REMINDER:  TODAY IS THE PICKUP FOR THE ON FARM PICKUP

Hi Everyone:

Thank you for accomodating our need to change our pickup day due to our travel plans.   The first tomatoes are starting to ripen and we anticipate that they will become a regular part of your CSA share pretty soon.  We spent the past 2 days processing the remianing 50 broiler chickens we had.  We wont' be raising anymore until the Fall.  See Gwendolyn if you would like some.  Due to customer requests we will be offering spilt and quartered birds.

We will be back on our regular schedule next week

Share Contents

Chopped Collards

Cabbage

Spring Onions

Squash (Zucchini or Magda)

Yellow Squash

Swiss Chard

Purple Basil

Green Beans

Italian Large Leaf Basil

Brennan & Gwendolyn

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Hi Everyone:

Well with a high temperature today of 93 degrees, you can tell summer is definitely upon us.  Our tomatoes are teasing us.  Each day they look like they are about to break into ripening but they are taking their sweet time.  Oh well, good things come to those who wait. 

But the squashes of summer are upon us.  Yellow, zucchini and magda squash are all bearing.  Gwendolyn will be including a recipe for yellow squash in your share this week.  You will also be getting the first green beans of the season.  We also have enough basil to give you a little taste until the main crop comes in.  

We processed a buch of chickens on Sunday and Gwendolyn is runninga special for our CSA members.  A farm raised chicken (any size) and a dozen eggs for $30.

I visited a very nice farm today to do an orientation for the Georgia Organics Mentoring program.  The Pastures at Rose Creek raises drug, free grass fed beef cattle.  They are just ramping up operations and hope to have beef ready for sale pretty soon.  If you are interested in what they have to offer you can inquire at pastures1051@gmail.com.  Just mention me if you email them.  I know they have a wait list so I'm not sure how much they have available right now.

Share Contents

Yellow Squash (recipe)
Zucchini
Swiss Chard
A bouquet garni of fresh-picked herbs
Spring Onions
Beets with Green Tops
Green Beans
Italian Large Leaf Basil
Collard Greens

Brennan & Gwendolyn

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Fulls Shares only this Week

This will be a quick & dirty email.  Finally had our land graded in the back to prepare for our USDA hoophouse.  Seeing the land levelled gives me a much better sense of how much space we will have to grow.  Can you say winter veggies?????

The first summer veggies are starting to trickle in.  There are some peppers in the shares this week in addition to some fennel.  Gwendolyn will have some nice recipes for you

Collard Greens
Parsley
Spring Onions
Red & Yellow Sweet Onions
Small Beets w/ Green Tops
Lettuce Mix
Cabbage
Fennel
Broccoli Spears
Sweet Bell Peppers

See  you tomorrow

Brennan & Gwendolyn

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Hello All,
 

Let me apoligize for the late notice in getting the share content out to you all this week. It has been very busy with planting the summer crops and just keeping with the daily activity on the farm. I want to thank all of you who have just signed up you are in for a treat.

Share Contents: 

Small Beets

Collards

Kale

Califlower with recipe

Cabbage with recipe

Lettuce Mix

Swiss Chard

Spring Onions

I look forward to seeing ya'll tonight & Saturday

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Hello All,

Please disregard the e-mail that was sent out yesterday for share pickup today or Saturday. A few of you will be picking up to catch up. You will pick up accordingly.

Have a Happy & Safe Memorial Day

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Hi Everyone:

Hope you are all having a good week.  Please send some good vibes to the folks in Oklahoma.

The veggies did well with the rain this past weekend.  The cooler temperatures are keeping the spring greens around a little longer than we had them last year.  The greens beans are doing well and we planted our first melons this past week.

We got some good news from the USDA last week.  We are getting our grant for installing micro-irrigation for the our entire property.  While we have to pay for the rainwater harvesting piece, this reduces our out of pocket expoenses considerably.  And it will have a major impact on reducing our water comnsumption.

We recently became a member of Frontier Cooperative, a very large member co-op specializing in organic herbs, spices and teas.  We are currently renovating our online store and expect these products to be available starting in June. 

Share Contents

• Beets with Tops
• Broccoli Spears
• Collard Greens
• Radicchio
• Leaf Lettuce
• Kale
• Green Cabbage
• Hoz-Mi (Asian Mustards)
• Spring Onions
• Arugula
• Fresh Oregano
• Rosemary
• Mint

We still have chickens available for sale.  If you want us to order raw milk or cream for you, let us know at your pickup.

