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Arugula! We have fresh arugula ready now. Please email or call for a fresh picking. $3/bag

crazydogfarm@gmail.com
250-701-9711

Fresh veggies are available several ways.

Farmgate Stand:
Closed for the winter (but you can still email me your orders all winter for fresh picking) - Farmgate stand. Located at 1770 Mann St, Crofton (off Crofton Rd, near the Shell Stn)
Stand will be also carrying other local products such as Baja Fresh Salsa (coming July 31)

Email orders for pick up next day: just email me 24 hours in advance with your order. Veggies will be picked fresh for pick up at the farm the next day. Availablity list on website. Email to: crazydogfarm@gmail.com

CSA - Community Supported Agriculture - CSA is a great way to support your local farmer, and get fresh veggies in return.
How it works: Buy a membership for $400. In return, you get at least $20 of fresh veggies each week for 20 weeks during the growing season. 

Contracts available in 2012:
-Vegetable contract: $400 for the year gives each member approx $20 of veggies for 20 weeks from June-Oct. (suitable for two people)
-Family share: $800 for the year gives each member approx $40 of veggies for 20 weeks from June-Oct (suitable for a family of 4) 
-Egg contract: $80 a contract gives each member a dozen assorted size farm fresh eggs for 20 weeks. Eggs are a mixture of heritage and 'regular' ISA chicken eggs. ( egg contracts run Jan 22- May 27 and June 3 - Oct 14)

Home delivery will be available in 2012 for CSA veggie contracts for a one time seasonal charge of $80 ($4 each week). Home delivery will be available in Crofton, Chemainus, Duncan, Maple Bay and Ladysmith only.

NEW! CSA can now be ordered online with your credit card via localharvest. The link to my page is  http://www.localharvest.org/crazy-dog-farm-M42889

About CSA:
Over the last 20 years, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has become a popular way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Here are the basics: a farmer offers a certain number of "shares" to the public. Typically the share consists of a box of vegetables, but other farm products may be included. Interested consumers purchase a share (aka a "membership" or a "subscription") and in return receive a box (bag, basket) of seasonal produce each week throughout the farming season.

This arrangement creates several rewards for both the farmer and the consumer. In brief...

Advantages for farmers:
  • Get to spend time marketing the food early in the year, before their 16 hour days in the field begin
  • Receive payment early in the season, which helps with the farm's cash flow
  • Have an opportunity to get to know the people who eat the food they grow
Advantages for consumers:
  • Eat ultra-fresh food, with all the flavor and vitamin benefits
  • Get exposed to new vegetables and new ways of cooking
  • Usually get to visit the farm at least once a season
  • Find that kids typically favor food from "their" farm – even veggies they've never been known to eat
  • Develop a relationship with the farmer who grows their food and learn more about how food is grown
Expected crops will be listed below, with the understanding that farming is a seasonal and unpredictable undertaking, and that exact selections and quantities included in the weekly distrubution will change as the season progresses. In joining the CSA, you agree to share in the fluctuations and variations inherent in farming, and understand that my produce will be grown with sound sustainable farming practices.

Arugula
Mesculin mix
Spinach
Kale - Red Russian - heritage
           Westlandse
           lancinato - heritage
           rainbow
Romaine Lettuce
Red and green cabbage
Leeks
White onions
Red onions
Spanish onions
Walla walla sweet onions
green onions
Galiano garlic
Norland potatoes
Russet Burbank potatoes
Russian Blue potatoes
Chieftan potatoes
Sieglande potatoes
Beets
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Little Marvel Peas (heritage)
Little Sweetie Snap Peas
Peppers- jalapeno
                 habenaro
                 Sweet Bell
Tomatoes- Early Girl
                     Sweet Million
                     Roma - Heritage
                     Stupice -Heritage
                     Brandywine -heritage
                     Tigrella - heritage
                     Oregon Spring
                     Ace 55 - heritage
                     Yellow Pear -heritage
                     Beefsteak
                     Sungold
                     Black Cherry
                     Taxi - heritage
                     Black Plum - heritage
                     Juliet - heritage
                     Eva Purple Ball - heritage
                     OSU Blue Tomato - heritage
Corn - Extra Sweet - heritage
Sweet Slice Cucumber
Armenian Cuc - heritage
Pickling Cuc's
Lemon Cuc's - heritage
Uminami oriental cuc's
Beans- Broad Windsor - fava(heritage)
           - Valentino
           - Carson
           - Royal Burgandy
           - Tendergreen Improved
           - Dragon Tongue
Carrots -
Hale's Best Canteloupe (heritage)
Watermelon
Snack Jack pumpkins - heritage and the BEST for seed roasting!
Kohlrabi
Zucchini - Amassador 
                   yellow crookneck - heritage
Squash- Butternut
                Buttercup
                Royal Acorn
                Small Wonder Spaghetti
                Sweet Dumpling
                delicata (heritage)
Sunflowers - Mammoth Russian
Also included in the CSA shares will be bundles of herbs such as basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, and sooo much more!

Now Certified Naturally Grown!

Other crops will be available seasonally, as quantities permit, including strawberries and blueberries. Please contact me at crazydogfarm@gmail.com or at 250-701-9711 for further information, or to express your interest. 

  Only 3 CSA shares left for the 2012 season!