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Our winter/storage share option has filled for the 2016 season.   Thanks to all for the wonderful support and happy excitement for the upcoming growing season.  We are looking foreword to an amazing summer!

We are participation  in the Cool Boo Open Studios Tour again this year.  If you are interested in seeing what we do with our hands when we are not working in the garden pop in 9-4 Saturday January 30th.   Scott created some fun hearts from a ’79 suburban hood and top, green metal reclaimed from the roof of the Al Ringling Theatre, wood from a farm silage wagon that is the perfect red, and vintage whiskey barrels.  Jennifer made some fun valentines with old paper and also her huge collection of costume jewelry has finally been put to good use as snazzy hearts for the season.  Maeve painted “magical love rocks” and created wonderful cards again with help from big sister Amy.  And we have guests this year too….Susan from Little French Bakery is bring treats to sell and her cookbook.  Jason from Lodge Coffee Roasters will be selling hot coffee and freshly roasted beans, Pam Bell has created beautiful fiber art pieces and Scott’s sister Koren is bringing cool “Upcycled” lamps.  A full house of fun.

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Our Spring Share for the 2016 season has filled!  Thank you to all members that jumped on board early.   A few openings remain in our winter storage share and plenty of space in main season snack pack and full share.  We’ll keep you posted.

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Happy 2016!

We are grateful for the wonderful member support the last 5 years and we are ready to rock 2016!

Finishing up the 2016 seed order.

Seed order is done.  After 3 whole days pouring over the catalogs and writing down quantities and varieties and second guessing decisions we finally have the season’s seeds all set. Nice to have this BIG detail out of the way.  Lots of exciting things planned.  Tomatillos for you Teri! More green beans, lots of cucumbers, 2 more rows of tomatoes, more herbs and flowers too.  We read all the returned 2015 member surveys and those great comments will direct some fun changes to next season.  A really big one is PICK UP THIS SEASON WILL BE ON THURSDAYS 3-6 HERE AT THE HOUSE…. Many members mentioned a change might be good.  We’re switching things up this year and giving it a try.

Foxline 2016 CSA enrollment is now open.

SPRING SHARE-4 consecutive weeks of cool loving crops from the hoop house starting in May.  A green lovers delight!  Share will include 6-10 different offerings each week.  Spinach, lettuce, salad mix, saute mix, sunflower shoots, pea shoots, arugula, salad turnips, radishes, baby carrots, pac choi, asian greens and more!  A delicious treat after the long cold winter!! $125  ($31.25 a week)

1st Spring Share May 4th 2015.

Standard Full Share-20 consecutive weeks starting in June. A perfect share for a family or couple that cooks most weekly meals at home.  Feel free to share a share with another family and split the bounty weekly or every other week.   Weekly offerings of seasonal produce all summer long.  Tons of leafy greens!, spinach, lettuce, salad mix, saute mix, asian greens, swiss chard, collard greens, celery, celeriac, rhubarb, radishes, carrots, beets, summer squash, winter squash, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, beans, peas, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, ground cherries, melons, eggplant, peppers, brussels sprouts, onions, leeks, shallots, garlic,  turnips, honey, flowers and more…..Produce is clean, carefully packaged and stored in our walk in cooler until time of pickup. $560 ($28 a week)

2015 Mid Summer Full Share Bounty

SNACK PACK SHARE-20 consecutive weekly pick ups starting in June…..Back by popular demand after 2014 launch…..  The perfectly sized share for a single person or busy couple or family.  Smaller portions-1 meal, “ready to eat” produce, low preparation time all considered when we pack the snack pack share.  We love this share!  Seasonal garden produce all season long.  Tons of leafy greens!, spinach, lettuce, salad mix, saute mix, asian greens, swiss chard, collard greens, celery, celeriac,  rhubarb, radishes, carrots, beets, summer squash, winter squash, spaghetti squash, cucumbers, beans, peas, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, ground cherries, melons, eggplant, peppers, brussels sprouts, onions, leeks, shallots, garlic, turnips, honey, flowers and more…..Produce is clean, carefully packaged and stored in our walk in cooler until time of pickup. $290 ($14.50 a week)

