Farm Produce Annual Membership

The Blooming Patches CSA Farm Produce Membership is priced at $300.00 for a full member-
ship and $150.00 for a half-membership.   You membership is expected to provide you with:

Your membership will provide you with weekly produce, primarily from June through October.   Some items such as dandelion greens, herbs, and cut flowers begin as early as April. Root crops will continue to be available through the early Winter.   Other produce items are available throughout the year.

CSA members will have first opportunity to purchase (on a "cash" basis):

Our free-range eggs are abundantly available throughout the year.   Chicken meat and turkey meat will be available from time to time throughout the year.

For items available from time to time, see the list on the "Farm Produce Items" tab, under the "ABOUT OUR CSA FARM" menu tab.

Members will have first choice of any produce surplus before it is sold to area Restaurants.

Our FARM PRODUCE memberships are renewable annually.   Your membership will allow you to share in the harvest of Blooming Patches CSA Farm.

General Information on MEMBERSHIPS is provided on the Membership tab.

CLICK HERE for a PDF copy of the 2010 membership form.   Complete the form and mail with payment or stop by.   (It's best to call first, though.)   You may e-mail your intentions to us, but you still need to send or bring in payment.

From May 1st through October 31st, 2010, Blooming Patches CSA Farm members may pick up produce at the Farm and other items on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm.   From June through part of October, we will be at Coit Road Farmers Market in East Cleveland on Mondays from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm.   We are at Coit Road Farmers Market year-round on Saturdays from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.   Check "Barb's Blog" for hours before May 1st or after October 31st.

Members may come by the Farm in Newbury Township or the Coit Road Farmers Market in East Cleveland to select as much as they want from what we have available.   Please call ahead or e-mail us in advance if you would like to pick up a LARGE quantity of single items.   (A dozen ears of corn is not a large quantity. TEN dozen ears of corn is a large quantity.)

Calling ahead is especially helpful if you have added cheese or bakery goods to your order.   Orders for all baked goods must be in two days before pick-up.   Because I want everything to be as fresh as possible, all picking is done the night before pick-up, except for greens which are picked the morning of pick-up day.

When berries and fruit are ready, (as posted on the BLOG, I need to know if you will want a large quantity, so I can save enough for you.   I cannot store berries for an extended period of time.   I would like for you to have them within a day of my picking them.

Remember to please call ahead if you will want to add cheese or bakery goods to your order.

I will offer plenty of variety, so you will enjoy lots of tastes, colors, and textures from late Spring into early Winter, with something to offer throughout the year.