Alambria Springs Farm

The second round of U-pick beans are ready for harvesting. First come, first serve, beginning Sat. 9/3. Share holders may pick anytime this week. If you are unable to pick on your regular pick-up day you may come and pick on a day that works for you. The beans should hold up for at least one week. If traveling a distance call 315-837-4769 to check the statis of picking! Share holders may pick up to 2lbs of beans today.

Shares today will include:

Tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, carrots, chard, garlic, onions, leeks, shallots, cabbage, beets, eggplant, parsley root, scorzonera root, u-cut herbs and u-pick beans.

*Add Parsley root to soups and dishes for seasoning.
*Scorzonera root should be peeled and can be added to vegetable soups, blanch or steam and roll in melted butter and season with salt, pepper, and drops of lemon, or roast or fry with other root crops.
Enjoy!

We should be back with Alambria Springs popular salad green mixes next week!

Eat well!

Amy and Brian

Please see below for photos of first stage of bread oven. More building on the way, if interested contact us and join in the fun!
Not long now…we can almost smell warm bread, roasted vegetables, and pastries!

Amy and Brian

Hi everyone!!

We’ve got watermelons this week! Enjoy your sweet treat.

Greetings from Alambria!

We are pleased to announce that we successfully completed the base for our Artisan Earthen Bread Oven this past weekend with the help of Samantha Carson, Matthew Sleys, and Judith Yahna. We will be submiting pictures later this evening for your viewing pleasure!

We will resume building this Saturday August 28th to construct the dome of the oven. Should be lots of muddy fun! We ask if you’d like to join us please bring a dish to share. Building will begin at 10am. Please check back for pic’s from last weekend.

This weeks share should include the following:

Potatoes, Carrots, Beets, Onions, Shallots, Garlic, Leeks, Summer squash, Eggplant, red cabbage, cooking green, peppers, Tomatoes, herbs

We  had some rot in the Gourmet salad greens from the rain. We may not have salad greens for a few weeks but promise to be back with our greens as soon as we can!

We are lucky so far with the blight reports coming in all around Alambria. We are still blight free in our Tomatoes. Keep your fingers crossed!

Have a fabulous week!

Enjoy!

Alambria

Check out this link for more information supporting your decision to obtain your food from a small local farm that you know and trust!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100822/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tainted_eggs

Greetings!

CSA INFORMATION-2011!

We have booked our CSA for the 2010 season. Thank you to all of you that have joined and are supporting Alambria.  Due to the fact that we have received numerous inquiries concerning available shares for 2011, we would like to offer all current members the opportunity to rejoin for 2011 before opening up to the general public for new memberships. Based on our current memberships there will be a limited amount of new shares available for 2011. We will have our updated 2011 Commitment Form accessible on our website along with the special opportunities for our current members within 10 days.  If interested in rejoining for 2011 please do the following by September 15, 2010:

1-Please complete and return your Commitment Form by September 15th.  Please mark share type, pick up location, and any other optional products you may like.  

2-Please submit your deposit or payment in full by December 31, 2010.

We are asking this because we anticipate a high renewal rate and because we are commitment to producing the highest quality produce around. Consequently, we need to limit the number of share holders we commit to  for 2011. If you have any questions or concerns at all please call us on the phone(315-837-4769) directly so that we may discuss these with you. 

BREAD OVEN!

We will be finishing our earthen Artisan Bread Oven on Saturday August 21st.  If interested please call for details. Rain or shine we will be playing in the mud! See you here.

BROILER CHICKENS!

Due to the response and ongoing demand for our broiler chickens we have taken on another round for the fall. These pasture raised broilers are raised humanely  on organic grain, bugs, grass, and sunshine so they are good for you and the environment! We are selling them for $3.65lb and will be raising to approx. 6lbs. Order today by emailing womandance@frontiernet.netor sign up in the farm store to reserve your birds. We only have a few still available.  These broilers will be finished in approx. 6 to 8 weeks(mid to end of September).  If you would like another round of broilers finishing approx. mid to end of October please contact us so that we may place our order for more chicks by August 13th.  If you would like to have these broilers  grown to a larger size(ie.10-12lbs) we can do so. You would then have the possibility of a pasture raised Thanksgiving chicken! 

GOATS FOR SALE!

We have a registered Alpine Buck Goat for sale. We also have several kids available for sale along with at least one milking Doe. Please contact us if interested.

WEEKLY SHARE 8/8

Tomatoes, peppers, yellow squash, cucumbers, onions, garlic, shallot, herb, lettuce, cooking green, beets, carrots, potatoes!

Our Alambria farm store is now officially open from 8am to dust every day! Payment is on an Honor System. Please leave your payment in the box provided. Remember, we have grass fed beef, free range chicken eggs, extra produce in walk in cooler, Chenango Coffee(with our special Alambria blend),dried herbs, and goat milk soap. Please feel free to stop by or send your friends and family for a visit.

Thank you so much.

Amy and Brian

A great big thank you to The Copper Turret Restaurant for the wonderful “goodies” they grilled up for everyone on Open Farm Day. It was all just delicious and we appreciate all that you do for Alambria Springs!

Thank you, as well, to all of our fabulous visitors. We enjoyed sharing our CSA, animals, and lifestyle with you. Please come again and remember that our farm store is now open Monday-Saturday 8am to dust. Closed Sunday.

CSA shares this week should include:

summer squash, cucumbers, onion, garlic, head lettuce, gourmet lettuce mix, potatoes, carrots, beets, pepper, kohlrabi, herbs

We still have U-pick beans left. They are now on the large size but would be fine for blanching and freezing for winter storage! It is open for all to glean the bean field and take as much as you’d like. You can come any day or time and follow the signs to the field.

Thanks so much.

Amy and Brian

Alambria

Greetings shareholders!

Your u-pick green beans are ready for picking! You can begin picking this week any time. Please see slate board for amounts allowed per shareholder when you arrive.
This weeks share will include the following items:

New Red Potatoes
Garlic
Mixed colored carrots
Beets
Shallots
Green onion
Head lettuces
Cooking green
Kohlrabi
Summer squash
U-Cut Herbs
U-Pick Green Beans

We now have grass feed beef available for you in our farm distribution store from Purple Tie Farm and the Riley family. Enjoy!

Open Farm Day is Saturday from 10-4pm. The Copper Turret restaurant will be here from 10-4pm offering special grilled “treats” for sale. In addition, we are offering farm tours to the public so if interested in a “formal” tour please join us! We will be offering two free showings of the movie “Fresh” at 12pm and 2:30pm at Funhaven Recreation Center as well. Finally, don’t forget to put your dance shoes on and join us for our Contra Dance at 8pm at Funhaven Recreation Center with “The Nicholson Trio”!
Look forward to seeing you here.

Thanks so much.
Amy and Brian
Alambria

Greetings!

This weeks offerings should include the following:
Beets
Carrots
Shallot scallions
Garlic
Cooking greens(kale/chard)
Head lettuce
Kohlrabi
Cabbage
Excess crops this week we invite you to harvest out of the fields:
Kale for fresh eating or blanching and freezing(unlimited)!
Herb medley bunch of your choice!
1 extra “Panisse”(butterhead) lettuce per shareholder.

FYI!!
Open Farm Day is July 24th. Alambria is holding all sorts of activities that day including our Harvest Dinner. For more information go to Alambria Farm Homepage and click on the bar at the bottom of page. All $ raised from the event(not including the open bar) goes to support Alambria Springs!

Hope to see you here!

Have a spectacular week.

Amy and Brian