News: CSA

End of the season greetings from your farmers at Persephone. It’s that time of year again. The pumpkins and peppers are coloring up and landing in your CSA boxes. And we’ve turned from planting seeds to planting garlic bulbs and cover crop grains to feed our soil.

We always aim to make the CSA a good value, with a target of filling your boxes with 10-15% more produce and flowers than the share price. This season subscribers have received a whopping 20% more produce than is reflected in the share price, even in this cool, wet summer. YAY!

Share prices increase after Oct 23, 2019

If you fell in love with the bounty of your boxes, the beauty of your bouquets and the sense of community in sharing the harvest, then please consider RE-SUBSCRIBING NOW for 2020.  In addition to our heartfelt thanks, re-subscribing before October 24th will: 

• allow you to enjoy the 2019 share price. After over a decade we will be raising the share price for 2020 to more accurately reflect the value of the shares.
• Receive one extra week of Persephone produce! (pick up Wednesday 10/30)
• OR Receive a $20 gift certificate at our Bainbridge Island Farmers Market stand for 2020! The Market opens way before we have enough produce to start the CSA. Spring, summer or fall, come shop with us on Saturday.
• As always, subscribers receive a 10% discount at our farmer’s market stand.

Up until October 24th, 2019:
The cost of a full share will remain $650. The full share deposit is $250. The cost of a split share will remain $500. The split share deposit is $150.
Balances will be due when we start up again, Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

You are welcome to pay in full now, which is easier for us. Make your check payable to Rebecca Slattery. Bring it to one of the final pickups and hand it to one of the farmers or farm apprentices. Please do not leave checks loose at the Johnson Farm or in our packing shed.

Or mail your check to:
Rebecca Slattery
P.O. Box 158
Indianola, WA 98342.

Can’t get a check to us by Oct 23rd? Re-subscribe online.

If you have any questions, please call Rebecca at (360) 265-1711 or emailpersephonefarm@gmail.com

[We’re sharing our email to CSA subscriber, enjoy. And it’s not to late to join our CSA.]

Welcome to week 4!
Get ready for so many more!
Your bin, is full of delights 
for a gorgeous din!
Cauliflower and the beginning of raspberries are highlights!
(P.S. Raspberry shares start next week!)

Here through the grey we’ve found sunshine
And have been noticing the cycle sublime.
After the first Cauliflower harvest last week
many are touched my sunlight showing a purple streak!
These Cauliflower we planted mid spring
have fruited about when we found ourselves furrowing beds 
to plant out yet another secession to become king!
And so as you know one thing grows till its spread
Across the compost pile to help another move ahead!

At this point in the season,
we’re really starting to see it all come round 
and are learning so many of the reasons
of how and why and when is sound
to plant, harvest and weed. 
This is just a glimpse to join your feed.

Wishing you well, till next week,
Peace and peas 

The Persephone Crew, Rebecca, Emily, Vanessa, Stephanie and Emma

Our CSA orientation is June 5, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Please bring your family and join us for an evening at the Farm. See your summer vegetables growing! Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, taste a leaf of sweet fennel or sour sorrel as we stroll the fields and meet our hard-working interns. We’ll explain our pickup system and you’ll have the opportunity to signup for optional add-on shares. These will be delicious ways to support other local producers, and an opportunity to collect an even more abundant basket each week. At the end of the evening, take home your first vegetables of this season! (Subscribers should have received an email from Rebecca with additional details.)

Shares still available!

We are very excited to see this program starting for another glorious season. If you know of others who might be interested in joining us, please spread the word that shares are still available. If you refer someone who subscribes, we’ll thank you with a free box of veggies and, of course, a huge hug and many thanks.

We look forward to meeting all of our new subscribers and seeing the familiar faces of friends and neighbors. Contact Rebecca if you have questions. And be sure to follow us on Instagram @persephonefarmer!

Our CSA orientation is June 6, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Please bring your family and join us for an evening at the Farm. See your summer vegetables growing! Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, taste a leaf of sweet fennel or sour sorrel as we stroll the fields and meet our hard-working interns. We’ll explain our pickup system and you’ll have the opportunity to signup for optional add-on shares. These will be delicious ways to support other local producers, and an opportunity to collect an even more abundant basket each week. At the end of the evening, take home your first vegetables of this season! (subscribers will receive an email from Rebecca with additional details.)

Shares Available

We are very excited to see this program starting for another glorious season. If you know of others who might be interested in joining us, please spread the word that shares are still available. If you refer someone who subscribes, we’ll thank you with a free box of veggies and, of course, a huge hug and many thanks.

We look forward to meeting all of our new subscribers and seeing the familiar faces of friends and neighbors. Contact Rebecca if you have questions. And be sure to follow us on Instagram @persephonefarmer!

Persephone Farm is an a long time, well-loved vendor at the Bainbridge Island Farmer’s Market Stop by on Saturdays from 9-1 at our grassy site behind City Hall and join the fun. The market opens just before Easter and runs through at least the end of October- sometimes until Thanksgiving, weather depending.

Our booth offers a colorful seasonal mix of organically grown vegetables and a knowledgeable, friendly staff excited to help inspire you with recipe suggestions. We are well known at the market for our outstanding array of fresh cut flowers. As soon as the opening bell rings, shoppers flood to our stand to snatch up our colorful bouquets presented in signature olive oil cans. Designers grab and go with single stems and flowers by the bucket to arrange themselves. Customers are always surprised what an amazing value our farmer’s market flowers are compared to other local outlets. Buying direct from the grower makes all the difference. The market is a great place for brides to visit and discuss wedding flower options, see our quality and attention to detail.

At the stand you will get a chance to meet the Persephone interns, the next generation of America’s young farmers. Our amazing team comes to spend a season learning the ins and outs of working on a small farm. Staffing the farmer’s market is a high point for them each week as they showcase the literal fruits of their labor. We take pride in our hard work and love what we do. The pat on the back we get on Saturdays at the market, customers grateful for what we do, is a grand finale to the week.

Don’t forget to follow the BI Farmer’s Market page on instagram!