Happy New Years from your farmers at La Finquita del Buho. It is currently snowing and even seems to be sticking! The weather service says 1-3 inches. That amount is fine, but more than 4 inches can threaten our hoop houses. With both our boys back at college, we have less hands on deck to deal with a weather emergency. It looks like by 7 pm it will start to melt.
We are still getting seed orders filled out and strategizing about the 2016 season. By the end of the month it is time to seed onions, peas, and all sorts of other winter harder greens. This is really my last weekend to “play” as I set out the schedule for the remaining weeks of winter. We did manage to leave our farm for 6 days on a trip to sunny southern California. We played at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park. We dove into the 60 degree Del Mar Ocean and enjoyed walks in the many botanical gardens at Balboa Park. We missed our veggies and grass fed beef and the amazing foodie scene here in Portland. We did have all sorts of tacos and margueritas without finding a truly super location. The best thing was to spend time as a family and time with our good friends Walter, Susan and Elias.
I just updated the website with dates for start and finish of the season. I adjusted prices to account for the ever escalating price of seeds, soil amendments and organic pest protection. We look forward to improving what we offer and trying new varieties of old favorites. We appreciated the input from subscribers about what went well and what we could change. Some of the suggestions will guide us as we map out this coming season. In order for us to plan for the future we need to know if you are in or out for 2016. We require a deposit of $100 to reserve your spot. You can choose to pay in full or pay as you go. We have broken it down as usual:
- $100 deposit due on sign –up
- $390 due by May 1
- $390 due by August 1
- $880 for the season, $860 if you pay in full by April 15th.
- Send enrollment form and your deposit to: La Finquita del Buho 7960 NW Dick Road, Hillsboro, OR 97124
You are welcome to find a share partner and alternate weeks or share each week’s bounty. Please do let us know who you are sharing with, so they are included on the email list and sign-in sheet. If you don’t have a partner just let me know and I will match you up with one. I am hopeful that Ana will once again organize a pick-up plan for Portland folks who want to travel out here once a month and not once week or once every other week. Let me know if you are interested and we will start organizing. Suggestions for how to make that system work better are always appreciated.
We hope you all enjoy this last half day of winter break and find a few minutes to get outside and play in the snow! We look forward to growing your vegetables in 2016