Brennan & Gwendolyn

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Full & Half Shares Pickup This Week

Hi Everyone:

I am bushed!  Picked up spent grains yesterday from a local brewer in Cumming and today was compost pickup day.  I'm going to eat and veg out.  We hope you all have been enjoying your share and looking forward to the great summer crops heading your way.

We found a great site that provides helpful tips on how to prepare and preserve local food.  Here is the link to the Co-op Kitchen. http://strongertogether.coop/collections/coop-kitchen/  We just became a member of Frontier Natural Products Co-op and will be offering their products to you soon.  One of our CSA volunteers is going to help us revamp our website so you can purchase them in a convenient manner.

We just processed a bunch of our meat chickens and they will be available for sale.  We are using a new packing process with shrinkwrapping to help them stay fresher in your freezer

Just wanted to advise everyone that some of the veggies in your share are obtained from partner farms that practice similar growing practices.  The two farms we work with are Burnell Farm in Royston GA and Presley Farm in Maysville, GA. As we get deeper into the summer, almost all of the produce will originate on farm.

This Weeks Share Contents

Spinach
Allstar Lettuce Mix
Beets with Green Tops
Swiss Chard
Asian Mustards
Arugula
Radicchio
Collard Greens
Sweet Vidalia Onions (Obtained from Vidalia by a local Lions club as a fundraiser)
Broccoli Spears

If you ever have a problem with your share, please let us know and we will be happy to rectify it.

As always, Thanks for being a customer

Brennan & Gwendolyn

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Note:  This week is a Full share pickup only

Hi Everyone:

Well we finally have some sunshine.  While a farmer never wants to complain about rain, the ongoing cool wet weather has posed a problem for many farmers.  Many direct seeded crops such as corn, squash and elons needs a warm soil to germinate and our soil has been the exact opposite. But we are plowing right along.  Pruned my first tomatoes this week and getting a lot of peppers in.

You may wonder why you have been getting beet greens and no roots yet.  Farmers typically let the greens get a little large then thin them out so the remaining lists can get bigger.  Beets are related to chard and the tops can be used in salads or cooked as you would Swiss Chard.

Just a reminder:  We can be very flexible with changing pickup arrangments if we are given notice. 

This Weeks Share Contents

Raddichio-Buttercrunch Mix

Swiss Chard

Kale

Parsley

Radishes

Romaine Lettuce

Leek

Beet Greens

Spinach

See you at Pickup

Brennan & Gwendolyn

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Hi Everyone:

Well the time has arrived.  Tomorrow is our 1st CSA pickup.  While the weather has been absolutely uncooperative, we think you will enjoy your 1st share. 

It was a busy day for me.  Went to visit another farm, made 4 trips to get compost, planted sweet peppers, green beans and burgundy okra in our front yard gardens, washed lettuce and radicchio and now I'm tired.  Meant to get this out earlier but I lost track of time.

Anyway, the beginning weeks of the CSA will see a lot of greens.  If you are new to a CSA, they  shares typically start out light and increase in size as veggies start to come in.  Hope you enjoy this weeks share and it primes you for what's to come.

New Address for the Brookhaven Farmers Market:

Brookhaven Baptist Church 1294 N Druid Hills Rd NE  Atlanta, GA 30319.  The church is about 1/2 mile due south of last year's location. 

Tentative Share Contents

Salad Mix  (Buttercrunch and Radicchio)

Parlsey

Mint Bundle (Orange & Spearmint)

1/2 Dozen Farm Fresh Eggs

Brasing Greens Mix

Radishes

Swiss Chard

Juicing Bundle (Wheatgrass, Italian Parlsely and Italian Dandelion)-We will tell you how to use it if you don't juice.

Fresh Oregano

See you tomorrow

Phoenix Gardens, LLC

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community

Hello Everyone,

A has been going on here at Phoenix Gardens in the pass 3 or 4 months or so. Brennan will be sending out a newsletter real soon regarding this years CSA Membership so stay tunded for that.

I want to let Y'll know if you are wanting to get Farm Fresh Egg I have them in an abundance now that there are no markets and CSA pickups. Please e-mail at gwendolyn@phoenixgardens.net or call me at 678-231-2972

For our Brookhaven members I will deliver down there for you as soon as this Saturday so jump on board for that.I look forward to hearing from you soon

Thanks 

Gwendolyn