It's Spring!

It’s finally that time of year again - spring (for us, anyway)!

But before we get into what's happening right now, let us catch you up on all the events of the past winter. There have been some great changes at Hilltop Farm - we were awarded 3 grants, one to build a walk-in cooler, one for a rain water collection system, and the third for a corn-fired boiler to heat our greenhouses. Each one of these projects will greatly enhance the quality and quantity of the produce that we provide you. 

We have made arrangements with several local farms and stables to use their composted manures to enrich our soils and reduce our use of purchased fish emulsion fertilizers. This is really a win-win situation.  Horse owners often don't have a use for the manure and sometimes need to go to great lengths to dispose of it.  Since it is exactly what we need to enrich our soils, we are happy to haul it away.  Everybody is happy!

Our flock of Ameraucana chickens has doubled - we now supply eggs to 3 Whole Foods Markets.  We are also able to donate some to a food bank in New Bedford, and we still have enough for our CSA shares.  That's right, this year, you'll be able to purchase CSA egg shares!  A family share will be one dozen per week, and an individual share will be one-half dozen per week. 

The seeds have been ordered, the planting schedules for the greenhouse and fields are done, and we've started the first seeds of the season!  We will very shortly begin construction on our new walk-in cooler, soon to be followed by installation of the rainwater collection system.  Stay tuned for more details on these projects!

We're excited to begin our second CSA season!  Right now, we are ancitipating the first pickup in mid-June.  We are very much looking forward to re-connecting with past members and meeting new ones.

If you haven't yet signed up for our 2011 CSA season, now is the time!