Most of Glynwood’s Farm and Garden produce is sold through our Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA). Our 50 CSA member households subscribe to a 20-week distribution period in which they enjoy more than 30 different types of Certified Naturally Grown vegetables, as well as Glynwood’s flowers, eggs, and pasture-fed chickens. As one CSA member wrote to us, “I just picked up my share for the week and had to write you to tell you how impressed I am with all the variety of vegetables!” Glynwood also annually donates more than a ton of produce to area food banks.

The land at the Glynwood Center is not well suited for vegetable production, so we make the most of what crop land we are using. We continuously build the soil by adding compost, rock dusts and by growing cover crops that add organic matter and fertility.

We plant intensively to maximize our yield per acre. We have plowed a new half-acre section of pasture to add to vegetable production in the spring of 2009. This additional cultivated acreage will enable us to rest 20% of our available cropland each season.

We have erected a high tunnel, which has helped us to extend the growing season by several weeks at the beginning and end of each season. This hoop-framed structure houses permanent growing beds. Crops planted in these beds are further protected by floating row covers made of spun fabric that allows light and water to pass through. These floating row covers provide frost protection down to 26 degrees Fahrenheit. In 2008 our high tunnel tomatoes were harvested a month earlier than other growers’ in our area. We plant salad greens for winter production when the tomatoes are finished for the year.

A small apple orchard that was first established in the 1920′s sits nestled between Glynwood’s vegetable and flower gardens. During late winter our gardeners prune and saw in the orchard to ensure good health and re-growth. In spring, the bees collect nectar from the brilliant, white apple blossoms which also have a sweet smell to anyone walking through. By fall, fruit is ripening and finding its way into CSA boxes, and even after frost the apples are great as pressed cider. Next to the apple orchard are several pear and quince trees that also give an abundance of intoxicating flowers and delicious fruit.

To learn more about becoming a CSA member, contact Dave Llewellyn.

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