I was reminded that I hadn’t mentioned in the last post about potatoes in the winter shares. I don’t know the details yet, but am guessing it will be similar as the past few years: you will be able to order and pay separately for potatoes that I will get and store for you. Stay tuned as I get those details.
One of the reasons I do need people to start paying for the Winter shares now is because of hay. I used to make my own hay here. It was always an added stress on the season, but is an important part of the composting process and soil fertility needs for the vegetables. Last year I bought hay from a teenager in the community who is starting a hay business, and am doing the same this year. The hay was delivered unexpectedly on Saturday. It’s a couple thousand dollars that he was generously willing to wait for me to pay until I have the funds. I was counting on some of the winter share purchases to pay for the hay. Sorry to put a bit of pressure on, but the sooner some of you are able to pay for the winter shares the sooner I can pay him…
As always if you have any questions, let me know,
Thanks!

For the month of September I will be accepting previous Winter CSA share members to sign up for the 2026/27 winter season. You are welcome to sign up if you’ve ever had a winter share in the past (not just last year, but any previous year). If the Winter shares aren’t full by the end of September I will open it up to new members in October. The Winter CSA will begin early November and run bi-weekly until we’re done, usually end of February. The prices will be the same: $400 for a large share and $250 for a small. E-transfers to saugeenrivercsa@gmail.com is the easiest, but cash/cheque/Saubucks are good too.

If you have any questions let me know.

The basil keeps coming in so for non-members who may want to purchase some get in touch… Members feel free to take more!
Cabbages will be in the share again but there are more than needed so extra are for sale to members or non-members. I don’t have tons extra, but just ask.
And Tomatoes! The processing tomatoes are starting to come in. At this point I will sell them a half a bushel at a time on a Tuesday or Friday. Members or non-members can sign up for a day from now until the middle of September. If I have enough for people to get more than a half bushel, or not enough people sign up you can get more. Let me know what you are interested in and I can let you know what I can do… The best is email saugeenrivercsa@gmail.com but you can reach out anyway you know how!

The bean story (short version). So I was asked when the deluge of beans is coming as we’ve had the last couple years. Well this year it will be more like a short shower than a deluge. The first planting didn’t germinate so well (there’s a story behind that but too long winded to go into). I could have reseeded, but didn’t. This is because I didn’t have for sure working shares set up for the season. I had one that said they weren’t sure they could commit to every week. In the past I’ve usually had two working shares to help with the pea and bean harvest. Last year I only had one regular working share so I ended up picking half the beans. This is very time consuming and I wasn’t ready to commit to doing most of the bean picking this year. So when I saw the low germination of the first planting I decided to simply see what we would get….

Other crops are bountiful, just not the beans this year. Sorry.

There’s been extra basil at the end of each csa pick-up lately, so if non-members would like to purchase a half bushel please let me know. I’ll be only taking one order per Tuesday or Friday harvest at this point. We’ll see how production continues. Members feel free to take more. I’m also now selling garlic from Rony and Myriam’s farm LunaMia. It’s a good time to make pesto!