Greensgrow CSA Week 5
Update: Erik from Greensgrow gave me a call, and let me know that they had not “run out” of blueberries — he made an executive decision to substitute the apricots, because they have a much shorter growing season (and said he would email about substitutions in the future.) Also, the spring mix was not the last box, just needed to get restocked from the back. Thanks for the update, Erik!
OK, I’m getting ticked. Greensgrow, do you not know how many people you have in your CSA?
Week one, they were out of eggs. I will accept this, because we got there around 12:30. Still almost 2.5 hours to go in pickup (and the guy at the farm said they had been out since 10:45), but…. Week 3, they were out of sugar snap peas. Week 5, they were out of blueberries! Blueberries that I had specifically not bought at RTM on Friday because I was getting them in my share the following day. And we snagged the last box of spring mix. This is getting there before 11 for both weeks 3 and 5. Who knows what you get if you show up at 2?
This week’s basket actually contained:
- Spring Lettuce Mix - Blue Moon Acres, Buckingham, PA
- Peaches - Fifer Orchards, Wyoming, DE
- Apricots (a replacement for blueberries)
- Kale - Greensgrow Farm
- Garlic Scapes- Greensgrow Farm
- Green Beans- Lancaster County, PA
- Beets - Flaim Farms, Vineland, NJ
- Cilantro (p.s. Bunched Herbs implies there will be a selection, not just cilantro)
- Potatoes- Lancaster County, PA
- Cheese -1841, Calkins Creamery, Honesdale, PA
- Eggs
I will note they only seem to run out of what I would deem “the good stuff”. There was an endless supply of beets yesterday. Ditto kale. I don’t know if the Thursday folks are helping themselves to the Saturday folks’ share, or you’re just underestimating, but I want my blueberries, and apricots are not really the same.
In less complainy news, I’m going to take a stab at pickling the green beans. Wish me luck!
