The time has come to sign up members for our 2010 CSA! We are very excited about next year. We are adding another small hoophouse to our line-up with which we can get a head start on the season. Some items we're hoping to have in the line-up next year that are new---beets, more varieties of potatoes and more of them, a box or two with some asian greens for everyone to try, long noodle beans, more melons, sweet corn, a few new varieties of tomatoes, and some herbs. We will be decreasing the amount of times the padron peppers and the edamame are in the box as it seemed the majority of you did not really love these items. Our prices are going to change slightly; this will be the first price increase we've had since our inception. We are going to go up ten dollars per share to help us cover some of the increased costs we've had to deal with on the farm such as an increase in our fuel use for our greenhouse which we added last year, our two hoophouses, and the cost of our boxes and bags. We hope everyone understands this slight price increase.
So our prices will be as follows for a twenty week subscription:
HALF SHARES $360
FULL SHARES $510
FLOWER SHARES $170
Our drop off spots will most likely stay the same. If they change they will still be located in the same general area. These locations are:
Wednesdays:
Foster's Market of Chapel Hill around 2-3pm
Falconbridge neighborhood near I-40 and 54 around 2:30-3:30pm
Saturdays:
Durham farmers market from 8-12 Sat. mornings
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2010 SEASON---
We will need the following information---
1.Your names and everyone's email address in your party who would like to receive the newsletter
2. Which shares you would like to receive
3. Your drop off location
To reserve your space for the season, please let us know first by email bluebirdmeadowsnc@yahoo.com so we can get you on our list, and then you can send in full payment with the pertinent info listed above to:
Bluebird Meadows
8650 Burlington Rd
Hurdle Mills, NC 27541
If you'd like to split up payments, we'll need you to deposit a third of the cost of your share/shares to reserve your space and we'll need full payment by mid-February this season. If you have a situation where you need to do more payments than this or you don't have enough to do a third of your share/shares for a deposit, please let us know and we will gladly work with you.
OUR AUGUST VACATION:
This year we have decided we would like to take a week vacation in early August. We're not sure which week it'll be, either the first or the second week, but we will let everyone know as soon as we decide. So there will be no CSA for one week in early August. The CSA will still run for 20 weeks. In turn, we would like to offer everyone their own week vacation, so that if you miss a box/bouquet one week, you can double up and receive two boxes or bouquets the week of your choice (provided you give us notice when you'll be gone and that we have enough produce the week you want your extra). If you miss more than one week, it is much easier for us if you give your box to a family member or friend to share the bounty as it makes it harder for us to keep up with who has missed when, etc. So if you plan to miss more than one week, please share your box with someone you love.
Thanks so much everyone and we hope to have you with us for our 4th and hopefully best yet CSA season!
---Alice and Stuart
Bluebird Meadows
8650 Burlington Rd
Hurdle Mills, NC 27541
If you'd like to split up payments, we'll need you to deposit a third of the cost of your share/shares to reserve your space and we'll need full payment by mid-February this season. If you have a situation where you need to do more payments than this or you don't have enough to do a third of your share/shares for a deposit, please let us know and we will gladly work with you.
OUR AUGUST VACATION:
This year we have decided we would like to take a week vacation in early August. We're not sure which week it'll be, either the first or the second week, but we will let everyone know as soon as we decide. So there will be no CSA for one week in early August. The CSA will still run for 20 weeks. In turn, we would like to offer everyone their own week vacation, so that if you miss a box/bouquet one week, you can double up and receive two boxes or bouquets the week of your choice (provided you give us notice when you'll be gone and that we have enough produce the week you want your extra). If you miss more than one week, it is much easier for us if you give your box to a family member or friend to share the bounty as it makes it harder for us to keep up with who has missed when, etc. So if you plan to miss more than one week, please share your box with someone you love.
Thanks so much everyone and we hope to have you with us for our 4th and hopefully best yet CSA season!
---Alice and Stuart
