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It's time for CSA Registration
Hey CSA Members
I hope that this mild winter treated you all well. As signs of spring start to appear so does planning for the upcoming season. We have begun to order seeds and have even started to seed some spinach and lettuce in the greenhouse. Another sure sign of spring is CSA registration. We hope that you will be joining us for another season full of fresh fruits and veggies from our CSA boxes. The application can be filled out and then mailed to us at:
Willowtree Farm
975 Durham Rd 21
Port Perry, ON L9L 1B5
We are excited about the upcoming season and with the weather as it is we may be working in the fields sooner than later. Right now we finished lambing and we have babies bounding around everywhere. They are so curious. We are also currently tapping our sugar bush for the first time ever and have started to boil down the sap to delicious maple syrup. Then soon enough it will be planting, planting, planting for the season and not too far away the first Asparagus and Rhubarb!
Hope you will all be joining us for another season of CSA
Sincerely,
Kelty Salmon
CSA Fall Wagon Ride and Thanksgiving Turkeys
Hey Everyone
I would like to invite everyone to the farm again for another CSA event. On Sunday September 25 at 1 p.m. we will be meeting at the market for a wagon ride of the fields. We will be giving another tour of the farm and show you what is happening here now. You will also be able to pick a pumpkin. Then we will return for some cider. I hope that everyone will be able to come out to see what is growing on Willowtree for the fall. Please RSVP via email so I can get an idea about numbers. Hope to see you all here.
With the fall quickly approaching and Thanksgiving dinner not too far off. We wanted to give you the opportunity to pre-order one of our pasture raised turkeys. This year we raised 45 hormone and antibiotic-free turkeys in our pasture.
Because we have a limited quantity and last year we pre-sold all our turkeys, we wanted to give you the opportunity to reserve a turkey. They are $ 3.50/ lb and will be frozen and available after next Wednesday in the market. If you would like to reserve a turkey you can email us at info@willowtreefarm.ca or phone the market 905-985-4973.
Have a great day
Kelty Salmon
Willowtree Farm
Pre order a Thanksgiving Turkey
Hey Everyone
With the fall quickly approaching and Thanksgiving dinner not too far off. We wanted to give you the opportunity to pre-order one of our pasture raised turkeys. This year we raised 45 hormone and antibiotic-free turkeys in our pasture.
Because we have a limited quantity and last year we pre-sold all our turkeys, we wanted to give you the opportunity to reserve a turkey. They are $ 3.50/ lb and will be frozen and available after next Wednesday in the market. If you would like to reserve a turkey you can email us at info@willowtreefarm.ca or phone the market 905-985-4973.
Have a great day
Kelty Salmon
Willowtree Farm
Update and Reminder to please bring boxes and containers back
Hey Willowtree CSA members,
We just wanted to update you on things that are happening on the farm. Right now we are picking strawberries, and we just opened our fields to U-pickers. We are now also picking a few other crops. We have started to pick zucchini, leaf lettuce, fresh garlic and scapes and basil. Watch for these crops in your CSA boxes in the next couple of weeks.
I also wanted to thank all the members who came out to the farm this weekend. I had a lot of fun showing you around (even after my fall in the mud) and hope everyone enjoyed them selves. For those of you who could not make it, hopefully you get a chance another time to come visit us. You are all welcome, if you call and let us know ahead of time we can try to arrange a tour.
Just a reminder to please bring your box and containers back each week. We are trying our best to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Please help us out! If you forget, just bring it the next week. Thanks
For more stories on what is happening on Willowtree farm be sure to check our blog at http://willowtreefarm.ca/blog/ or “Like” our facebook page for updates, photos and recipe ideas.
Have a great day
Kelty Salmon
Willowtree Farms
CSA Farm Tour/ Open House
Hey CSA Members
I hope everyone enjoyed their first CSA basket of the year. This week’s basket will include our own strawberries!! We started picking on Friday and the berries are really delicious.
This weekend is our CSA Members family and friends Open House/ Farm tour and BBQ. We hope you are all excited to come see the farm and how we grow your food. You are all welcome to bring family and friends who are interested to come see our farm. The more the merrier!!
