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❄️ The Scoop on Winter Shares and our frosty Farm ❄️
In This Newsletter You’ll Find: ❄️ Why there’s no Winter 2026 CSA share (burnout, weather chaos, and the Great Aphid Resort of 2025) 🌬️ A look at how winter hit our greenhouses and what bounced back 🚚 Why winter deliveries are… pas bien 🥶 What it’s really like working in the packshed in January (spoiler: damp) 🌱 Possibility of a small March/April CSA share ⛷️ Farm Store reopening in mid-January — ski + shop at the farm! 🥔 What local partner veggies we’ll be carrying

Robin Turner
3 days ago


2026 Signup is here!
Coupon codes below! Sign up here Hello Folks, After the challenges we shared with you in the last newsletter, we have been absolutely relishing the slower pace of the fall share, along with the early snow! We have a smaller team right now, and we're actually having fun packing boxes and planning for the next season. We are all a bit tired, so we're looking forward to the Christmas break, but gosh, it has been a nice fall for us at the farm. Because we finally have a moment to

Robin Turner
4 days ago


2025 Review
She's been a bit of a mess so.. last week, when I started this newsletter, my four year old was playing in the bath while I caught up on emails just outside the door (it was open). Suddenly he called out "mama" in a semi urgent tone. I jumped up and ran over as he held out a piece of the bathtub to me. I'm not sure how long it took me to register what happened but what seemed like a few seconds later Robin yelled up to me as I held my hand on the hole and pulled the plug.. bu

Robin Turner
Oct 30


Vibrant fall food
The greenhouses are positively vibrating with all the photosynthesizing that is happening in there! Plus we have thousands of feet of greens and herbs in the field we are still harvesting from. We're nearing the end of our growing season, which is a huge relief for this weary farm crew, but we still have weeks of harvest and washing ahead of us. Which is wonderful because it means we have an abundance of food still to come, with out having to think about irrigation, weeding,
robin4673
Oct 30


Fall Events!
Hello friends of the Farm!! We've been a bit quiet here because we really have been flat-out running since spring. Things have been HARD...

Jess Weatherhead
Sep 19
GREEN THINGS
This week is a heavy greens week, which excites me but maybe not everyone! I'm here to welcome you into your salad era.. if you're not...

Jess Weatherhead
Jul 11


Spring?
What a weird spring! I put away all our winter clothes but I guess that was premature! I had to dig out mittens and coats for the kids...

Jess Weatherhead
Jun 7


April Cravings and a Midsummer's Tomato Dream...
In this newsletter Dreaming of tomatoes... The best sourdough bread CSA member feature Store Highlights Farming fun fact of the day...

Katherine Spilka
Apr 10


The highs and lows of winter farming
WINTER FARMING While preparing the baskets for the winter share we feel more like a food hub than a farm. We wash and pack and scout for...

Jess Weatherhead
Mar 1


A Snowy December Newsletter
In this newsletter: Field Updates CSA Updates Event Updates Farm Store Updates Weekly Farm Fun Fact Bonus Weekly Farm Fun Fact Intro Well...

Katherine Spilka
Dec 11, 2024


It's Been a Minute, Let's Catch-up!
In this newsletter Farm updates: What have we been up to? CSA updates: Fall and winter Events: Fall Harvest Fest, Wreath making workshops...

Katherine Spilka
Oct 26, 2024


Mid Summer
We've been trying to finish a newsletter for the past FIVE weeks. The weeks are just flying by! We’ve started our staff vacation season,...

Robin Turner
Aug 6, 2024


Rain rain, Go away
In this newsletter: The unstoppable rain What's growing in the fields The CSA: we love prepacking boxes! The success of Peony Fest...

Roots and Shoots Farm
Jun 29, 2024


Yummy Options for your CSA Basket
Roots and Shoots ain't just a curated delivery of fresh, customizable, local, super-delicious and nutritious veggies! No we have...

Robin Turner
Jun 6, 2024


may the Season be Abundant
In this newsletter: Farm updates: What have we been up to? Summer CSA Upcoming events: Seedling sale and Peony Fest Available in the Farm...

Roots and Shoots Farm
May 24, 2024


Spring in bloom
Flowers are blooming, kids are in t-shirts, and pizza in the treehouse is a reasonable proposition. It's almost summer! Along with that...

Robin Turner
May 8, 2024


A Very Brief Spring Newsletter
Hello everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful spring. This will be an extra brief newsletter without the usual structure and...

Katherine Spilka
Apr 27, 2024


Spring has Sprung!
In this newsletter: Farm updates: What have we been up to? Upcoming events: Seedling sale and Peony Fest Summer CSA Farm Store Survey...

Katherine Spilka
Apr 6, 2024


Enquête de Satisfaction / Satisfaction Survey
Enquête de satisfaction des clients du magasin et carte-cadeau de 50 $ à gagner Farm store satisfaction survey and $50 gift card giveaway...

Katherine Spilka
Mar 16, 2024


Why Roots and Shoots? Part II
In this newsletter: Why Roots and Shoots? Part 2 - Keeping the team local! Other news: Farm cats need rehousing Team Introductions...

Roots and Shoots Farm
Mar 9, 2024

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