2015 Mid Summer Snack Pack Share.

WINTER STORAGE SHARE-2 jumbo storage pick ups.  1 mid November 1 early December.  Hearty storage vegetables for the winter meals.  Spinach, lettuce, arugula, carrots, beets, celeriac, cabbage, brussels sprouts, winter squash, fall honey, potatoes, sweet potatoes, kale, swiss chard, onions, leeks, garlic and more. $160 ($80 per pick up)

2015 November Storage Share Pick Up.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions. 608 393 0383 or email foxlinecityfarm.com

Other exciting details…..

We are pairing up with Jason Moyer Lodge Coffee this season.  A coffee share!  Details to be announced soon.

CoolBoo Open Studios is around the corner.  Saturday January 30th.  Our garage “studio” will be open with artwork created Scott’s sister Koren, Jennifer’s friend Pam, Scott, Jennifer and Maeve….as well as delicious treats from Susan Holding Little French Bakery.  Susan will have her cookbook available for purchase too.  AND Jayson Moyer Lodge Coffee will have hot coffee and fresh roasted beans available to take home.  We are excited to participate in the fun event again this year.

Our BIG Spring Plant Sale will be in Early May again this year.  Everything needed for your home garden.

2016 CSA Enrollment form attached below.  Please fill out and return with your payment.  Space is limited.  Enroll early to ensure your 2016 share.

We have also included an entry on the enrollment form for an at will donation towards the cost of production of our donations to the Baraboo Food Pantry.  We delivered fresh, clean, ready to eat produce in season to our local food pantry for the past 3 years and will continue in 2016.

2016 CSA ENROLLMENT FORM

Thank you!

Jennifer, Scott and Maeve

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We had a big delivery of our organic compost dropped off last week. If will be used in the hoop house, carrot beds and seed starting in the greenhouse.

An outside view of the hoop house.

It is hard to believe that I can honesty say we have started gardening this year when there is still snow on the ground……but inside the greenhouse and hoop house it is a completely different world.

Temperature at 3:30 in the afternoon on Thursday March 12th in the greenhouse.

Spinach coming back to life…..

Scott filling crates to seed in some early crops.

Little seedlings germinating for the Spring Share!

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It’s Springtime around here!  All the onions, leeks and shallots have been seeded in over the weekend.  1000’s of these tasty gems to look forward to this summer.  Scott is out in the garden now cleaning things up in the snow!  He cut down 2 trees to increase our sunlight in the garden, and the hoophouse is slowly coming back to life. On sunny days we can be in there comfortably wearing tee shirts!  Crazy but it really feels like Springtime has arrived.  The last of our seed orders came in the mail and we are organizing the planting schedule for the hoophouse.  Only about 9 weeks and the Spring Share begins…..

Maeve took this picture of our seed delivery last week.

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Can’t imagine a better valentine treat to arrive in the mail today. Seeds! Seeds! and more Seeds!

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Well, a BIG HUGE!! storm blasted through our area this morning.  Strong front line winds and an inch of rain.  Our power just went back on after a huge oak limb came down from our favorite oak tree on to the power lines.  Our usual Monday post will be delayed due to the power outage.  The newsletter and all garden updates will post tomorrow morning as I do not want to rush it out. We are fine and the garden is fine aside from 10 billion little plastic pots blew out the side of the greenhouse and ALL over the garden and sadly the popcorn crop is flat on the ground.  It was challenging packing the boxes in the dark.  More challenging to do it without our morning espresso but we got it done.  Enjoy the great share this week. A surprise……packed full of wonderful delights.

Tuesday Morning and life returns to normal with cooler working temperatures and the gift of much needed rain.  A day of tidy up around the garden from the storm.