We will be meeting at 1 p.m. at the farm market. We have a map on the website if you need directions. From there we will be getting onto the Willowtree Farm Express and giving you a tour of the farm, after we will have a BBQ and refreshments for everyone.
If you could please RSVP to this email and tell me approximately how many people will be coming, that would be greatly appreciated. You are all welcome to bring friends and family. I would just like to get an idea of numbers so I can get enough supplies.
Thanks a bunch and I hope to see you all here!
Sincerely
Kelty Salmon
Willowtree Farm
CSA Welcome and Information
Dear CSA Members,
Thank-you for choosing the CSA program at Willowtree Farm. We hope you are as excited about this seasons CSA as we are. The first day for the CSA baskets of fresh fruit and veggies will be Tuesday, June 14th. If you are having the baskets delivered to your house you can expect to see them between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. If for any reason you will not be home when the deliveries are being made, please feel free to leave a cooler and ice-pack on your front step and we will gladly pack your food in it for you, so it stays fresh. For those of you picking up your baskets, feel free to come to our Farm Market anytime after 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday night or all-day Wednesday. If you are picking up the basket from a farmer’s markets come visit our table and we will have it ready for you. If you have any questions about your delivery or pick up, don’t hesitate to ask.
For the first week of the baskets (weather depending) we are hoping to have fresh garlic, asparagus, rhubarb, hothouse tomatoes and lettuce. We will also be posting recipe ideas on our Facebook page as well as updates through out the season of what is going on.
It would be greatly appreciated if you would send us an e-mail back, letting us know you received this message so we know that all of your information is correct. If you would like a receipt for you CSA basket, let us know and we will email you an invoice.
Once again, thank you for choosing Willowtree Farm. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, concerns or comments.
Sincerely,
Kelty Salmon
Willowtree Farm
975 Regional Road 21
Port Perry, Ontario
L9L 1B5
Residence: (905)985-7493
Market: (905) 985-4973
Email: info@willowtreefarm.ca
Begining a New Season
Hello Everyone
We hope that you all enjoyed your winter and are getting excited for a new season of fresh produce. Spring is a busy time for us here on Willowtree Farm. We are making plans for all this years crops and have began some planting. Starting yesterday we got in about 9000 broccoli and cauliflower, and seeded the first sweet corn. Exciting!! As for crops that are ready, our asparagus has started to poke out of the ground with the last few sunny days and we will have lots of rhubard, ready soon enough.
We would like to invite you back to our CSA program this season. Which means another 20 weeks of fresh fruits and veggies from our fields. We are offering full and half shares for both fruits and veggies, and meat shares. For more information and to download an application form for this year check out our webpage http://willowtreefarm.ca. We look forward to seeing you all again this season.
...until then we will keep growing
Willowtree Farms
CSA Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Jordan McKay
Telephone: (905)985-7493
Cell Phone: (905)260-1856
Email: willowtreefarm@sympatico.ca
Website: www.willowtreefarm.ca
Willowtree Farm making a difference one CSA basket at a time
Port Perry, Ontario, April 2011: The 2010 summer farming season may be over but the work for Willowtree Farm in Port Perry isn’t. The farm is already planning ahead for the 2011 season and the second year of their Community Supported Agriculture program. Willowtree is encouraging residents to become a part of their program and purchase weekly baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables or natural beef straight from the farm. By taking part in the program Willowtree has plans to have residents see, taste and learn the true meaning of local food.
Jordan Mckay, of Willowtree Farms says that it is really important people learn about why local farms are offering this type of program. “Eating local is becoming more important all the time, people need to know where their food is coming from and where it is produced, he said. “So many people are unaware of what food is produced in their area. The CSA program really connects the farmer and consumer.”
McKay who is also a part of the Port Perry Farmer’s Market from June to October, says their program makes it more convenient for customers. “We understand some people can’t make it to the market every Saturday but we still want them to be able to experience fresh, seasonal food, which is where our program helps out,” he said. “Our program just adds to what the market is trying to do and give an alternative for those people that can’t make it.” Leading up to next season, Mckay says residents that join will get a chance to see how and where the food is grown and learn more about it. The farm will be offering farm tours, so members can see how and where their food is grown, as well as recipes and descriptions of the food that they receive in their weekly baskets.
