Thanks for the Thanksgiving orders everyone. As of this morning(Mon) we have sold out of greens!

Happy Thanksgiving to all.  May your table be graced with abundance in many forms… family, friends, love, peace, and lots of tasty local food!!

Blessings.

Hi All!

How about that snow! It just keeps coming doesnt it?

We hope to begin our planting outdoors around April 15th. Time will tell.

Just a quick note to let everyone know that we will be attempting to replace our plastic cover on our hoophouse that was damaged in the high winds we experienced a week ago this upcoming week. Any and all volunteers that are interested in helping hold a corner would be appreciated! It’s 110′ x 46′ and can become quite a sail quickly with wind and not enough hands. We are hoping for a day that is calm with not much wind so please stay posted and we will let you know the day.

Thank you to all that helped donate towards our plastic replacement cover. It was so kind of you and you will be the first in line for our spring greens from the hoophouses!  Thanks again.

We currently have 12 shares left for our 2011 season. If you have friends or family who have been considering joining please let them know as we may book our csa before the season begins.

We were having some difficulty with our blog notification but we believe we have corrected the problem. Please visit our blog for postings you may have missed as well as our Alambria Springs Farm facebook fan page.

Here’s hoping for spring!

Amy and Brian

Alambria Springs Farm produces over 200 varieties of vegetables and herbs using organic/biodynamic growing practices on approx. 12 acres of our 200+ acre farm. Currently we grow for our CSA, restaurants, colleges, and a farmers market. In addition, we have begun producing artisan breads from our hand-crafted earthen oven. This oven is a continuation of our sustainable building efforts that include our completed off the grid timber framed strawbale home and timber framed barn. This season we are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, pro-active individual for an assistant farmer position from April through November. Ideally, we are looking for an individual who would be interested in this position continuing with Alambria for a number of years. One year experience minimum working on a similar operation. Must have strong leadership qualities to eventually take over some of the responsibility of day to day management, organizing workers/volunteers, evaluating fields for soil and plant health and needs, succession plantings, etc. Position will involve all aspects of our farm operation. Including but not limited to the following: tractor operation with machinery, cultivation, pest management, all aspects of soil care, dynamizing and applying BD preps, planting, harvesting, washing and packing for all markets, hoophouse production, bread baking, grass cutting, animal care, beekeeping, crop record keeping, and quality control. Must be physically fit, able to lift 50lbs, have a valid and clean drivers license,and be passionate about farming. Rustic housing, produce, and discounts from farm store included. 50-60 hours/week. Salary commensurate with experience level and performance.

E-mail resume and cover letter to Amy at womandance@frontiernet.net or mail to Alambria Springs Farm 834 Musician Road Earlville, NY 13332.

Check out this article on the Alambria Harvest Dinner in the Madison County Courier:

Think Local: A toast to a perfect celebration

Join us for our 2nd Annual Harvest Dinner with the Copper Turret on October 20th!

Details can be found here: 2nd Annual Harvest Dinner

Sign-up here for the 2011 season. This year we are offering a special discount for those paying in full by December 31, 2010. Please read the sign-up form for details.

Sign-up Form

The Open Farm Day, Harvest Dinner and Dance will be held on July 24th.

Click here for details.

It is memorial day evening and the much needed rain is pounding our metal roof overhead! We are so grateful. With all this hot weather and now this wonderful rain we are ready!!
The following are the commencement dates of our 2010 CSA season at our various locations:

On Farm Saturday June 5th from 10-4pm.
On Farm Tuesday June 8th from 3:30pm-7:30

Delivery locations:
Norwich, at Cafe Connection Saturday June 5th pick up from 10-2pm
Morrisville, at The Copper Turret Thursday June 10th pick up from 3pm-6pm.
Syracuse, at members home located at 6180 Hemingway Road Jamesville pick up on Thursday June 10th from 2pm-6pm.

We are asking that all On-Farm pick up members please bring your own baskets and bags to collect your vegetables this year!! We will not be providing waxed boxes as it is wasteful and it adds unnecessary extra cost. Let’s all work together to recycle as many plastic bags as we can so bring them with you to use.

This weeks offerings should include Head Lettuce, Spinach, Rhubarb, Radishes, Cooking greens(kale/chard), Gourmet Salad mix, and Herbs.
We will be providing some items for sale such as eggs, goats milk soap, and coffee at our farm store.
Finally, our farm store is not complete and we are asking you to work with us as we complete it over the next month. We ran into some difficulties and we apologize for the delay, but anticipate having a lovely space for all of you to gather your fresh local vegetables and other products. Once again we thank you for your understanding and support!
Amy and Brian

Grettings all!

A quick update today May 26. We are working diligently sun up to sun down to provide you with beautiful local vegetables in June. Due to the extreme weather conditions over the past month,(2″ of snow mid-May with 60mph wind storms and now very hot and dry conditions coupled with our limited ability to irrigate) some of the crops are behind schedule just a bit. We will continue to do our very best to hit the start up date of June 5th. Worst case scenerio, we will delay start up by one week and begin first pick up June 12th. We will update this post on Monday(memorial day) to comfirm start up date and what you can expect in your share for the week. If we need to delay for one week, we will make up for this and extend the season an extra week in November.
Thank you for your understanding as we are working with mother nature and the unpredicability of each growing season.
For those members waiting for a matching partner, we will be communicating with you by this weekend with your partner’s contact information. If anyone has an issue with Alambria sharing that information please email us before Saturday May 29th.
Here’s hoping for rain!!
See you all soon.
Amy and Brian