A few hot days in the garden last week.  It has been such an easy summer with cooler temperatures that a few days of it at the end are tolerable. The hoophouse is transitioning again as we are planting the end of season crops and a few winter over experiments.   More spinach, carrots, beets and arugula went in.  A long row of leaf lettuce and Fall head lettuce transplanted.  The cucumber vines are coming down this week and it sure signifies the end of summer to me.  Final planting of kale and swiss chard will go in as we like to have tender new plants for the end of season of both of the Autumn treats.  Scott spent many days on weed control and cleanup throughout the garden and turned the compost piles. We had huge tomato and pepper harvests in the heat wave. Finally!

Planting carrots in crates for a late season harvest. We will move these into the hoophouse when it gets cold and hopefully have fresh carrots in the snow.

We have a visitor in the garden.  A woodchuck has moved in and is enjoying our late season broccoli crop as his personal salad bar.  He chomped down the row of tiny winter share broccoli plants in one evening and we were disappointed but quickly reseeded after the discovery.  Live traps are set but no luck yet.

Our end of season crops look strong and abundant.  A quick check of the winter squash patch looks good.  We started the spaghetti squash harvest and will start the summer carrot harvest this week.  Fall leeks are thickening up and the edamame harvest is also on our harvest list.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

Summer abundance! 784 pounds of food went home with everyone.

1/2 pint Cherry Tomato Mix.

Box of Tomatoes-An assortment for homemade salsa if you wish.

Salsa Mix-jalapeno, cilantro, garlic and Summer onions (the end of this crop for the season)

Romaine Lettuce-Crisp delicious heads.  One of my favorite summer lettuces called Costal Star.  It sure can handle the heat!

Mini Sweet Pepper Snacking Mix-A colorful assortment of sweet beauties.

Sweet Corn-4 ears in each share.

Melon-Our best cantaloupe season ever!  Enjoy the second week of this sweet treat.  Maeve mentioned that she is about “cantalouped” out as we eat it at every meal this time of year.

French Filet Green Beans-Last of this harvest for a few weeks.

Sunflower Bouquet-A favorite summer treat.

Cucumbers-An assortment and end of season good-bye to this summer crop.

End of the cucumber harvest.

FULL SHARE

Full Pint Cherry Tomato Mix.

Box of Tomatoes-An assortment for homemade salsa if you wish.

Salsa Mix-jalapeno, cilantro, garlic and Summer onions (the end of this crop for the season)

Romaine Lettuce-Crisp delicious heads.  One of my favorite summer lettuces called Costal Star.  It sure can handle the heat!

Mini Sweet Pepper Snacking Mix-A colorful assortment of sweet beauties.

Sweet Corn-8 ears in each share.

Maeve sampling the corn harvest. She thinks raw sweet corn is the best.

Finishing up her second ear.

Melon-Our best cantaloupe harvest ever!  Enjoy the second week of this sweet treat.  Maeve mentioned that she is about cantalouped out as we eat it at every meal this time of year.

French Filet Green Beans-Last of this harvest for a few weeks.

Sunflower Bouquet-A favorite summer treat.

Spinach-I just have to say it again….we are thrilled that we are able to offer this tasty delight in the heat of summer.  ENJOY!

Ground Cherries-A snack we look forward to every summer.  Keep on the kitchen counter and they will just get sweeter and sweeter.

Jimmy Nardello Sweet Peppers-Long skinny red guys that taste like candy.

Backyard Honey-Another sweet treat from the garden.

Finishing up the honey pour and Maeve gets to lick the pitcher.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-edamame, spaghetti squash, potatoes, lettuce, corn, tomatoes, maybe a few more melons and more…..

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It is hard  to believe it is week 10. 1/2 way through the season AND!!!! August already.  The days zip by with busy activities.  The garden is in high production mode and the harvest schedule at times seems a bit overwhelming with the volume of goodies we haul out.  Many of the crops need to be visited daily.  Zucchini and cucumbers can quickly get away from us if we don’t  peek in every day.  The beans too must be checked if the weather is warm as nobody wants to eat fat pencils.  Our big project this week was the 1000’s of onions and shallots all came out of the garden.

Sweet onion harvest begins.