Willowtree is unique in the way that they try to provide customers with not just taste but knowledge of local food. “You can walk into the grocery store anytime and purchase a banana or apple but a lot of people don’t know what is in season and what isn’t,” said McKay. “By purchasing our baskets customers aren’t only getting great tasting food, but food that is in season around us.” According to Mckay, people can learn a lot about their meat as well by making a visit to the farm. “We have signs, explaining that our meat comes straight from the animals on the farm, which are all natural fed with no antibiotic or growth hormones.” Whether residents are looking for the perfect seasonal vegetable or looking for just the right steak to grill, Willowtree is sure to have something to please the palette.
Thanks for your support this season
Hello Friends of Willowtree
As I am sure you are all aware, we have now closed for the season. We would like to thank all of you for supporting us and making this another great season. This season has flown by and it seems bizarre that we have already packed away everything until next year. At the same time, literally every last apple and tomato have been sold. All we have left is some beef and pork. If you forgot to fill up for freezer for the winter, you can still get sausages, steaks and some roasts (Sorry no more Bacon). Just send us an email info@willowtreefarm.ca and let us know what you would like. If your freezers are already full, thanks again for supporting us this season. We wish you all the best this winter and see you next spring.
Thank you
Willowtree Farm
CSA Boxes Available ater 3pm this week
Hey CSA Members
This week CSA Boxes will be available for pick up after 3pm in the market. Sorry for the
inconvenience this maybe for anyone.
Hope you all have been enjoying the fresh fruits and veggies.
Thanks Willowtree Farm
Willowtree Farm update
Hey Willowtree CSA members,
We just wanted to update you on things that are happening on the farm. Right now we are still picking strawberries, but they are coming to an end soon. We are now also picking lots of new crops. We have started to pick sweet peas, green and yellow beans, broccoli and cauliflower, zucchini, cucumbers, leaf lettuce, fresh garlic and basil and red and black raspberries. So watch for these crops in your CSA boxes in the next couple of weeks. Also in the next couple of weeks our delicious sweet corn will be ready.
For more stories on what is happening on Willowtree farms be sure to check our blog at http://willowtreefarm.ca/blog/
Also one last reminder that you are all invited to come visit the farm for a farm tour and BBQ on Sunday. Hope to see you all there.
Willowtree Farms
Check out our new blog post!
Hey Everyone
Our season is started and lots has been planted. Please click the link to our new blog to check out what is happening in the fields at Willowtree Farms.
http://willowtreefarm.ca/blog/
We will be picking our own strawberries SOON!!
CSA Welcome
Dear CSA Members,
Thank-you for choosing the CSA program at Willowtree Farm. We apologize for the delayed response, the Farm Market is now open and things have been very busy. We are very pleased with the recent downfall of rain and are hoping for a great growing season. The very first day for the CSA will be on Tuesday, June 15th. If you are having the baskets delivered to your house you can expect to see them between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. If for any reason you will not be home when the deliveries are being made, please feel free to leave a cooler and ice-pack on your front step and we will gladly pack your food in it for you, so it stays fresh. For those of you picking up your baskets, you can feel free to come to our Farm Market anytime after 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday night or all-day Wednesday. For those residents of Newmarket, your pick-up is at the South Lake Hospital Farmer's Market in the visitor's parking lot from 11 :00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For the first week of the CSA (weather depending) we are hoping to have fresh garlic, strawberries, peas, hothouse tomatoes and lettuce.For those of you wanting to see where your food comes from, we are in the midst of planning an Open House/Farm Tour Members Day in the near future. We will get back to you when we have a date in mind, so you can mark it on your calendars. It would be greatly appreciated if you would send us an e-mail back, letting us know you received this message so we know that all of your information is correct. Once again, thank you for choosing Willowtree Farm. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, concerns or comments.
Have a berry nice day!
Sincerely,
Sarah Manns
Willowtree Farm