May is a very busy time on the farm. Plants are big enough to be moved from the “prop house” (our heated greenhouse where seeds are started, tomatoes are grafted) to the “cold frame” for hardening off before going into the ground. Fields are being prepared, the full summer crew is on site, and we are sold out for summer shares.

But we need to finish up the 2020-21 winter shares at the same time! You’ve noticed some harbingers of spring lately: parsley, cilantro, radishes have been treats to find at pick-up.

Our annual plant sale, where you can get annuals and herbs and tomato plants for your home garden, will be held during the last two winter pick-ups on May 13 and May 20. Read more here.

The winter survey was sent out so you can give us feedback for future planning. If you missed it, go here.

To make sure you get all electronic communications from us for the summer share, please do the following:

• add kathie@intervalecommunityfarm.com to your email Contacts. Often, bulk email messages end up in Spam folders or the Gmail “Promotions” folder otherwise.

• be sure to check your Spam and Promotions folders regularly.

• we are likely starting pick-ups in early June. You’ll be getting various messages to confirm your pick-up day and time or to select a day and time.

Preparing for your summer share:

• we’ll be updating our Covid Procedures close to our start date to take into account the latest advisories.

• if you plan to order bread or cheese to accompany your veggies, please get these ordered here. Eggs are sold out right now, but we hope to have additional product later in the summer. Sign up to be on the waiting list.

• follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

• add all the summer pick-up dates to your calendar using our widget found here.

• become familiar with where we list the expected items for your week’s pick-up here.

Don’t forget the Farm Work Days we’ve scheduled throughout the spring and summer. Get all the details here.

Finally, we encourage you to become a member of the ICF Co-op and elect to be automatically signed up for summer and/or winter shares. With the increased demand for our shares, being a co-op member is one way to avoid missing out. Find membership information here.