The 3 varieties of  shallots are beautiful.  Scott quickly hung them to cure right out of the garden and they should be in the shares in the weeks to come.  The storage onion crop is boutiful and hanging up to dry too. An end of season treat.  Our sweet onion crop will appear in the shares the next few weeks.  These are stored in the cooler.  Maeve was the onion harvest queen and plugged along right next to me singing Peter, Paul and Mary songs to the very end.

Maeve harvesting storage onions.

Onion Harvest Queen!

Onion Queen’s Crown….

A long day of harvest but we were determined to get the whole job completed in one day….We worked until dark but had a lot of fun along the way…..

Almost done and happy about it.

Dark! And near the end.

The bee’s were also visited this week and the honey is out of the hives.  We will do our best to spin it out this week and get it in the shares next week.  A favorite treat of ours to add to our CSA shares.

Scott heading down to visit the bees.

A bumper crop of summer melon is in our future. The patch looks wonderful and we picked a tiny one yesterday.  We are hopeful the melon season starts next week.  The 3rd rotation of beans are about ready and carrots will come out of the ground this coming week too.  Another harvest heavy week for us and an amazing share to look forward to.

WHAT IS IN YOUR SHARE

A whopping 553 pounds of vegetables out the door today.  Enjoy dinner tonight.

SNACK PACK

Lettuce-A crunchy head of summer lettuce named Tropicana.

Arugula-A spicy treat!  Add to salads or a delicious topping to pizza.  We love to make a pesto with it and enjoy with pasta.

Celery-a favorite garden crop of mine.  Not at all like grocery store celery. Darker green in color and denser stalks.  Full of flavor and wonderful for soups and stir fry dishes.

Cherry Tomatoes-The colorful assortment.

Slice/Paste Tomatoes-A few for everyone.

Zucchini-An assortment of the summer staple.

Cucumber mini snackers-We are thrilled with the little treat and hope you are too.

Long Skinny European Slicing Cucumber-1 in each share.

Sweet Onion-Store in the refrigerator.

Beans-A bi-color mix this week.

Corn!-Yeah!! The start of the season with more to come.  As in years past we do not grow the corn here. Our  “city garden” does not have enough space to grow the volume of corn needed.   It is conventionally grown corn grown by Scott’s Uncle for us at his farm in Reedsburg. When we poled past members and asked if they wanted conventional corn in their shares grown by family off site “yes” was the overwhelming reply.  We have done it this way for 4 years now and it works for us.   Enjoy!

Full Share

Lettuce-a crunchy head of summer lettuce named Tropicana.

Arugula-A spicy treat!  Add to salads or a delicious topping to pizza.  We love to make a pesto with it and enjoy with pasta.

Celery-A favorite garden crop of mine.  Not at all like grocery store celery. Darker green in color and denser stalks.  Full of flavor and wonderful for soups and stir fry dishes.

Cherry Tomatoes-The colorful assortment.

Slice/Paste Tomatoes-A few for everyone.

Zucchini-An assortment of the summer staple.

Cucumber mini snackers-We are thrilled with the little treat and hope you are too.

Long Skinny European Slicing Cucumber-1-2 in each share.

Sweet Onion-Store in the refrigerator.  A few in each share.

Beans-A bi-color mix this week.

Corn!-Yeah!! The start of the season with more to come.  As in years past we do not grow the corn here. Our 1+ acre “city garden” does not have enough space gto grow the volume of corn needed.   It is conventionally grown corn grown by Scott’s Uncle for us at his farm in Reedsburg. When we poled past members and asked if they wanted conventional corn in their shares grown by family off site “yes” was the overwhelming reply.  We have done it this way for 4 years now and it works for us.   Enjoy!

Pickle Packs-All needed to make a fantastic batch of refrigerator pickles. Pickling cucumbers, onions, dill and assorted peppers.

Bell/Ancho Peppers-A huge pepper harvest this week.  Sweet and crunchy.

Broccoli-The summer broccoli is coming on and a pound for all.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-carrots, corn, cabbage, kale, spinach???, tomato sauce mix (basil, oregano, parsley, onion, paste tomatoes), melons, honey +more……..

