first choice for the 2016 CSA. We then offer shares to those on our waiting list at the beginning of February. We will continue with a 40 member CSA. Foods grown: Spring garden a variety of lettuces; spinach; arugula; carrots; turnip greens; mustard greens; a variety of kale; radishes; Swiss chard; collards; onions; walking onions; snow peas; mulberries, a limited amount of asparagus; broccoli, and cabbage. Summer garden a variety of tomatoes; radishes; green beans; wax beans; edamame (soy beans); beets; carrots; cilantro; cucumbers (maybe); dill; eggplant; garlic; okra; sweet and hot peppers; potatoes; summer squash (maybe); basil Fall garden sweet potatoes; winter squash (maybe); turnips; apples; figs; potatoes; garlic; lettuces; spinach; arugula; kale; Swiss chard; collards; green onions; snow peas; broccoli; cabbage; carrots; and radishes. Additionally, we plan to include popcorn and dry beans. Challenges: We typically have difficulties growing cucumbers, melons, summer and winter squash, and pumpkins. We are in the process of amending our soil, but that takes time. We will plant these vegetables and hope we get more than a week s worth of food. If these items are a must in your box, please take this into consideration when deciding to join our CSA. We will not offer sweet corn this year. Seed Varieties for 2016 Gigante Kohlrabi heirloom Azur Star kohlrabi White Egg Turnip Purple Top White Globe Turnip organic Three Root Grex Beet organic Early Wonder Tall Top Beet organic Golden Grex Beet organic Chioggia Guardsmark Beet organic Bulls Blood Beet organic Yaya Carrot Pula Asita Black Carrot Jaune du Doubs Carrot French heirloom Golden Rocky Bush Wax Bean organic Indy Gold Bush Wax Bean organic Provider Green Bean organic Green Beauty? Snow Peas organic Oregon Giant Snow Peas organic Black Beauty Eggplant organic Rosita Eggplant organic Long Purple Italian Eggplant organic Rosa Bianca Eggplant organic Diamond Eggplant organic Ping Tung Eggplant Antigua Eggplant

3 Red Cored Chantenay Carrot heirloom Bolero Carrot Atomic Red Carrot organic Danvers Carrot organic Purple Haze Carrot Radishes Purple Plum summer radish heirloom Jutrzenka Radish Pink Beauty Radish French Breakfast Radish open pollinated Champion Radish Watermelon Winter Radish Sweet Basil organic Bouquet Dill organic Caribe Cilantro organic Giant of Italy Parsley organic Speckled Roman Tomato paste organic Orange Banana Tomato paste organic Black Icicle Tomato paste heirloom Hog Heart Tomato paste organic San Marzano Tomato paste heirloom Opalka Tomato paste organic Amish Paste Tomato paste organic Large Italian Roma Paste Purple cherry Tomato Cherry Sungold Tomato cherry hybrid Edirne Purple Striped Eggplant heirloom Stevia Diablo Brussels Sprouts organic Long Island Improved Brussels Sprout Roodnerf Brussels Sprouts Golden Acre Cabbage organic Mammoth Red Cabbage Blues Chinese Cabbage Solstice Broccoli organic Thompson Broccoli organic Giant Midor Edamame (soybean) organic Beer Friend Edamame Red Burgundy Okra organic Cajun Jewel Okra Beck s Big Buck Okra Italian Dark Green Flat Parsley German Tyme Hinkelhatz Hot Pepper organic Czeck Black Jalapeno organic Fish Hot Pepper organic Bulgarian Carrot Chile Pepper open pollin Early Jalapeno Pepper open pollinated Lemon Drop Hot Pepper Beaver Dam Pepper open pollinated Purple Beauty Sweet Pepper organic Peacework Sweet Pepper organic

4 Black Cherry Tomato cherry organic Sungold Select ll Tomato cherry heirloom Pearly Pink Ground Cherries Aunt Molly s Large Tomatoes Solar Flair Tomato Cosmonaut Volkov Tomato organic German Johnson Tomato organic Soldacki Tomato organic Pink Brandywine Tomato organic Yellow Brandywine Tomato organic Pineapple Tomato organic Rutgers Tomato organic Ruby Gold Bicolor Tomato organic Goldie Yellow Tomato organic Turkey Creek Tomato True Black Brandywine Tomato Cherokee Purple Tomato organic Pandora Leeks King Sieg OG Leeks Bandit Leeks Scarlet Kale organic Baltisk Rod Purpurkal Kale Beedy s Camden Kale organic Rainbow Lacinato Gene Pool Kale organic King of the North Sweet Pepper organic Corno Di Toro Giallo Sweet Pepper heirloom Etiuda Orange Bell Pepper heirloom Golden Marconi Bell pepper heirloom Red Marconi Sweet Pepper heirloom Superette Sweet Banana Jimmy Nardello s Sweet Pepper organic Squisito Spaghetti Squash organic Lemon Summer squash organic Costata Romanesca (zucchini) organic Early Summer Yellow Crookneck Squash Benning s Green Tint Patty Pan Squash Sweet Reba OG Acorn Winter Squash Waltham Butternu t Squash organic Marketmore Slicing Cucumber organic H 19 Little Leaf OP Pickling Cucumber OG Golden Chard Swiss chard organic Bright Lights Chard organic Red Rhubarb Chard organic Morris Heading Collards heirloom Variegated ECO Collards open pollinated Champion Collards open pollinated Vates Collards Pennsylvania Dutch Butter Flavored Popcorn Butterhead Lettuces

5 Vates Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch Kale Nero di Tuscana Lacinato Kale Winter Bloomsdale Spinach organic Gator Perpetual Spinach Arugula organic Leaf Lettuces Merlox Red Oak Lettuce leaf organic Red Sails red leaf lettuce Black Seeded Simpson green leaf Tango Lettuce green leaf organic Bronze beauty/oakleaf Lettuce Antares oak leaf red/grn Pirat Lettuce red/grn bibb/butter organic Skyphos lettuce butterhead organic Sierra Batavian Lettuce Potatoes Purple Viking Rose Finn Apple (fingerlings) German Butterball Red Gold Romaine Lettuces Winter Density green romaine org Parris Island Cos Lett grn romaine org Rouge d Hiver grn/red romaine Cracoviensis Leaf Lettuce Note : At this time I am undecided on the varieties of onions. Our potatoes varieties will include: Purple Viking (Go Vikings); Rose Finn Apple fingerlings; German Butterball; and Red Gold. Questions: If you have any questions please our Head Gardener, Barb Liphardt, at bliphardt@gormanfarm.org

Description of 2017 Gorman Heritage Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)

Description of 2017 Gorman Heritage Farm CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) 513-563-6663 10052 Reading Road, Cincinnati, OH 45241 Welcome to the 2017 Gorman Heritage Farm CSA! A CSA is a way for a consumer