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We are excited to offer our second season of weekly produce subscriptions from Burns Best Farm. Due to the success of last year's program, we are gearing up for an expansion in 2010.  Mike has been busy for weeks, starting transplants and planning our crop list and rotational schedule. He got our seeds way back in January and we are thrilled to see new varieties of beans, peppers, and tomatoes arriving in the mail.

We are offering a delivery day into East Cobb/Marietta on Mondays this summer in addition to our on-farm pick-up on Wednesday afternoons in Ringgold. Additionally, we are increasing the season from 10 weeks to 14 weeks of freshly harvested fruits and vegetables.

Here's what a couple of customers said last year abour our CSA:

My husband and I were fans of all of Burns Best's produce, but especially the arugula and heirloom tomatoes.  They were delicious, and so different in taste from the supermarket varieties.  Also, in trying to use everything we received in our CSA bags, we learned to be more creative cooks and incorporate fresher ingredients into what we cooked.  We went the entire duration of the CSA without opening a can or frozen bag of vegetables. -Susan

I must honestly say my wife and I were thrilled with the quality, freshness, taste and value of the produce we received during those ten weeks, and we wished the season could have gone on longer.-Karl

Please send me an email:  contactus@burnsbestfarm.com and tell me that you are interested in buying a subscription.  I will send you the document with details that pertain to your location and pick-up day.  

We are looking forward to serving you this summer.  Please contact me with any questions! 

Yes, I know technically we're only a month into summer, but something about the middle of July makes me think the season is already half gone.  Public school starts here on August 2, so those poor children are on a countdown for sure.  For us, I'm a bit more uncertain about when we'll start back.  We haven't done nearly the out loud reading that I'd aspired to in late May.  I need to set better goals and post them in a place other than my brain.

The garden continues to perform well, for what we have planted.  We've had some daily, sporadic rain most of the last week.  Isolated thundershowers, in the local jargon.  We'll take it any way we can get it.  The weeds are growing so quickly that it's almost audible. 

We've begun to pull some of the medium sized tomatoes that have ripened.  Most of them are tennis ball sized, like the Black Prince.  I had forgotten how much flavor that particular variety has.  Mike made a gorgeous tomato platter on Sunday night using the BP's to celebrate the arrival of Grandpa from Kansas.  Very, very tasty.  He also grilled slices of a round zucchini we got from Bill Yoder and then put a fresh chunky salsa with vidalia, a bit of basil and a dollop of goat cheese on top. He called it his "chef's offering" and it was as delicious as it was beautiful.  We really need to grow that round zucchini next year.  It is so good grilled; we're buying one a week from the Yoder's as it is.

The Matt's Wild Cherry, Lemon Drop, and Yellow Pear continue to flourish in greater numbers every few days.  We've picked a couple of cucumbers so far with several more on the vine for tomorrow.  The squash has slowed down some, which is OK.  I can never stay ahead of it, or at least I've never been able to before.  Maybe next summer, when my kitchen is complete and functional, and I can freeze it all and waste none.

The blackberries are coming to an end.  The June bugs are my steady companions when I pick; makes me want a flock of ducks out there to graze the bugs.  I should still get a few pints this week, but with last week's market rejects, I need to get some juice made so Mom can make some jelly.  We really need some jelly. 

Pictures tomorrow, I promise.  It was just too rainy today.  I get so happy when I type that word.  Rainy......rainy.......