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A huge week of harvest duties for us as many of the summer crops are in full swing production.  Long hours crowling around with the beans and cucumbers and zucchini.  The weather was pleasant and we are not complaining as the bounty was plentiful.  A massive lettuce harvest this week as we over plant at this time of year expecting loss due to heat.  Well, no loss as the temperatures have been cool and the harvest is perfect.  Tasty and beautiful.  Tomatoes are starting to finally kick in and we are anticipating a wonderful season.  We are grateful as last year’s tomato harvest was unremarkable and a disappointment.

Cherry tomato plants have climbed to the top of the 6 foot trellis. AND! loaded with tomatoes.

Enough cherry tomatoes for all shares this week!

The pepper plants are coloring up.  We planted a long,  long row of little snackers and are excited to see these in the box soon.

Snacking mini pepper plant.

Our favorite Sweet Carmin.

Another long row of green beans went in this week for a late season harvest, lettuce starts were quickly replanted where the jumbo harvest came out and we weeded like maniacs whenever we had a moment. The week flew by and we ran out of time to visit the bees.  Top priority for this coming week.

Winter Squash Patch.

Another winter Squash patch.

We are pleased to see little winter squash forming on the vines even though they seem a bit behind.  Watermelon too is slow this year due to the cooler temeratures.  It’s there but small….so we wait and water.

Watermelon on the vine.

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It is the MONSTER harvest this week and we are in full glorious garden mode…..that overabundance problem is here.  Scott had trouble getting everything to fit.  It will be a HOLY COW! moment with pick up today.  Smile and enjoy it all with us this week.

525 pounds of food out the door today!  PHEW…….

The cooler all PACKED! with the harvest. All portioned out and ready for share packing.

SNACK PACK

Lettuce-Huge head of a tall Cos/Romaine variety.

Cucumber Mix-Assorted fresh eating varieties.

Slicer-Long European Beauty.

Zucchini-An assortment.  Cut small and tender.

The bean harvest we have been waiting for!

Beans-Beautiful Tricolor mix.

Cherry Tomatoes-1/2 pint assortment.

Scott washing the tomatoes last night.

Tomatoes-A mix of paste and slicers.  Perfect for the Salsa mix.

Salsa Mix-Cilantro, onion, garlic, hot jalapeno and no/low heat jalapeno.  All bagged together in your share.

Potatoes-Red Norlands.  Delicious fried, mashed, steamed or added to soups.

FULL SHARE

Lettuce-2 heads.  A summer variety called Tropicana and a juicy deep green butter crunch.

Cucumbers-A container of the fantastic snacker mix and a container of the american pickling.

Slicers-2-3 long European beauties.

Zucchini-An Assortment.  Cut small and tender.

Scott harvesting the beets from the hoop house. We had to harvest from the side as the carrots inside are too big to work around.  We are using every inch of space available and it is tight.

Beet harvest.

Beets-The best we have ever grown!  I LOVE! the hoop house.

Beans-Big bag of a tricolor mix and a smaller bag of those deliciously nutty flat European wonders.  Packed separately due to different cooking times.

Just had to add another picture as they are soooo pretty.

Cherry tomatoes-1/2 pint for everyone.

Tomatoes-A nice mix of paste and slicers.  Perfect for the salsa mix.

Maeve doing Scott’s hair while he cleans the garlic for the salsa mix.

Salsa Mix-Cilantro, onion, garlic, hot jalapeno and no/low heat jalapeno.  All bagged together in your share.

Potatoes-Red Norlands.  Delicious fried, mashed, steamed or added to soups.

Eggplant-The last of this crop for awhile as it has taken a break from flowering.

Cruciferous Mix-Broccoli or cauliflower assortment.

Maeve helping with bouquets.

Berrys OR Bouquet- 1/2 pint raspberries or a summer bouquet. Baraboo Group berries next week.

BEST GUESS FOR NEXT WEEK-beans, broccoli, refrigerator pickle kits, zucchini, peppers, lettuce, basil, tomatoes, summer onions and more!

Next weeks broccoli harvest.

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