We’re kicking off the 2024 Summer CSA Season tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4th!  In addition to our typical (Tuesday 12-7) and Wednesday (10-5) schedule at the farm, we’ll extend our hours to be open on Saturdays (9am-2pm) through the end of September for weekend shopping and CSA pickups.  The crew has been hard at work over the past few months in anticipation of growing for you this Summer, and with that, I’m truly excited to welcome everyone—from our continuing and long-time CSA members to those who are brand new, not to mention neighborhood shoppers to what is already shaping up to be a great Summer.  After things settle this week, we hope to open another handful of spots to folks on our CSA waiting list.  Thank you for being patient and stay tuned! In the meantime, here’s a bit of info (and maybe a refresher course) on what you need to know about summertime at Wild Hare:
 

So green! So gorg! The Spinach is looking lush and luscious as we celebrate the final week of Spring at Wild Hare.  As we transition out of “the off season,” I’m sending up a huge message of thanks to you, our partners in growing– CSA members, customers, and crew for setting the farm up for the main event of Summer and for eating in season through Spring, Winter and Fall.  Your support makes all the difference, and your visits to the farm, whether picking up a farm share, stopping by the farm stand to shop a little or bringing friends and family by for a short field walk–you’re  the reason why we’re still here, ten Springs later, taking notes and with our eyes and intentions looking forward to the seasons and years ahead. Thank you for that gift. Summer has already been set into motion—the cukes, the zukes, the tomatoes, the FLOWERS…they’re all in the ground thanks to the Wild Hare Crew. We haven’t even turned the calendar to June, but Mark is already working on crops that we won’t harvest until next January.  This early dose of “Juneuary” weather is really getting to him, so we’re going to lean in to the cool and potentially rainy days ahead of us and enjoy “one last hurrah from the root cellar,” along with our Spring Garlic and a bit of Asparagus from Eastern Washington. 

With Gratitude… here’s to Summer!
Katie & Mark

There’s just so much planting happening. Planting, planting, planting! And thanks to the return of our resident crow, who can yank up an entire bed of Kale or Broccoli in under thirty minutes, we’re doing quite a bit of re-planting. (I’ve named him Russell, and I am NOT entertained!) It has become a perennial problem—the crows aren’t going for the greens themselves. They’re searching for tiny little wireworms that are problems in and of themselves. It is a real Catch-22! Mark is attempting to pace his frustrations out seeding Parsnips tonight ahead of a potentially rainy Tuesday, stomping his way down the rows with a walk-behind seeder, hoping his presence deters the birds and that he feels better afterward. It is like the farmer’s equivalent of “rage cleaning.”