Our biodynamic Demeter certified 15-acre garden operates as a 200 member CSA (which stands for Community Supported Agriculture). We offer shares in the garden at the beginning of each season and shareholders receive their portion of the harvest each week.

We offer both a five-month summer share as well as a ten-month share option. Members can choose to purchase either a full or half share depending on their personal needs. A full share is designed to feed two adults and two children; a half share to feed a couple with a moderate veggie appetite, or a veggie loving individual.

In the garden we grow a diverse seasonal mix of vegetables, flowers, herbs, and fruit and also tend a small herd of mixed livestock (sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys). Our head gardener, Sebastian, and his wife, Lael, oversee this enterprise with a crew of over 10 gardeners (including individuals with special needs, apprentices, service volunteers, and interns). We are deeply committed to the use of biodynamic methods, which allows us to strengthen our fragile ecosystem as well as provide food of the highest quality to our local community. Activities in the CSA include plant propagation, greenhouse management, pruning, crop cultivation, harvesting, tractor and equipment operation and maintenance, irrigation, livestock management, composting, and making/using the biodynamic preparations.

The season begins in the greenhouse in early February. We make our own soil mix, grow transplants from seed (some of our own seed) then move on to the outside garden work in mid to late March to sow the first crops, make compost and address general spring clean-up. April and May are spent cultivating the fields and transplanting the greenhouse starter plants and further direct seeding the necessary crops. By the beginning of June we’ve begun harvesting and shepherding our CSA activity. As fall arrives we are making the biodynamic preparations and sharing this activity with other gardeners in the area. November brings the main summer season to a close with much stored away in the root cellar for the winter months. However, our work continues on through the winter as we plan and prepare for the season ahead, fix tools, repair fences, and collect manure from local farms to make compost and mix potting soil for the coming season. And so the cycle continues.

Though we would warmly welcome new members, most of CSA members return each year which means we have very few shares to offer to the enthusiastic folks at the top of our waiting list. However, we will happily add you to our list if you are interested.

For more information about the various agricultural training opportunities and our Garden Apprenticeship Program please see our Volunteer Opportunities.

For additional information please contact Lael Rasch or Sebastian Kretschmer, at 610-495-7295, or click here to email.